Light Behind the Clouds and Other Scenes from Life Lately

My mums are blooming again. They are ready for autumn to arrive too!

I found this picture on camera after I took it away from Daniel. I like it. I think there is something quite artistic about it. I like trying to see the world through the eyes of a four year old. It is a different world for them.

 

 

 

I promised the boys a family banana split party last Friday night to celebrate the successful end of the first full week of school. My favorite part was the homemade caramel sauce. I have to restrain myself from eating it by the spoonful from the jar.

 

I watched my friend's baby and little girl for her last week. She was completely exhausted and needed a break to recuperate. It was fun to have him here, to marvel over his blue eyes (something none of my children have) and the tiny fingers and toes. He is a sweet and darling baby. It also made me realize that I am out of practice and that I am in no way baby hungry. I love my (somewhat independent) children. I loved having babies too, but they are a lot of work. Still, look at those precious chubby fingers! Totally worth the work. Just not for me right now.

 

 

Two bound copies of  David's doctoral dissertation arrived in the mail this week. In case you can't read the ruler in the second picture, this baby is 2.5 inches thick. It is 523 pages. This book represents the last seven years of blood, sweat and tears on the part of my husband and our whole family. I love this book. 

Does anyone else have children fight over who is going to get the mail? I remember I used to love to get the mail. Now I am only too happy to let my children get it since more often than not it is just bills or credit card offers. They are always looking forward to the Boys' Life and the LEGO magazines' arrival. Lately we've been getting lots of free samples too which is also fun.

 

There is something about blue, blue skies and puffy white clouds that makes me feel peaceful. I especially love seeing sun rays bursting out from behind clouds. I have been reading "Little Women" for the first time in my life (and loving it). In the part where Beth has Scarlet Fever and is near death, Marmee is standing by the window when she sees the moon break from behind the clouds like a "benignant" face saying "Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds."

I love that. Sometimes when I see clouds like this I feel like my Father in Heaven is telling me the same thing: "Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds."