intentional living, little by little
Happy Monday, friends! We woke up to snow falling here at the Big White Farmhouse…in March! Such crazy weather, but my boys aren’t complaining!
Our day started horribly. The big boys were awake way too early and their first argument of the day woke both me and J. Breakfast included a huge meltdown with a “I don’t want this for breakfast! I wanted that!” kind of fit. Before I knew it, I was losing my cool and raising my voice. Although it felt like I had been awake for hours and hours, the clock only read 8:00.
What to do? I knew I had two choices: suffer miserably through this day feeling discouraged or make a conscious choice to turn it around. I’m glad I picked option B.
With my happiest, more cheerful voice, I declared we were having an art day. I rolled the paper down the length of the kitchen with a dramatic flair. The boys stood in awe (and silence!). We pulled out our crayons and they had at it.
And just like that, their attitudes changed. They sat there with concentration written all over their little faces, figuring out just the right ninja or action figure to draw. M made an impressive world map, with each country colored something different (seen in my PL post here). Even J got in on the action! Before I knew it, the roll was empty and lines of paper filled every inch of our kitchen floor. I had a kitchen full of happy artwork and happy children. And the day was good.
P.S. In case you’re curious, the paper is the Melissa & Doug Easel Paper Roll
I had so much fun sharing my Project Life album a couple of weeks ago that I thought I would do it again! I can’t promise this will be a weekly feature, but I hope it can serve as inspiration for an easy way to record all of those family memories. So without further ado, week eight:
This week was mostly about our snow days. I took a LOT of pictures!
Close up of the left side. I devoted the whole page to Sunday’s snowstorm and all the fun the boys had outside.
Right side. These were just a few random shots taken the rest of the week. I made little love notes for each boy from the 3×4″ journaling cards with something sweet they said that week. I really like how they turned out and I think I’ll be writing more sentimental notes to them soon.
These are the inserts from the week. I took a We R Memory Keepers page protector that had 6 horizontal 4×6″ spots and cut off the bottom row. That left 8 spaces for more snow pictures! Behind that is a picture M created and then dictated the story to me.
One last story from the week was one that I’ll probably share on the blog soon. I used a 12×12″ page protector to keep a special piece of artwork made by the boys and glued the pictures right on top.
I love that Project Life can be anything you want it to be. Lots of pictures, lots of artwork, lots of journaling and memories…it’s all up to you! Be sure to check out The Mom Creative for lots of PL inspiration!
Happy Monday! Sorry for the unintended blog breaks the past couple of weeks…life’s going full force these days and I’m just doing the best I can to keep up! I’m sure I’m not the only mamma who feels that way some days. So in an attempt to play catch-up, here’s a little of what we’ve been up to:
1. Expensive toys are so overrated. One Amazon box + crayons = an entire morning of fun. It’s hard to keep up, but I think this was an airplane or a spaceship.
2. I’m trying to eat less grains, per the recommendation of my personal trainer husband. This has proven harder than I thought! Apparently I am a fan of all things bread! I’m making baby steps though and Lent is a good time to practice. Tonight’s dinner is pork carnitas wrapped in lettuce…I’ll let you know how it goes! 🙂
3. Power Rangers are BIG around here these days. We’ve been watching old episodes on Netflix and the boys are enthralled. According to boys, I am the Pink Ranger and the boys are either White, Red or Black, depending on the day. Oh, the fun that comes with a house full of little dudes!
P.S. To all of my Mamma Support Swappers: hopefully your packages to your partner have been mailed, but if not, please do so quickly! 🙂 I’d love to hear how the swap worked for you…if you ever do a blog post, please let me know!