I wish...

It's amazing how many ways one can finish that sentence. Hundreds of possibilities. 

I wish....

And it seems those wishes are constantly changing. Or are they? 

In high school it's i wish he would call. I wish he would hug me. I wish he would kis me.

When we get out into the big bad world it's i wish I had money. I wish I had gone to college. I wish I got paid more than minimum wage. 

And then we find that special someone and it goes back to what we wanted in high school. Wishing he would call, or txt, give you a hug or a kiss. And the big one, I wish he would ask me to marry him.

In my case, kids were next. But it wasn't just I wish we could start a family. It was also I wish we knew why we can't. And I wish we didn't have to keep waiting. Or I wish we weren't disappointed yet again this month. 

What's next on the wish list? I wish he would call. I wish he would txt me. I wish he wasn't being good. I wish he would kiss me. I wish he would hug me. I wish I went to college. I wish I had a job that paid more than minimum wage. And so on. 

Life, at least these days, seems to be like a vicious circle. How does one break this circle? Sometimes a girl, no matter how old, just doesn't know what to do.

Fall is here!

I came to another realization this week...the girls and I haven't done a craft for a REALLY long time. So what to I do?? Call on all my fb mommies and scour Pinterest. I have come up with a lot of fall ideas. And I'm so very excited to do them all! 

First on the list is going to be a tree on our kitchen/deck door. With a tree, leaves both real and colored, pumpkins, corn, and an acorn or two. 

This afternoon started the first step. Coloring the leaves! 

I emailed Jake a punch of links to free fall coloring pages. Leaves. Pumpkins. Cats on pumpkins. Fun things for little girls. Daddy even got in on the fun coloring. I labeled them with who colored them and then cut them out. 

I also have the next pages labled for coloring tomorrow. 

I'm excited to color the pumpkin with the kitty on top. It will be interesting to see how the girls do. Hannah did really well with the leaves. She didn't stay in the lines, and at first didn't even want to color on the side with the leaves. But when she decided it was ok she stayed in the general shape. Hailey had fun mixing all the colors together as only Hailey can. 

I also have bags ready and labled for when we go with daddy on a walk to find real leaves. 

You can never be to prepared with twin toddlers :) 

I can't wait to post the final project. After everything is taped to the window. I'm sooooo excited about this project! Stay tuned for the next post :)

72 days!

I realized this morning that I'm in big trouble. Well, for more reasons than one, but this is about Christmas. It's only 72 days away!! Being my favorite holiday, yes I am counting down. 

But with only 72 days until the actual day of Christmas I am way behind. Usually by this point I know have a list made with everyone's names. Usually by this point I know what we are giving most of those people. Usually by this point I even know what has to be made and by when. This year...

Nothing. Well, except for my mom and dad but that's an easy one. An extremely easy one with the pics Jennifer took last night :)

Oy, not sure where to even start for the nieces and nephews. Let alone my girls. 

I need all the help I can get this year.