are such fun to make.  Hearing a little girl ooh and ahh over her new jewelry is so precious….there's (almost) nothing that makes me feel better than the blush on a face of a child who just loves her little piece of happiness…(being in Hawaii on a beach would make me feel really awesome, but for now, making things and loving on them is pretty darn good).

Home improvements abound, grocery store accomplished, laundry beckons.  Miss G asleep, dishwasher running, cool and beautiful day.   Parent-Teacher conference this morning that made me proud of my Colin, knowing he is so blessed to have an amazing teacher and we are so blessed to have such a good boy.  Little Benjamin at preschool, so cute in his own precious way….putting up backpacks and lunchboxes and "frog notebooks" and settling in to make a turkey with feathers that spells his name. 

In a while (after laundry is started and Miss G wakes up), back to the school to parent volunteer, stuff folders, and then back home for homework, playtime, snacktime, dinnertime, more laundry-time, basketball practice time, and finally, bedtime.  Thank you Lord!