Skip to main content

Haley Helps Too

Haley has been seeing a lot of productivity go down in our household.  I have been spending a lot of energy cleaning, organizing,and maintaining the house with the assistance of my dearly beloved.  And over the past few days, I can't help but notice and adore Haley's "can do" attitude.  Because toys and playing are so overrated....

I was cleaning house, so she got a baby wipe out and started wiping down her grocery cart saying "I clean too, momma."

Don't mind the white blanket fort.  Ian was helping my out by running the vacuum.  Look who found a vacuum her size and followed Dad around the entire house "helping".

This one is hard to see, but she is helping push the lawn mower.
PS LOVE our new swing set.  Got for under $200 off Craigslist. --It could probably use some stain, but I haven't decided if we are that motivated or now.

And this is just what I caught on camera.  She ALWAYS helps unload and load the dishwasher, the dryer, and whatever else she can reach.  She LOVES when I ask her to help me bake--she is a big fan of turning the kitchen aid mixer on and off.  She helps Ian carry out the trash.  Helpfulness is wasted on the very young. I wish I could hold off on this helping attitude until she was an able-bodied teenager. 

I simply love her to pieces.

Oh BTW, happy October 1st everyone.  It is my birthday month, and that is an awesome thing.  This could also be, possibly, but not likely, baby boy Abbott's birthday month. I highly doubt I will go that early, but one can hope.  I plan to spend the first few weeks of the month finishing my household projects and then the end of the month will be dedicated to getting myself groomed (haircut, brow wax, pedi, etc).  That along with the other fun fall activities should make for a quick and wonderful month.  I just love fall.

Ight kids, I am off to bed.  Nighty night.  

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fruit & Root Connection: Tangled Up

Certainly, I've expressed my aversion to hyper-spiritualized language before. It often feels contrived, lacking authenticity—a facade of piety. Perhaps it's projection. Maybe jealousy. Or it could stem from a sense of disillusionment with the Christian community. But every so often, amidst the noise, a truth resonates deeply. "There is a root and fruit connection between heart and behavior. People and situations do not determine our behavior; these things provide an occasion where our behavior reveals our hearts." - Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands I've been navigating through my anger, confronting myself in the mirror. What does this anger unveil about my own heart? Surely, they aren't as enraged with me. In fact, they probably don't spare me a second thought. If anything, they—as sincerely as they can muster—bemoan my status as an apostate. So pitiful. My fruit is anger. And too often, I'm tempted to point fingers elsewhere as the source of my...
Post a Comment
You Know You Want to Know More....>>

If Your Happy and You Know it Clap Your Hands....

Alright y'all, I need to post an actual blog post.  It's been awhile.I guess I have said " writers block".  Everytime I've sat down to blog, I've gotten this nasty attitude, like I just want to rant and complain.  I'm not a fan of giving a bad mood more than it deserves or letting people get on my nerves enough that it bleeds in my blog in the most passive-aggressive way possible.  So I won't go there this time.  Focusing on what I'm thankful for has been such a great practice, and has helped me avoid the above.  So here goes nothing.....I'll update a little bit on everthing I suppose.... Finally, life is beginning to slow down.I am so appreciative of the fact that the moving/settling in process is over ( only to do it all again in T minus 5 months....) In theory, there should be a big hole where our next house will be soon. For some reason I doubt that they will break ground this week, but I would be happy if they did...I'm stressed and ...
Post a Comment
You Know You Want to Know More....>>

Never Say When

At some point in my journey, I forgot that church leaders are flawed humans too. I have a tendency to overly respect authority for the sake of their position. I assumed, being a pastor meant that there is some how a higher spiritual connection. Consequently, I would turn off my own discernment in favor for whatever I was being instructed to do by our church leader. The person I have grown to distrust the most and the person I betrayed the most was myself.  Examples: Early in our journey, we had a small group. For the most part, I LOVED small group nights. Until we had a change of seasons. I had just had my third baby. We were living in a rental property while renovating another home ourselves. I was working on leading our developing children's ministry and feeling over my head. Ian worked afternoons so either small group would take one of only two family nights or would be when he was working, leaving me to attend alone most of the time. Our small group had roughly 10-15 small chil...
Post a Comment
You Know You Want to Know More....>>