Our six year old has lost his two front teeth. Everyone is very excited. Here is the photo shoot:
Sexy Neck getting involved in the toothless photo shoot.
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Be A Goalie
Everyone wants to be the goalie, they even want me to be the goalie.
OC gets the soft plastic golf club so that he doesn’t whack anyone too hard!
Here I am with my goalie pads on while folding laundry:
Be Superheroes with Face Paint
Powerful.
Strong.
Fierce.
Flexible.
Boys with face paint.
We got a lot of paint going on around here.
Painting pictures.
Painting an orange wall.
Painting the fireplace.
Painting my boys beautiful faces.
Be Painting the Walls Orange?
Orange?
I am not sure where that came from. My thoughts are often strange peaceful and painful creatures I have never seen before. Apparently these creatures are currently orange.
My dad gave us this painting:
And… I decided that I wanted to paint the wall behind this picture orange.
Take a look:
(Oh ya, I am also painting the fireplace!)
Side note: my mom has painted every house that I have owned. She would come over with her own paintbrush and paint clothes. She would paint while I would keep the boys out of the paint. My mom, in her pain, painted the green cupboards in our current kitchen. I love my mom’s presence and the love she poured into our homes in more ways than one.
So…. I was feeling pretty crazy about this orange thought so I decided to text my soul friend on Saturday and she gave me this insight about orange: Orange means courage, passion, dunamis power, fire, harvest and strength.
Side note #2: (How many are you allowed in a blog?)
My insightful friend, A, gave birth to a baby girl yesterday! We lit a candle for her as we were creating our ‘Speak to me’ paintings.
But… Sexy Neck still wasn’t sure about the orange. He said, “Ask Ang!” I asked our designer friend Ang and she surprised us all with a “Go for it!” AND I DID!
Today, I started with a wall at the end of the hallway where we will put yesterday’s creations. I figured I would start small for my first wall painting endeavour. Then I moved to the big feature wall in the living room!
Orange baby!
Painting through my grief.
Better than eating!
Working it out.
Staying present.
Letting go of fears.
Throwing out expectations.
Living outside of judgement.
Painting the walls orange parrot.
Thank you Benjamin Moore.
Awesome!
Side note #3: One more coat of paint tomorrow. Finish product photos coming soon!
Side note #527 I just received a comment from from Ang Interior Design friend. (See comment below)
Guess what orange symbolizes in the design world – “Orange offers emotional strength in difficult times. It helps us to bounce back from disappointments and despair, assisting in recovery from grief.”
Yup, orange it is! Now I have to lie on the ground AGAIN. Who knew colours could make connections to my life too!
Be Going to the Winter Carnival Parade
It was too cold to cross country ski today but it was perfect to watch the Winter Carnival Parade from our favourite Japanese Restaurant in Vtown.
OC even got his wish and saw an elephant. (No, it wasn’t real!)
CC thought he saw Nana down the street and we got to talk about Nana again when an ambulance went by.
Beautiful family morning with Papa and memories of Nana.
Here we are last year enjoying the hot air balloons.
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We missed watching the parade with our Sharpe friends. They now live on the Island and she blogs at http://www.foodiegardeningclub.wordpress.com.
Be Marrying Your Mommy
Sweet moments with our middle guy.
CC video:
I have already been praying for my boys’ partners. I feel that who you chose to marry is one of the biggest decisions a person can make.
I chose one pair of my mom’s ear rings for each of their partners. I pray that they can feel mom’s love, kindness, thoughtfulness and adventurous spirit.
Lots of interesting conversations here as we row our boats of grief together.
It is a beautiful, rich family time.
Be Going to the Barber with Papa
What a beautiful ‘man’ ritual.
Look at all of OC’s blonde locks.
It is a beautiful time raising boys into men.
They definitely need their barbershop time with their daddy and Papa.
Be Losing A Big Tooth
Tooth #3 for JC.
He swallowed it while eating his porridge at breakfast. Uh oh! I told him that was very lucky! Lucky for what, I am not sure.
Oh no, my first ‘known’ mommy lie!
"Be" ENOUGH 