A world of magic

Isabelle had an eyelash on her cheek this afternoon. I touched my finger to it and held it up to show her. "This is very special, Izzie. Whenever you catch an eyelash that has fallen, it will do its best to grant your wish. You need to make a wish and then blow it away so it can go make your wish come true! What do you wish for?" Izzie looked at me quizzically. "Ok, what is it that you would really like to have?"
"That eyelash."
"Well, you already have that eyelash. Now you need to make a wish. What do you want more than anything?"
"I want my eyelash."
"Ok. Is there something you would really like to have for your birthday?"
Izzie's eyes got really wide and her whole face just lit up at the mention of her birthday, something FAR more magical than a silly old eyelash that can grant wishes. "Oh! I would like a REINDEER!" She blew that eyelash right off my finger.

Breathe now!

Ok I know it's been ages since the last time I posted something. Here come the excuses: busy, busy, busy! The days are jammed with the regular stuff - lots of laundry, dishes, meal prep, naptime, cleaning up, tidying, arranging, sorting, and all other ways of moving STUFF around. And then there's all the extra stuff: PG WAHM Tradeshow, The Great Naphtali Stomach Flu Epidemic, Corey's busy season, bathroom remodeling, and working madly on the new Cozy Bums website which is in the final stages of editing before it is launched and it takes over the old site. How naive I was to think it would be a mere 6 weeks or so to update my website. We're going on about 10 months now... I've been fairly occupied these days!

But Spring has arrived, and with it a wave of fresh new energy! I brushed the dust off our outdoor things and took the kids to the park. What fun we had! This is Ollie's first time on a swing:

Pappa

Izzie makes wonderful connections with words and ideas. For some reason I mentioned Prince George the other day, and she lit right up and announced, "PAPPA is Prince George! Mommy, Pappa is Prince George! And Pappa drives a TRUCK!"

That just made my day!