if there is one thing that kids will do for you…it is to teach you patience…and appreciation…
like how important it is to leave your mark…my kids seem to have that down pat these days…
I was making beds and I came across these little “marks” on the wall and guess who bounced up on the bed to giveaway the owner of those little dentines…
yup..the same owner as those sweet sweet little curls…
I am officially at the stage in my life where I am getting the theme of motherhood and appreciation…these little bodies only bounce around this house for so long…so I am really trying hard not to sweat the small stuff…or writing on couches and chewing into the drywall… 
yup, life is teachiing me a lot these days…and one theme that is very big on the lesson plan is appreciation…
like…appreciating how cool it is that my kids great grandpa sports puffy paint, rhinestone adorned, glitter hats like these ones just to show grandkids how much he loves them…
My girls love all their grandparents, but I have been thinking about my grandpa Joe lately…
everytime I look out and see this little flag blowing in the wind I think of how much my girls love him to come over and visit…how much they appreciate the fun things they do with him and my grandma…
(the girls love their sweet big wheel…thank you grandma and grandpa!)
We love your visits and the teachers that you and grandma are to my kids is one of the things I appreciate most…
i love the teaching at the kitchen table over construction paper, stickers, and glue…and the fairy tales and book reading…
my babies love you…
love these images…one thing you can always count on…wrigley chewing gum, a ball point pen in the pocket….
hands on his watch…and most of all wisdom…
the kind of wisdom that comes from living your life each day as a hard worker…dedicated to the people around you who you love…
grandpa…we love all the things you build for us…the tables, benches, etc…
but most of all I love the family you have built…and the appreciation you have for all those people who are in your life and that love you…
(there are a lot of us )
we are so thankful for the mark you make in our lives…for the apprecition of the things that matter so much…
(I snuck outside after you showed me that you inscribed your name in the little picnic table you made for the kids…seriously, I think this is the most beautiful part of anything you have made…your name inscribed is a treasure to me…I could not resisit taking a photo of it)
if there is one thing that grandparents teach you it is appreciation…for love, families, youth, eachother…
thank you grandpa (and grandma)! we love you!
xoxo
Tonya
