Warming My Heart

Yesterday I was busy.  I got up early and got the kids ready and off to school, picked up a bit in the kitchen, worked out at the gym (ran a mile just a hair under 9 minutes!), helped out a friend, cleaned the living room, and some time around 1:30 PM, I was exhausted.  I did not sleep much the night before.  I laid down on the couch and started falling asleep.  Lily got home around 1:45 PM (early out day for Elementary School) and she set off to clean her room.  I started getting a bit cold because the window was open and it was breezy.  Instead of closing it or getting up to find a blanket (that would require me moving and waking me up more) so I just pulled my arm into my shirt and fell back asleep.  I remember part way through my nap, I felt that by tucking my arm into my shirt, that I started to warm up.  It wasn't until after my nap was over that I realized I as covered in Lily's blanket.  I asked Lily if she covered me up while I as sleeping and she said that it looked like I was cold and so she covered me up.  How sweet!

Reflections 2009

For Reflections this year, the theme was "Beauty is..." and so the girls set off to make stuff.

Today was the award ceremony.

This is Lily waiting for the assembly to start. (love the boy in the far left??LOL)

Here is Rebekah also waiting for the assembly to start. She is wearing her Indian feathers for today since the 5th graders did Colonial Day and could dress up if they wanted.

Here are my two winners!! In the 3D Art category in the Intermediate Division (3rd-5th grades) Rebekah won honorable mention and Lily won 1st place.
(See the cute, little 1st grader holding the "applause" sign? Well the poor dear had to pee and was too shy to say anything and within like 3 minutes of me taking this picture, the poor thing peed her pants, in front of the whole school.)

Here is Lily with her project. Her project is titled, "Beauty is recycling." I saw this project on Family Fun.com and knew she would LOVE doing it. She had a blast putting it together. I did have to help her with the glue gun though. Now her project goes on to District. I don't know if you can see it, but the little person has a halo. :-)

Here is Rebekah and her awesome rag quilt. Her project is titled, "Beauty is creating comfort." When she set to work on this blanket, she had her own pattern in mind. I will have to take another picture of it to show you. It is 6 feet tall and almost 4 feet wide. She was excited to win an honorable mention and now gets to sleep with it. She can't wait for me to wash it so the fringes will fray more.


I am so proud of my girls desire to enter into Reflections every year. Their confidence skyrockets when they get to create. Good thing they create all year round.