Monday Quick

A quick list of simple joys today:

• Decorating the Christmas tree (phase III)
• Hanging jingle bells from the front doorknob
• Eating leftover raspberry pomegranate Jell-o from Thanksgiving
• Hannah asking for Nerds for dinner (yes, the candy) even though it led to a major meltdown. I side-swiped that with "cereal stuck together" which is Life cereal
• Changing a particularly messy diaper when Hannah said, "changing diapers is fun." It was her diaper
• After she put her pants on by "Hannah's self" seeing a little white diapered bum sticking out the top of the back of her pants
• And this funny video of my two-year-old during dinner: 

"I Like my White Shoes!" from Mary Shade on Vimeo.

untitled but late

Someday I will sleep. And it will mean less than I am hoping it will. Because when life falls into an easy rhythm of things-are-going-as-they-should, it's natural and almost difficult not to take things for granted. Which is why sleep will mean less to me when I am getting it than this trying time of getting less of it....

But while I will be getting plenty of sheep, uh,  sleep.... same thing...  I won't be getting toddler stories and newborn cuddles, late night texts from a working hubby, etc.  So tonight, though it's unprecedented maybe, I'm grateful for my current sleepless phase of life. Happy Beautiful Thanksgiving night. :)

Quick Craft

After taking down our Halloween decorations, I realized I lacked a November-ish wreath to adorn our abode and I don't do Christmasy until after Thanksgiving (except for music....) I am also broke, as usual (new baby...new house...it's worth it) So I whipped this up in less than an hour for less than a dollar. Actually, it was free. :)

Materials:

• scraps of burlap and fabric leftover from other projects/donated
• fabric scissors
• wire hanger
• needle nose pliers
• embellishments (pine cones, ribbon, etc. optional- I didn't use any) 

Cost: $0.00
With help from my husband and a pair of pliers, I took apart the hanger and bent it into as nearly a perfect circle as possible twisting the ends of the hanger into the circle. It was very imperfect but doesn't matter. Then I cut strips of the burlap and cream flannel and tied them around the hanger alternating colors until I ran out of burlap. Then I filled in the gaps with more of the flannel. Then I done hung it on mah door. The end.

Happy November!