A Jumble of Thoughts

This weekend we cozied up together as a family and took in all four sessions of General Conference in our basement. The talks were so enriching and I can't wait to go back and listen to a few of them again. The children did really well sitting through each of the sessions and I got to listen to all but the last half of the last session. I had a few coloring pages to keep them busy, which Camilla and Hyrum loved. I adored how realistic Camilla's drawings were and her ability to interpret what they were speaking on.

"We do not have to be perfect. But we need to be good and getting better."
-Kim B. Clark

"Put God first, regardless of the trials you face. Love God. Have faith in Christ, and entrust yourself to Him in all things."
-Koichi Aoyagi

"The kingdom of God is not and cannot be complete without women who make sacred covenants and keep them."
-Russell M. Nelson

October is blowing by quickly. The leaves are almost all on the ground now and our move is fast approaching. Our boxes were delivered today which means I can officially start packing. We have two weeks to go until moving day but the weather has been so great that I'm finding it hard to stay inside.

Over the weekend I spent my evenings working my crochet hook and letting the stress run out my finger tips as I created. I made the older three little animals and it has made me so happy to see how loved they are. While I was making Hyrum's I kept getting frustrated with the nose and tried to change it so it looked better. Hyrum told me to just leave it because he loves it the way it is. All day he told me how much he loved me and thanked me for making him his little rabbit. That poor little rabbit is kind of an eyesore but to hear Hyrum sincerely tell me how pleased he is with it fills my heart to the top. He is willing to overlook the imperfections because his mamma made it for him with love, and that is enough.

 

Camilla is loving school and excited to start her weekly spelling tests. She reads her books without any problem and tells me that they are "easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy". Last week I forgot about early dismissal and was maybe a half an hour late picking her up after I got a call from the school. I felt like the worst mother ever, but when I got there and realized that at least five other mothers had also forgot I didn't feel AS terrible. I made it up today by bringing cookies to after school pick up. Camilla munched away happily in the backseat, talking nonstop between chews and cracking jokes. "Do you know why they call them snicker doodles? Because, they're so good that the kids SNEAK them from their Mom's. Get it...SNEAK-erdoodles?" Her laugh is so awesome! I love that kid.

Finley has gotten pretty quick on his hands and knees now which has kept me on my toes more than usual. The other day I was sweeping the floor quicker than I ever have before. He followed me around the kitchen speed crawling and trying to reach his chubby hands into the dust pile for his next treat. I swept it away over and over again, just in time for his hand to hit the clean floor, but just barely. When he gets hungry he scavenges for food under the kitchen table. He pulls himself up on everything now and even climbed a few stairs today! It's so hard to believe that in just a few short months he will be a whole year old. 

It's too bad that I can't attach a keyboard to my brain because I've composed quite a few blogposts in my head over the last couple of days while doing dishes or laying with Joseph at bed time. It seems that by the time I get around to sitting and composing something it's late into the evening and I can hardly keep my eyes open. Finley has not been sleeping well at all and little Joe has been in our bed almost every night for the past week. I am looking forward to the extra bedrooms so that the boys aren't waking each other up all night long. This mamma is tired!