richer than me you can never be, for I had a mother who read to me

What a glorious Saturday morning!  The sun is just rising, the sky is rosy and blue, and birds are chirping.  Isn't it true that God's mercies are new every morning?  I think about that every time Shea wakes up in the middle of the night.  Some days I feel like I just can't get out of bed again to go soothe him, but then in the morning, I am always SO incredibly happy and filled with joy to see my son.  Being a mom is awesome.  And, he actually didn't wake up at all last night and I slept straight through the night.  On a night when my husband isn't even home (I don't sleep well in bed alone).  Maybe he's the problem...? ha.


Right now, Shea is sitting on my lap watching the cat in the hat on PBSKids.org while I type.  This morning I woke up at 5:30 (partly due to Shea, partly due to my husband being gone last night, and lastly because we had guests over and I wanted to get up before they did).  Shea played in my bedroom while I got ready - apparently my hamper is a great source of entertainment for him.  Then I made some oatmeal with dried cranberries and some tea for us.  Well, Shea didn't drink any tea.  He ate a ton of food though!  Then we just sat and cuddled by the gas stove reading books and working on his puzzle for about an hour.  How nice! I love that my son loves reading books.  I usually read him 5 - 10 books before bedtime, but lately I've only been reading 1 or 2 because we've been so busy.  I need to really make more of an effort to spend that time with him though.


Anyway, last night after Shea went to bed, I had to finish this...(which Shea happily modeled ran around like crazy in for me):

...x 10.

Yes.  Audree (the 4's teacher I aide at work) gave me three yards of fabric and asked me to make 10 superhero capes for the letter S week this Monday.  Just serge it and add a little ribbon or something to close it, she said.  Sure, of course, I said.  Then I had to go and look at online tutorials and decide I wanted to make it a lot cuter.  I was really tempted to buy some more fabric, but then I realized I should NOT spend money on it.  Anyway, two evenings of work later, I'm done.

It does kind of thrill me to see 10 little capes stacked on my table though. I'm thinking about making an extra one for Shea because he loved it so much.  And the kids at work are SO excited about it.

I had to stay up until 11:30 last night, because my Sister-In-Law and her husband were spending the night.  They're putting on a youth conference at a church nearby and didn't want to drive all the way back to Poulsbo.  I was so happy to have someone else in the house since Jeremy was gone, though!

Anyway!  Today I think Shea and I are going to go up to Silverdale and go shopping and have a mommy + baby date and I'm not going to do any housework!  What are you girls doing this Saturday?  Probably school and work!  Amber, I just noticed that link to your school assignments and almost died when I saw it.  Candice, you probably have a lot to do too!

Hoping and wishing you girls a happy Saturday and that you get some rest with your loves!