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Pure joy radiated from his face as he purposely chose colours and placements for this work of art...his face.    It was beautiful to watch him completely enthralled in this moment.   I'm not sure you'll see it but look closely and you will see my sons soul here I bought these face markers at a local toy store called BC playthings. They are the safest kind I have been able to find which helped put my mind at ease as I do worry about what is absorbed into his system via the bodies largest organ- his skin. I need to credit a group of ladies called play at home mom for inspiring this activity their blog is full of fun and creative activities to do with kids of all ages.http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/ Aidan has been using my makeup brushes for sometime now applying his own make up as I get ready for work so I knew he was totally ready for this. He also decorated my face. He actually gave me a VERY distinctive blue beard (both my mom and I knew exactly what is w...

Okay so yesterday would have been my little brother's 28th birthday. He died a little over 3 years ago in a car accident. He was a really sweet man who had overcome a lot of adversity. I miss him and think of him often. I wonder about how to explain about him with Aidan. Today I cried for him and worried Aidan would be concerned but he just kept playing with me- just a little more gently than before- it felt like a very compassionate response to my grief. Anyways yesterday I hung out with my mom- without Aidan this is a fairly rare occurrence. And we got cracking on a project that I bought materials for 2 years ago- gulp. Anyways still love it and can't wait to get it finished and onto my couch!!!!    So we got to work sewing. Well I mostly talked while my mom sewed but she was okay with it lol. It felt so nice to have a creative outlet on a day where I really wasn't feeling too hot. I finally got my sewing machine parts in the mail so I hope to t...

Okay so a low content post,mainly because high content is alluding me at present.  Today we played with the light-box I made from a Rubbermaid storage bin and 3 strands of Christmas lights. Previously we've played with polished glass and cross sections of agate. They usually get thrown around by a truck which I find frusterating and leads to clean up and an explantion of why I'm not a fan. Anyways... This time we added marbles to the mix with huge success! The extra dimension of movement captivated Aidan's attention like nothing else had. We played with it for at least an hour and he wanted to play with it again tonight.

 The dead zone. Not ready to give up my quiet time once again. how did this happen. I'm staying to late just so I can enjoy some peace and quiet but I'm to tired to really do anything. Ugg...I've decided this is when I should try to blog! Let's see if that works out lol. Today was a great day. WE built a fort. Aidan loves hiding under a blanket but previously didn't get the concept of fort building. This, happily is no longer the case! I love being the mom of a toddler! So fun and silly.

Perhaps an introduction? I've often thought of blogging but the shy away from the idea thinking it will be to hard, time consuming or some other lame excuse. Reality? I'm scared... I mean what if you don't like me? What if no one cares about what I have to say? So I've thrown caution to the wind and I'm going to give blogging a try! lol. I read a blog in which the author explained that part of the reason she blogged was to document things for her daughter- I love this idea! If I can have a written record of some of my adventures and lessons in parenting that I can share with my son when he's old enough that would be fantastic. It's funny when we started trying for a child I had so many ideas and I really considered myself to be 'prepared' for a child. In many ways we were but there were so many things I didn't even know I needed to prepare for!!! In November 2009 my son was born and my world changed forever in so many ways. I think that is ...