My little Van man is three tomorrow and I can’t believe it’s here. Time for school and lunchboxes, backpacks and braces, and dating, cars and okay all of that is not here yet. But I have been celebrating him all week this week and noticing what a good boy we have. His heart is solid and that I am so proud of. His personality draws others, and his compassion comforts…

I am so happy for all of the time we have had together…
We have another baby on the way too! Due in August so this will be a big year for our whole family…

I keep going back to one of my favorite photos, every time I see it or think of it I smile.. Our lives are so full of things to do and things we want to do, things we need and stuff we don’t need. It just feels so good to take time out and swing in a hammock, or lay on the floor and be with your kids. PRESENT in the moment…. Not Presents… That’s where you feel true true love.

Happy Day…. Happy Birthday Son, you are our Sunshine..

I just love love love valentines day. I haven’t had much time to post lately but I do want to write about all of the things I love…

Heart shaped rice crispie treats, music that pulls my heart strings, getting a handwritten valentine in the mail from my best friend , red hots, our valentine tree (see above), clean jeans, my slippers, a cup of hot tea, foot rubs, movies when it’s raining, ice cream, the smell of fresh lemons, my dog lola chasing her bad tail, my husbands real laugh – yes he has a fake one too… Freckles, and sweet sweet kisses that smell like fruit from my son… ahhh

I wish you all a wonderful valentines day wether it’s with your parents, your boyfriend, your husband, your pet fish, or yourself. Take a deep breath and smile for love is in the air and you can smell it!! AHHHH your loved.

xoxoxoxo Happy Hearts Day

Please help the country of Hati rebuild. They have been through so much.

Image via: Urban Outfitters

Happy Monday, today I am giving you a DAILY SURVIVAL KIT to help you each day……. my special friend Brooks sent this to me.

Toothpick … to remind you to pick the good qualities in everyone, including yourself.

Rubber band … to remind you to be flexible. Things might not always go the way you want, but it can be worked out.

Band-Aid … to remind you to heal hurt feelings, either yours or someone else’s.

Eraser … to remind you everyone makes mistakes. That’s okay, we learn by our errors.

Candy Kiss … to remind you everyone needs a hug or a compliment everyday.

Mint … to remind you that you are worth a mint to your family & Me.

Bubble Gum … to remind you to stick with it and you can accomplish anything.

Pencil … to remind you to list your blessings every day.

Tea Bag … to remind you to take time to relax daily and go over that list of God’s blessings.

I am loving this love seat made by designer Karim Rashid he gives us a pretty-in-pink two-person chair for your Love Shack. The Veuve Clicquot Love Seat! Not only can you hang out with your honey face to face but you can share a chilled bottle of bubbly too! How romantic.. Reminds me of the good old dayz!

Next up the bottle, molded from 100 percent BPA-free polypropylene, is Rashid’s attempt to modernize and bring new appeal to a traditional baby product.

These baby bottles heat milk to body temperature without using electricity. Called Iiamo Go, the product heats the milk using a disposable capsule containing water and salt. Heat is generated as the salt becomes re-hydrated. Innovative, superior design and healthy too!

This year I will spread kindness, bake cookies from scratch, create something that makes others lives better, paint, let go, grow with GOD, train for a half marathon, send my son to school, keep in touch better, throw a party, tell my family, my son and my husband how much I love them every day! Happy 2010 – let’s make this a great one…

“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.” – Benjamin Franklin

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Love these trees… Kind of wishing I had a little table top tree like these. I got some great ideas for decorating and being all bubbly this Holiday in my home…

I was telling Van today that God helped him get well and that is why his tummy doesn’t hurt anymore. He said “well, where is he”? Isn’t it funny how we need to see proof of something in order to love it? I told him GOD is larger than life and he helps us through every day. I thought I would share that because it was a cute moment in our house.

Van also asked me to bring Christmas today so that he could get lightning McQueen! He let me know tonight in the tubby that he does not want to sit on Santa’s knee, that he would like to stand in front of him and see him when he tells him that he desperately needs the cars movie with Lighting McQueen!

I love this little boy more than I ever thought I could love something. He brings so much joy to my days and his laughter fills our house and spills outside.

We had a fun Thanksgiving in PA and PHILLY. It was fun to see everyone. We went to the Zoo in Philly and did the Ben Franklyn museum, and of course we ate a philly cheese steak! (Gross)

good night and I wish you a good day!