~today

It's been a slower week with me ending up ill by the end and still over the weekend. Today even though I'm not all the way myself has been a very relaxing full day. A new reciepe of coffee cake baked in the cast iron skillet, banana bread for snacks, and a yummy "breakfastish" dinner ~ biscuits/sausage/whipped sweet potatoes.

It has been truly a picturesque fall day with the trees beautiful in color, the wind blowing making the leaves fall, the ground covered in leafy crunch. Cool enough for layers and blankets if sitting outside but nice enough for running around type play and drying diapers on the line.

Solly(baby S) has fully entered the beginnings of a new phase where he doesn't stay still long enough to sit and eat ~ meals are a must sit at the table at least for a. Lille bites, snacks may have to be on a chair so that he may run around and grab a bite when he remembers. Diaper changes and getting dressed take waaaay to much time, reading books now consists of maybe one page then he must close the book and be off. Nursing is a must in his opinion but only for a few minutes, with quick hugs and coming to find me periodically in between just to make sure I'm still around.

We have begun settleing in for cozy days and crafting. I've been working on a list of what we shall make this year for the holidays ~ for our home and for giving. I've been knitting here and there, still trying to get hats done for each of the littles and for a couple gifts.
It seems to me when I was younger sewing and crafting, cooking and baking, canning, cleaning, and laundry, among many other things were so stressful and daunting, always trying to "get done" ready to move on to the next thing, that I never really enjoyed anything. I don't know what's changed now but everything seems so different. I enjoy putting my hands to work in my home, crafting, cleaning, even...laundry. Another thing is...my head doesn't feel as foggy as it used to, I can understand how to do things like knit or sew where as before I just couldn't "get it". It has definitely made like more enjoyable!

A while back I found a sewing pattern for cloth diaper pants, you know cloth diaper babies can't just were ANY pants, there has to be room for that puffy bottom. I was so blessed to be able to go to a friends house and her show me how to work this pants pattern, how to cut it out and put them together ~ today I have cut out many pants and have pinned them together ready for sewing.

The last of the tomatoes ~ a gift from my mother.

Can you just believe we are already having to say goodbye to this lovely month of October. It has come and went way to quickly for my liking for it is my most favorite month.

Blessings,
JM