Living Life One Cheerio at a Time

Our annual tradition of making sugar cut out cookies. The middle kids cut out all the cookies yesterday morning then in the afternoon  I gave frosting and sprinkles to the older 3 and let them decorate until their hearts were content. *TIP* I had my kids use popsicle sticks to frost the cookies. A* MA *ZING!  My table was covered in lots of sprinkles. In fact bubby spilled an entire jar of sprinkles onto his first cookie. oops! Oh well its all about the memories anyways! May your Christmas be filled with as much joy and peace as there are sprinkles on our cookies! Merry Christmas!

Here's to the beauty in everyday life....  my alarm clock  dinner's ready just the kids' laundry...yikes...and 2 loads are already washing/drying time out reading (from my kindle) Peter Rabbit with Woody and Buzz as extra characters lunch making snacks for preschool on the way to nap walking~backwards~home from the bus stop on the way to ballet Linking up with Rebekah at A BIT OF SUNSHINE

Sometimes you just don't get life right. I mean in your own strength it doesn't turn out like you wanted. I was trying to take a picture of  #2 and I and there was just lots of things wrong.         So we tried again. Thinking this time we would get it right. And guess what...we didn't. You see we were blocking the  flash. It was the light needed to take a good picture. I was trying to do it with one hand. It just wasn't working. Yep, I've had days, weeks and months like that. Unitl I deciede to turn the camera upside down. and you know what its a great picture. But its upside down. It made us laugh, and laugh and laugh. Sometimes those are just the best moments. Nothing better than the laughter of a child. Life doesn't always turn out how we pictured it. Sometimes better. Sometimes upside down. But if you let the LIGHT of CHRIST lead then your picture is perfect no matter how it looks. Isaiah 55:8 "For my thoughts are not your...