Just Because

My daughter has brought me to tears twice this week… and may I speak up and say not because she was being bad. The very reason tears streamed down my cheeks are the words that came out of her beautiful mouth.

I have always said there is such an old soul in my beautiful M. Anyone that see’s her always says the same thing.

First she quietly went downstairs and counted all her change she had been saving. She marched right up the stairs and handed her dad the change. With a smile on her face courageously said “Dad take this money and pay all your dr bills with it.” Hubbs and I both were brought to tears. Of course we would never tell her, that they wouldn’t pay all the bills, its the thought and the courage that she put forth that just takes our breath away. That is our little girl.

Then yesterday morning as we were making our morning routine trip to school, she excitedly said… “Mom, we are making cards today to send to the soldiers that are fighting the war.” I told her how thoughtful that was and it would definitely make a great Christmas memory for the soldiers. Then just right out of the blue said “Mom, do you know who else is helping fight the war?” I said… oh who is that?
“Mom, Jesus is helping fight the war.” The tears just welled up in my eyes…

That is so right baby girl… he is indeed helping fight the war. She is something else… so caring, so gentle, always thinking of others. I just love her!

She is turning 6 years old next Friday. She seems so grown up and wise for her age. It warms my heart so much though, because I must be doing something right with this parenting journey.

These pictures, I have shared throughout this post are ones I took today outside our home for her 6th birthday portraits. I thought they turned out soooo well.

Remember this Christmas season, “Jesus is indeed the reason for the season.”

This year I am doing as many homemade Christmas gifts I can do.

First off, it is a lot of fun,

Second it helps reduce money spent on Christmas

and Third… it is a gift truely from the heart.

I wanted to walk you through the steps I did, in case you would like to make some for your family and friends.

First off, I purchased 2 yards of fleece material.

I cut long and wide pieces of material. I picked how wide I wanted the scarves, but it is ultimately up to you the way you want to present your own scarves. I cut mine 27 inches wide.

After I got all the material cut that I wanted, I cut little fringes in each end piece of the material.

I kept the fringes at a 1/2 inch each. After you cut all the fringes, you will knot each fringe. You can add embellishments to each fringe if you would like before you tie the knot. I chose not too.

Just continue to knot each fringe until they are all complete.

Then you are finished and ready to wear your scarf. Here is my beautiful daughter and I sporting our new scarves :).

I just know my Aunts and Grandma will love this as I am making then no sew fleece blankets as well. Great gift for this beautiful winter Christmas season.

Are you making any homemade gifts this year? Please share.

Would you like to win your very own Scarf in your own specified color? Leave me a comment below and I will randomly choose one comment to win!

This is a really yummy main course meal that the whole family will enjoy!

We had a great night curled up on the couch watching Santa Claus Is Coming to Town night. Hubbs, M, L and I were all crunched together on the love seat together. Such a precious time and I just want to take every minute of it in.

We made our stop to see Santa. L only wanted to talk to Santa and would not have anything to do with sitting on his lap ;). M on the other hand was so excited to sit on his lap. She jumped right up there and told him what she wanted. I said what did you tell him you wanted, It’s a secret mom ;). Oh boy! Do you think Santa will tell this mommy what she wanted??? I guess we’ll have to see.

I love to see the sparkle in their eye when they see Christmas decorations. It is like magic! Hubbs has been out of work since September on medical leave so this year has been hard trying to come up with the money for Christmas, but we will be celebrating as family together and doing small things to keep this wonderful Christmas alive. For example, doing fun Christmas crafts, reading Christmas stories, doing the Christmas Advent calendars before bed each night, singing Christmas songs as loud as we can, making homemade Christmas gifts together and best of all remembering the real reason of the season. JESUS!!! I SO LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

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I have just noticed my comments in the last couple weeks have went down. So if you are out there, I would love to hear from you. Have a great rest of the weekend!!!