Friday Reflections Sticks and Stones

The kids and I have been off for two weeks, it feels much longer, to be honest the boys did go to day care 2 days last week, while I tried to play catch up.... I always end up on a never ending tight rope, trying to balance everything around me. (As a child I had this reoccurring nightmare about being in a circus and I was never able to get all my work done....how weird is that). Maybe procrastination is in my DNA.
Did my mother travel this same road? I don't remember her complaining or constantly misplacing her keys, running back into the house 2-3 times before leaving the end of the driveway.

Earlier this summer I took the boys strawberry picking, I made the mistake of trying to follow my phones GPS and we ended up on a very long ride, we found the farm, picked 1 basket because the berries were tiny. Poor Brodie had a reaction to the plants or something in the air he was sneezing. Korben was wandering around looking for tractors...did I mention the berries were tiny. We made our way back on the tractor to pay for the berries and pick up 2 ice cream cones and went to check out the petting zoo and playground. Then we explored a mini maze made of hay, it was terribly hot and I was done, I was trying to encourage the boys to exit the maze with little success, I asked Brodie to direct his brother out. Korben then began to run and laugh at this new game of chase and I realized this was the whole point to these outings to enjoy, explore and laugh. Thank you Korben for this reflection.

                                          kristen heather

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The goats found something very tasty on Brodie's shirt and kept trying to take a nibble

Korben's little taste of Heaven

Tiny berries

Sticks and Stones and Life Lessons

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Friday Favs # 3

I am over the moon with the our new pictures, Candice from Old Country Road Photography took them; a wonderful women with tons of patience...I thought for sure we would only get good ones of Brodie since Korben was very unwilling to sit still for more than a few seconds....but I was wrong take a look

He is so beautiful

The reason I like this one SO much is Brodie really resembles me and in this one I see Jay's eyes and it just melted my heart

My boys

What more can you ask for two children who love each other, find comfort in each other and protect one another, they are both true gifts that I will never stop saying thank you for.

Oh and on a less sappy note......Brodie asked me the other day if I have a sense of humour...(which if you know me, you can only imagine how guilty I felt hearing that)....then I realized he is 8 and this one is kind of funny

Korben was so done...and that  is ok because he is 2

   kristen heather

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Friday Favorite.....on Saturday

Well I might be a day late but I am happy to see the weekend 
Here is my list of favorite things for this week:
We have a house guest, Lizzy , a leopard gecko, Brodie is caring for her over the summer. A big thank you to our friends Wendy and Owen for trusting us, we are all enjoying her

Brodie said it was so nice to have something of your own to care for, he melts my heart

One of my "wants" is to set up the deck as an outside escape...its not there yet but I do love sitting in this chair to read or just close my eyes 

I set up a budget

Vaz-Oxlade method...our jars are electronic



My Mom and I use to share an over sized cozy sweater, that just felt like a hug when you put it on, my Mom labeled it the "sick sweater" she gave it to me at some point after moving out.....it has seen its last days but its funny... I now have this grey over sized sweater which Korben loves to use as a blanket, 

and if I am wearing it he will crawl up on my lap and crawl inside.

Friday Favorite Things at finding joy

kristen heather's friday favorites # 1

Through exploring the blog world I have noticed different versions of gratitude lists, I wanted to try and create a link to the blog at finding joy I have never created a link so I hope I can figure it out. If not google the blog, it's worth the effort.

Here is my list of Friday favs:

My two year old sharing nature, even when Mr.Naughty is sneaking a treat he always takes an extra for his big brother.

My 8 years olds love of nature

Coffee (need I say more)

Process art! Korben made this beautiful rock at day care this week

A summer full of days off that = downtime, activity time, mini projects, bucket lists and energy to work on the to do list.....balance, no rushing, no rush hour driving

       kristen heather