This weekend was a lot of good things.
It was homemade pizza, hot and gooey;
roasted chicken and simmering stock;
a skiff of snow, sledding over nearly bare ground, a quick melt, and muddy everything;
friends for laughs, and tears for friends;
a huge mess of chili and cornbread to share;
siblings sharing and siblings bickering;
the power of good music to stir up a soul;
a big bowl of coleslaw and a bowl of brownies and ice cream;
aches for name calling and fair-weather friends, bullies and growing pains – and trying our best to comfort these little ones with big emotions;
remembering stories of love, teaching stories of love;
sorting through a slew of treasures searching for just the right finishing touches (and a friend who can enjoy a jar of buttons as much as I can);
the Amazing Backward-Crawling, Circle Spinning, Smiley-Faced Baby paired with the mind-numbing excitement of tax preparation;
and a fresh start for a new week.
Isn’t it incredible the wonders a weekend can hold?
How was yours?
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joining the lovely Amanda for weekending
Rachel, I am very curious, what are wine gums?
I have a jar of buttons I keep in my family room, it is one of the things everyone of my babies has loved to look though and I remember doing the same thing with my mom’s buttons. It’s always the simple things! 🙂
I could not believe when I saw snow in the background of your photo! I am been sweating from the heat here!
I hope you have a great day.
xx
It looks and sounds like you had a lovely weekend. And I have to confess to a bit of jealousy over your button stash. (It’s probably very similar to mine, but it isn’t *mine* so I must covet it…) Have a lovely week! xo
That button stash must be into its’ fourth generation now – I remember Grandma having one too!! Missing y’all!!
We had pizza too! Like minds…. Love the button collection, I always wish I had more buttons.
It must have been a pizza kind of weekend. We ordered ours though as we have a sick one. Sorry to hear someone had their feelings hurt. Those are tough moments for all, especially the mamas that want to fix everything.
Sounds fabulous! I’m trying some gluten/dairy/sugar free living for a while so as you can imagine your pizza and brownies sound divine! Enjoy the week my friend.
That is an awesome button stash! Phoebe was also a backwards crawler for awhile before she decided to try out the conventional forward method…
That slaw looks so pretty! Love those bright colors.
and all those big emotions can be hard…good luck finding your way through them.
oh miss m is just too, too precious. kiss those fluffy cheeks for me!!!
Wow, saving the best picture for last! She’s adorable. Hope all’s well in the Jay house.
When I was younger we moved into this big old house and investigating one day in the basement we found a huge stash of very old buttons. What a treasure it was!
ooohhh YOU are the one who posted that cornbread recipe while back! I made chili the other night and was trying to remember what blog posted that good-looking recipe.
Now I’ll never forget again.
XO
C
Your words don’t exaggerate… your pictures say it’s so!
Blessings, Debbie
Look how wonderful your littlest looks in pink! So bushy-tailed and bright-eyed! And that cabbage recipe – can you share it?
It was a very very simple coleslaw….purple cabbage, a couple green onions, grated carrot. For the dressing I mixed a glob of mayo (3 tbsp?) and a a glob of plain yogurt, 1/4 tsp mustard powder, 1/4 tsp sugar, salt and lots of fresh cracked black pepper. So simple but so pretty. I ate it for three days straight and did not regret it. 🙂