This week we are starting to study Women of The Bible at our women's Bible Study Group. So I've been reading about Eve. I've only read the first chapter and I have learned so much already and thought about things I haven't thought about before. I'm just going to quote something from the book that got me thinking...
"Eve was lonely and had a difficult time during childbirth. Being the first woman on earth she had no mother, no sister, no friend who could share her feelings. There was no one to go to for advice, no other woman who could help her with the delivery. And what a strange experience, to become a mother when you have never been a child yourself. What do you do with a child?"
This just made me so grateful for all of my friends, my sister in laws, my mother in law, my step mother and for Nannie. I couldn't imagine life without all of these special women. And to be a mother who was never a child would be so hard. So much of who I am as a mother is because of how I was raised as a child and by the example those around me set by being such great mothers. I'm really excited to study and learn more.
I started
scrap booking again last week after a year break. I'm so behind but very excited to get going again. I've done a lot of layouts but haven't
done the journelling for all of them yet. Some of these things have been on my To Do lists for quite some time but since we've been kind of hibernating lately I've tackled a few of them.
Something else on the To Do list for a few months now was a
date night with Ken. So we went out for a nice dinner at the Keg last weekend. It was so nice to just chat without
interruptions and to remember favorite pastimes together and to plan out our summer which should be
fun filled and busy! I think we clean up pretty nice, minus the grey hairs starting to pop through and the wrinkles(laugh lines) that are starting to appear more and more.
I also bought these letters a few months ago and finally painted them last week. All of the boys have their names painted and hanging on their bedroom walls.
It feels so great to get some of these things checked off my to do lists.
So that's what I've been busy with.
This little boy is allowed to play in the front room as long as he is by himself and has a few cars. He will play with his cars gently on the couches for at least an hour. A key component is: As long as he is by himself. 
Isaac can get up the stairs but not down so I try to confine him to the kitchen area with a few toys. Andrew and Sam had built a huge train track in this room and were playing ever so nicely, while Luke "left alone" in the good living room played independently with his cars. I did forget at one point to move Isaac to the kitchen area and this is what happened. A destroyed train track with two upset little boys. 
So Isaac, once moved back to the kitchen area after causing havoc with the train track, peeks over the gate so longingly to play with Luke who prefers to be left alone. Notice Luke in the far right hand corner happily playing. 
Such a cutey standing by the gate trying to fit in where he can. Andrew and Sam have moved on to color at the kitchen table.(see background) A high area that is safe from Isaac's hands. 
Poor little Isaac just wanting someone to play with him and to not be confined to a baby proofed area. It must be rough being the youngest sometimes. That's okay the baby gets lots of cuddles and snuggles from Mommy and Daddy and a lot less discipline. 
Our two little snowmen out front after another dump of snow. Is Spring ever coming? Daddy is gone for 4 days on a boys roadtrip to a hockey tournament and Mommy sure misses him. When all four boys were in one room together there was lots of "not so nice" playing going on and Mommy couldn't get a thing done. At one point I had to send Luke to his room because he was giving spankings to Isaac for messing with "his cars." Dividing them up has become a good system for Mommy at this stage of their lives. 1 more sleep until Daddy comes home. Yippee! 
