A few of my favorite things Sunday

Pretty flowers....

 Playing tag with my little prince :)

A nest....and baby birdies soon.... a wonderful opportunity to show prince God's wonderful creation!

Have a blessed week!

My sugar ant

I have the cutest little sugar ant in my house...well, he's not soo little, but he's definitely a sugar ant :)

His love for sweets and sugar is just incredible...no, he did not take after his mommy :) (silly grin)


If there is candy or sugar around the house, he will be sure to find it! He gets really excited when he goes to grandma's house and she is frosting a cake...

I bet you'll never guess what happens!!!!

Yes, quite a mess...   sigh     What am I going to do with him?!?!


No wonder he's doing somersaults and jumping off the walls and furniture....I better go contain him :)

Aquarium fun and random musings...

The little prince got to see our town's aquarium for the first time today. We were out and about and decided to stop and see it. It's really small, but the prince sure enjoyed looking at the fish.

A "pira-putanga" fish.

He was in awe!!

The minnows were definitely his favorite fish! He could have stared at them for hours! It was so cute to watch him try to touch them.

After the aquarium, we went out to explore the old town fish market, which is now a museum. It's painted really bright green as you will see in the next pictures. It was pretty and nice to have a place for the prince to waste his huuggee amount of energy while mommy stood in the shade and enjoyed the pretty scenery.

Doesn't he look so small compared to this huge door?!?!

I'm feeling much better today, so I'm so thankful for that!

These next few days, I am just relaxing and taking it easy, as the doctor ordered, praying and hoping I will be feeling up to par for our church's VBS next week! I'm so excited about our VBS, please be in prayer for that. Pray that we will be able to reach many children and their families during the next week. We're all looking forward to a blessed week.

I hear it's been very warm in the US lately. It's been very hot here too...It's 97.9 here right now, and 20% humidity...quite warm! So, how hot is it in your neck of the woods today?!? It's supposedly our winter here, so no, 97 is not acceptable as winter in my book!

Hope you all are enjoying this nice and warm Wednesday!!!

Friday!!!!

And the week has zoomed by once again...

This Friday has been a laid back day for the prince and I. We've had so much fun playing together. I love listening to him jabber on and on!

He learns new words every day, his recently learned word is "help". He loves to "help". Every time he sees me doing something, he comes over and offers his help. Who can resist that?!!?

We made cookies today.. oh what fun!

My mixer :)

He thinks it tastes good ;)

I'm so thankful for such a sweet, and good looking helper!
He's sure the best!!!

Happy Friday!

Thankful for my cute lil' soldier :)

 Need I say more?!?!

Happy Monday!!

Friday....

It's Friday! Wohoo! Seem impossible that it's already the end of the week...

hubby, prince & I have been feeling quite funky...we're got the bad cold going around...and I have been feeling quite miserable...can't wait to feel better soon!!!

I snapped a couple pictures of our little prince today...so I'm going to share them with you...

He's growing like a weed. He'll be 15 months old in a couple of days...unbelievable

He's sure a joy...and we're blessed to have him...

So, which one is your favorite?!?!!

Have a blessed weekend!!!

Mommy's helper

The little prince loves "helping" me ... whether I am washing dishes, mopping floor, cleaning the bathroom, he's always around ready to give mommy a hand!

Now, to be honest...it can be more of a hinder than help most of the time... having a 14 month old try to help you takes a lot of time and patience, and time ...and patience ( you get it ) ...so why do I let him help me?!?!

I let him help because I want him to learn that he's more important to me than the house work...
I let him help because I want him to learn to work (wink, wink)


It would sure be much easier and faster for me to do it by myself and not have to re-wash the dishes that he picked out of the dish rack and placed back on the sink, or re-mop the dirty mud prints off the clean bathroom floor...

This is all new to me...I have to admit, I am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to cleaning. I like everything just right and I like to do it myself...so this has been a hard adjustment for me. Yes, yes, I know...wait till I have more kids, then that will sure be a big adjustment!!!

All of this is worth it though when I see his contented smile....

He's happy to be mommy's helper!!!

So, I think I'll just take advantage of this time...something tells me he won't be so eager always :) And he sure won't be always a toddler...

Who cares if it takes me 2 hours to do the dishes?!?! I'm going to enjoy this precious time with the messer-up-er (clears throat)...

and....after we're done with the dishes...I will thank him and praise him for being such a good helper!!!

Have a happy day!!!

Cherishing the moments,

Monday smiles ;)

Hope you have a wonderful smiley day :)

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Hammock fun

  What's better than a windy afternoon under some mango trees on a hammock?!?! Nothing!!!!

  The lil' prince thought it was the funnest way to spend the afternoon and his mommy couldn't resist snapping pictures ;) Isn't he the cutest little guy ever?!?! Of course I am not one bit biased ;)

Toally lovable, squeezable, huggable and kissable stuff, isn't he?!?! I am so blessed :)

I think I'll go love on him some more :) (grin)

Thankful................

I'm so thankful I get to be his mommy! It's too marvelous for words!!!

Thank-you Lord, for letting me be his mommy!!!!

Overflowing with gratitude,

Annddd.... he walks!!!!!!!!

The little prince is FINALLY walking!!!!!!! CHEERS!!!!!!!!!

He just started on Saturday afternoon....and he just took off. Hasn't stopped since...we're amazed...I didn't know he'd already take off like that :) It's adorable...and I just can't get over the fact that he's really walking!

I got a video, as soon as he started walking...this is the second time he walked...so still a little wobbly, but absolutely cute :)

I'm one happy and busy mommy now :)

A day in the country

I don't know about you, but I love the country...and I can't wait to live in it and enjoy the country life!

I really enjoy the peace and quiet, and the scenery, sigh....you'll just have to see for yourself:
                and there is the most beautiful prince to enjoy it with...I am blessed beyond measure ;)

Breathtaking, huh?!?!.....now look at these...even more breathtaking, if you ask me!

Mommy's lil' pumpkin ....makes me want to squeeze him ;)

Serious face..

I love silly faces ;)

  
I am so ready to be a country girl!!! I can hardly wait till my amazing hubby finishes our house out there! I'm going to be one happy country girl ;)

Blessings,

Smiles for you...

This is too cute not to share! I hope it makes you smile! It sure makes me smile!!!

Smiling ;)

Easter sweetness....

I had a little Easter photo shoot with my little prince...I'm not a professional photographer, mind you..I just enjoy getting pictures, and I dare say I have the cutest subject to work on, soooo therefore...I love it!

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do/did :)

Which one is your favorite?!?! I am having a hard time picking ;)

Blessings!!!