Randomness

I decided to write a post where I'd record a bunch of random things that happen in our everyday life, things we do, things we say, things that on the spot you wouldn't think are worth writing about, but in perspective you don't want to forget as they are part of the very fabric of your life. And this is what journaling is all about, right? Capturing and collecting things you want to remember.

So here it goes.... I love it when Ella gets into my jewelery box and starts going through earrings, necklaces, bracelets... she softly touches them, sometimes tries them on (whatever she can by herself), and says sweet words, like "mommy, I love your jewelry!" She does the same with my makeup bag and sometimes since I see her curious and dying to try something on, I let her put some blush or lipstick on, never forgetting to remind her that makeup is for later, for her teenage years :-)

I want to remember her dance moves (they're awesome.) This girl has some serious rhythm in her. The other day we were at the pool and out of the blue, she starts swaying her hips really nice, oh yeah baby! I about cracked up but encouraged her as music and dance makes her so happy. Speaking of pools, I love splashing with her, love it when she rides on my back or when we practice back kicks or strokes. So fun.

I want to remember how my sweet, oh so loving husband always helps with unloading and loading the dishwasher, when he asks if I need any help even after he's had a tough day himself and had just sat down on the couch to watch a show or the news... and when I say "yes, as a matter of fact, it'd be great if you could... do this or that..." and he stands up and comes over and starts helping. We love his to die for banana bread which nowadays he makes into muffins which are easy (and more fun) to serve up for Ella's snacks at school.
I love how he plans his golf outing around our family time so we first get done whatever we planned as a family. And I love his sense of humor, I married a really funny guy.

I love it when we go do free play at the bounce house and get to jump and slide together like crazy to Ella's delight!

I love us sitting together and eating a yummy meal every night (well, yummy almost every night! I'd like to think.) Last night we had mushroom risotto with shrimp and steamed brocolli. Delicious! I love how Ella never gets tired of having home made waffles every single morning for breakfast! And chocolate soy! She asks me every night before going to bed if she can have that, although she knows she'd get it but still asks (maybe just to be sure.) And how we always stick some fresh fruit next to it (family favorites being the raspberries, strawberries, watermelon, or grapes.)
And I love it when we say a prayer together to bless our meal.  Then also, love our family prayer at bedtime, and reading from the scriptures together. By the way, I found this great site (through Facebook), Scriptures 4 Kids, awesome! They have great materials for quiet time in sacrament, family home evening ideas, games, and a bunch of other things. But the neat thing they recently came up with the Book of Mormon, Scripture Challenge! Ella loves the scripture reading charts which she gets to fill out every night after reading her Book of Mormon Stories (last night we started reading online through this site.) It's great, I hope they keep those cool things coming! A big "Thank you!"

I love our zoo trips, our grocery shopping trips where Ella has learned to accept the fact that we can't get a piece of candy every time we go, especially since we already have a big old box full of tons of candy at home. (Totally random, I know but that's what this post is about.)

Love going to the park, there is a really nice one here close-by our house (apartment) with a huge maze, slides, tunnels and other artifacts, all wooden made by local volunteers and donors a few years back. And we love going there to feed the ducks, and pigeons, and other birds.

I love the southern flora and fauna. There is so much variety of trees here, all different pretty color blossoms, flowers, and birds. We even got a tortoise visit our patio a few days back. It was quite a treat! Ella and Hrishi (!!!) wanted to keep it as a pet! I firmly said NO.

That's it for now... I'm sure I'll add some more random stuff as it comes to me. Because there is so much to life, the little things that makes it fun, challenging, rewarding or simply just life...