Light & Goodness

This boy brings "light & goodness" into my world!!

Lantern Walks

Two nights in a row we've joined our classmates & friends from school for the annual Lantern Walk. Talk about beautiful!! I was in awe in every sense!! Obviously, by the glow of the lights, but also from the precious voices singing lantern songs in the cool night as we traipsed through the woods. Ending with tasty homemade gingerbread that awaited us at the end of the walk.

Candle maker

Have I told you how much fun we had at our school's Holiday Fair? Well, in case I haven't pressed upon you how much fun was had...let me give you another exhibit to prove my case... candle dipping!! We all made our own candles!! How messy is that? I mean...How cool is that?

Love

Do you ever just have one of those moments?


Today, while sitting in Lou's class, practicing the songs for her class' lantern walk, I was completely overcome with love for my children! I have amazing, precious, beautiful children!!

Pocket Lady

We had so much fun yesterday at our school's fall festival!! My kids couldn't wait to meet the pocket lady who wanders the campus in a cloak filled with goodies!! What a wonderful way to support our school and show off for the community!!

Fall Festival

We're off to our schools Fall Festival! So many things to do...the enchantment shop, fish pond, candle making, pocket lady, jump rope making & lots of yummy food! Wish you could come join us!!

color

One really nice thing about moving is that we are now only an hour & some change from our cousins, which means we've been able to see them more often! A few weeks ago I had some mini-sessions in their neck of the woods and we were able to spend the weekend with the cousins! I love this picture - because it reminds me of this scene! A beautiful day, flashes of color in an already colorful location, the kids so excited because they are all together. Pure joy!!

Babies

I found this cute picture today, Lou & her best pal. I can't believe how young and different they look. This picture is from Easter this past year, just about 6 months ago! Its amazing how quickly our babies change!! Some days I wish I could keep them just like they are, right at this moment. Other days...21 can't get here fast enough!!

Daddy Jim

My Dad & My Boy

I finally had some time to work on our Halloween video...I think it's pretty cute!

Halloween 2010 from Lindsey Lingenfelter on Vimeo.

sickie...

This poor boy is sick...running to the bathroom, throwing up, sick!! The good news in all of this, as if there is any, my kids can now pretty much make it to the bathroom on their own! This is huge!! Its dramatically cut down on sheet washing, and Mama puking as a result of cleaning up a mess!


I think he has what his sister & I had - on MY BIRTHDAY last week!! That's right, I believe this is the 3rd or 4th birthday in a row that I've been sick! I must be allergic to getting older... Next year I just wants gobs of presents, alright?

Just because!

the Wilsons

Alright, so I missed a day of blogging everyday in November....will ya forgive me if I tell you I was throwing up all day? I'll try & make up for it by posting lots of pictures of precious children! Not my own, but close...my niece & nephews.

Princess Leia

Ladies & Gentlemen...Jedi & Wookiees...I give you the cutest Princess Leia EVER....dun dun....dun.dun.dun...dunnnn......(my lame attempt at Star Wars themed music)

Luke

Cutest Luke Skywalker I've ever seen! (well, since I was 9!)
Maybe I'll make a poster out of this & hang him up on my wall too! Truthfully, I was really a Hans Solo kinda gal. That Harrison Ford had something special!

Dancing Colors

Today my kids were painting and whenever two colors would run into each other my Girl would shout out... "they're dancing, the colors are dancing!"

Busy, that would be our weekend - busy!! And that's not even counting Halloween which will have to be a later post...

sewing

I know you were ready for me to remove those gross grubs...I sure was!

I get lots of inquiries asking how the kids are doing in their new school. Honestly, they love it! We love it as well! That's not to say that there haven't been some rough patches in our adjustment to a new city, new home, new school & new friends! But all in all they are doing well! We were beaming with pride for our girl when she completed her 1st sewing project for Michaelmas - which was a fabulous celebration towards the end of last month. There are lots of celebrations coming up in the next couple of months & I'll be sure to post more!

Hope everyone else is doing well!

Grub Town

I walked out one day to check on my kids and to my surprise (and disgust) I found them playing in "Grub Town". Grub Town was little village that they created for the grubs that they had dug up in my Father's garden. On one hand I was quietly throwing up in my mouth - and on the other hand I was taken with their enthusiastic and loving nature towards these nasty little creatures! Oh, the quandaries of motherhood!!

And, let me just tell you - those little buggers can really move!! That one in the last image was truckin' towards that hole!




**taken with my iPhone

Click, click, click

The other day we went shopping - our 1st girls shopping trip... My girl was feeling a little down because her brother was at a play date, having more fun than she could imagine. In an effort to cheer her up I did what all good mothers do...I bought her a pair of shoes. Actually, two pairs of shoes, practical, but cute winter boots and these beauties. She put them on and proceeded to walk over to the aisle with no carpeting - "click, click, click" went those shoes...

My girl - "You hear that?"
Me - "Yes!"
My girl - "that's the sound of a real woman!"

Family

Did I tell you that a few weeks ago that we went up to TN for a family reunion weekend? We stayed at some great, great cabins - we actually had three of them right next to each other. The weekend was spent catching up, eating, drinking & loads & loads of music! It was so fun to see all these little cousins getting reacquainted & playing with each other! I think there is a whole new generation of musicians! Mimi would be proud!