The Homeschool Misfit Awards

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It’s time for the Homeschool Misfit Awards!  I figure I should be up for a handful of them.  Like…

The Harried Homeschooler Award- "Good thing I don't neglect my kids like I do my blog."  or "Who are all these kids and why are they wanting my attention when I'm trying to blog?".  This is the blogger who has every intention of blogging regularly, but life just gets in the way sometime.  Her family expects regular meals.  What's up with that?

I’ve definitely got good intentions!  Skip the meals already, I say.  Or…

The Meme Forgotten Award - For those who begin a meme, mentally commit to following through weekly, and then promptly forget or manage it sporadically at best. 

Do I have to count how many memes I’m not keeping up with?

Thanks to NotSoSuperwoman for hosting these awards of awesomeness.  There are some very cool prizes, so if you are a homeschooler, be sure to take a look, nominate yourself, or nominate ME as we celebrate our misfitness!  Nominations are open until October 19, 2011.

Water Muffins

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I love love love water! Yesterday we went to the beach at Kleinmond, and I got to play in the water there. Then we came back to Ouma's house and I watered all her plants and the lawn and the pool and my feet and the patio with her hose. Of course I was sopping wet afterwards.


Today it is raining, so I don't even need a hose to get wet.

Speaking of getting wet, here is my recipe for Water Muffins.


Needed:

1 Muffin Tin
1 Big Mixing Bowl
1 Small Mixing Bowl
1 Measuring Cup
1 Big Wooden Spoon
Water
Ice Cubes (optional)


To Make:

1. Set the temperature to a nice warm day.
2. Have Mommy fill the Big Mixing Bowl with water (and ice cubes, if used).
3. Use the Measuring Cup to carefully fill each muffin cup with Water to exactly overflowing.
4. Pour the remaining Water into the Small Mixing Bowl.
5. Stir the muffin cups and Small Mixing Bowl with Big Wooden Spoon.
6. Put Water into Measuring Cup and taste it.
7. Pour all Water on the floor for easy cleanup.
8. Dance on floor, carefully to avoid falling.
9. Mop floor with Mommy's assistance.

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On to other things - a big thanks to Ms. Shannon from Teaching Tinytots at Mommy School for this Proximidade award! She's shared a number of craft ideas on our blog as a guest poster - with a few more coming up soon - so check out her blog for even more ideas!
If you haven't heard of the award already, the award description and rules are as follows: This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.


So I hereby pass the award on to the following eight bloggers...

1. Maria at Very Blessed Mommy
2. Andrea at The Laughs Will Go On...
3. Heather at The Extraordinary Ordinary
4. Lara at Play, Explore, and Learn
5. Allie at No Time For Flash Cards
6. Messy Fun Mommy Life
7. The Days of the Knights
8. Jen at One Moms World

Feel free to pass on as you like! And hoping you all are skating towards an exceptional, breezy, exhilarating Christmas...

Kreativ Blogger

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This lovely award comes from Putting the Fun in DysFUNctional. Thanks, DysFUNctional Mom! We are all about having kreativ fun, I tell you. Even if we have to climb on top of tables to get to it!

This particular award has a rule to go with it. I have to tell you some things that make me happy. So, in no particular order, here are things that make me happy!

1. As you can see by the photo, things that make me happy are expensive electronic gadgets with lots of buttons and lights, like IP phones and laptops and video cameras. Cords are an added bonus.
2. I'm happy that I know how to climb now. And that I can move tables and chairs around so I can climb wherever I want to.
3. Kisses and hugs make me happy.
4. Money makes me happy. I like to count it and give it to people, because it makes them happy, too!
5. Singing makes me happy. Especially at 11 p.m.
6. Naps make me happy. Not having to take them, but waking up from them. I like to get up and experience the world!
7. Cats make me happy. Now if only they would pay me some attention, they would make me really happy. And bunnies make me happy.
8. Comments make me happy.
9. Oh, and Mommy is happy that I'm writing this post for her so she can take a break and get some packing done. Because I have been unpacking everything as she packs it. I mean really, she must know I need to take that stuffed monkey with me everywhere I go (until I find the next essential item). A packing box is no place for a monkey.

Just in case ya'll haven't gotten it already, I'm passing this award along to:

1. Sandra at Diary of a Stay At Home Mom. I drool over her creative recipes. And she's making lots of creative Christmas gifts, too!
2. Christine at Smiles and Trials. She definitely has some creative kids!
3. The lady at The Days of the Knights. Gotta be creative when following a quest into the unknowns!
4. Danielle at New Mommy Rant. Anyone who can function on severe lack of sleep has some reserves of creativity, for sure.
5. Damselfly at Growing a Life. Just cuz her "What I'd Wear Wednesdays" are the only fashion things Mommy ever reads... And Mommy needs a serious dose of that stuff.

Thanks, guys!

Octamom Award

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Happy weekend, folks! Mommy went through all my toys today, sorting out the baby ones I never play with anymore so we can give them to an orphanage. Of course, as soon as she pulled them out I really wanted to play with them!

We've had a really busy week, and in hopes of a restful weekend, we're just going to pass on an award today.

Okay - the full name of this award is the "I Gave Octamom An Award And It Took Her Two Years To Post It Award." We feel so honored to receive it! Thanks, Octamom! If you visit her site and see how busy she is, you'll understand exactly why we're so honored...

And of course, as we have a list of awards we are needing to pass on, we've got a list of awardees for this special award. (Bear in mind - those original awards WILL be passed on, well within the two year deadline. At least that's our goal. We believe in setting measurable, achievable goals, you know...)

So a big thank you to the following wonderful bloggers:

• Debra at Clothed With Scarlet
• DysFUNctional Mom
• Teaching Tinytots at Mommy School
• Tara at If Mom Says OK

And the rules are simple:

1. You must eat a piece of chocolate in honor of accepting the Octamom award.
2. You must, um.....oh, ah, eat another piece of chocolate when you put it on your blog.
3. You must visit Debi B. (who designed the award) by clicking here. It's neighborly, you know.
4. Try to go by and see the other good folks I'm putting up a link up for.
5. Feel free to add or subtract from the rules as suits your fancy...except that chocolate one...I must insist on that.

Talk about a yummy award! And now we have someone new to blame the scale numbers on!

Shhh - don't tell anybody about the chocolate. I'm destroying the evidence.
To ALL you readers, please go eat a piece of chocolate. It will make us feel less guilty. And have a great weekend!

Rockin' Award

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This morning I HAD to put on a white tshirt. Mommy got me one of those 5-packs of cheap white 2T/3T comfy tshirts when we were in the US in May, and they are just the right size to leave a gap between the bottom of the shirt and the top of my pants, which is perfect for putting a finger in the belly button. With 5 of them, there is usually at least one clean one (CLEAN being a relative word where white is concerned). And the white shows off mud stains and food stains and paint so NICELY!

After Mommy realized she wasn't gonna convince me to put on a dress, she came up with some lame ideas of things to wear with my perfect white T. A pair of girly cotton green overalls - NOT! I got those off in a heartbeat! Then a pair of denim shorts - NOT again! Finally Daddy interpeted for me and told Mommy WHITE was in, and sure enough, I was quite happy to put on my white pants!

Mommy's note here: What's the right age to let your baby start dictating what she wears? For me, I guess it's as soon as she starts taking off her own clothes when she doesn't like them. I miss dressing up my baby doll... :)

So now that I have my white ensemble on, it's time to go make mud stew with Mavinga. We get out my stacker cups and make a mix of dirt and water. Mavinga finds a stick to stir it with, and I grab it from him. It is, after all, MY stacker cup, right? And he can go find himself another stick somewhere. So we happily? stir and mix and grab and slop and splash.

Finally we're all done with our concoction, and Ms. Catherine helps me clean out my stacker cups. As you can see, Mavinga is nowhere to be found. Typical man when there are dishes to be done...

So that was just part of my day. Before I digress too much, I promised more awards. We were honored to receive a Your Blog Rocks award from Real Me at Meaningful Days, who has one of those awesomely honest and real and inspiringly godly blogs. And so we get to pass it on to 5 more blogs:

1. Breanne at Expectantly Waiting. I love her baby's butterfly princess costume!
2. Octamom. Mom of 8 (lots of activity!) and great writer!
3. Dana at Just Talk. Who does way too much on her days off work.
4. Sheila at Somebody Loved. Who leaves wonderful comments and has a bit of everything on her blog.
5. Simply Stork. Great photos here!

Mommy says it's not time yet to tell you about the "P" crafts, but I just had to show you what I made yesterday. It's a Pretty Painted Perfumed Plumeria bouquet in a Pink Pinion Gear. Bet you'd never have come up with that one by yourself!

Have a blessed weekend!

Still Here!

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Mommy says my life will be changing drastically soon. I'm not sure exactly what that means, but she is busy working all the time and starting to pack stuff, too.

So that means I get to watch lots of Barney and Milo and Otis, which suits me just fine as long as I can swap the DVDs around every five minutes. And it's even better when I can sneak the potato chips out of the pantry without anyone noticing.

Some big news - our bunnies had babies last week! So Pepper really was a girl after all. There were 10 babies at first, but now there are only seven - some of them were just too little to survive. They are getting fur and some of them opened their eyes today! They are so cute and soft and wiggly! Here I am with one of them.
We are a bit behind in passing on awards and memes, so we'll start trying to get caught up here before we lose internet access for awhile. So today, thank you to Debra at Clothed With Scarlet for this beautiful award, which just happens to be in Mozambique's national language - Portuguese!

Let's start with the explanation and the rules:

The English translation of this gift is: "This blog invests and believes, the proximity" [meaning, that blogging makes us 'close' -being close through proxy] How awesome is that?? "They all are charmed with the blogs, wherein the majority of its aims are to show the marvels and to do friendship; there are persons who are not interested when we give them a prize, and then they help to cut these bows; do we want that they are cut, or that they propagate? Then let's try to give more attention to them!

So with this prize we must deliver it to 8 bloggers that in turn must make the same thing and put this text. So, I want to pass this award on to the following 8 bloggers. All of these blogs make my heart smile, I enjoy visiting them. Some make me laugh, some have encouraged me, some have posted the most amazingly convicting stories. I've enjoyed them immensely.

1. Dani at Give Me a Second To Think About It. Thanks for all the uplifting comments and the upbeat posts!
2. Angie at 7 Clown Circus. Thanks for the frequent visits and just the overall fun going on at your site!
3. Kori at See Kori Rant. We love your visits, too! I bet I'd have lots of fun playing with Owen!
4. Mary at Not Before 7. We love hearing all about what D is accomplishing (as well as his sisters)!
5. Jackie at Our Moments Our Memories. I think Mommy needs to get some birthday cake ideas from you!
6. Heather at The Extraordinary Ordinary. Lots of great writing to read at this blog!
7. Melissa at WhatKnot. Mommy's creative and domestic genes come out after checking out your posts, which can only be a good thing!
8. Lori at Teacher Turned Mommy. Did I ever tell you how much I love little boys? I just want to chase them and catch them and kiss them all!

That's it for today, folks! There are lots more blogs I wanted to give this to, but Mommy says we have more awards to pass on later this week, so I'm saving up for those, too.

BFF Gold Card Award

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A belated big thanks to Dana at Just Talk for the BFF Gold Card award! Dana's a teacher with lots of good girl chatter going on at her blog.

The rules for this award are to pass it on to people who have been following you for a long time and then a new follower from another country.

There are quite a few of you who just provide such encouraging comments on a regular basis, so this is really hard. What I've decided to do is bend the rules a little and focus on a few newer commenters who I really appreciate.

So the awards this time go to:

1. Kori at See Kori Rant. She's got a lot of drama going on in her life and kids keeping her plenty busy, yet she still regularly finds time to stop by and chat about my posts. Thank you!
2. Sarah at Tales from Oakbriar Farm. Her little girl E is just a little older than my E, so it's fun to compare stories as we watch them grow up.
3. DysFUNctional Mom at Putting the FUN in DysFUNctional. Another great commenter and fellow mommy blogger of sorts.
4. Donna at Cottage Days and Journeys. She's got a blog full of great photos of traveling adventures, and she joins the Mozambique journey via my blog, too!
5. And the other country award goes to ZJ at The Sreisaat Adventures in Cambodia. She's a fellow PhotoHunt participant, and if you want a list of international blogs, check out her blogroll! (The fact that my sister lives in Cambodia has nothing to do with the honoring of this award...)

We're saving up some awards for next Sunday - see you then!

Passing It On

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It's been a busy week and a half here - a good kind of busy - with Grandpa and Oupa and Daddy all home. So you may have noticed that some of our posts have been delayed. And we are about 2 weeks behind in responding to comments, though we've been loving them all!

We've got two awards to pass on this week. The first is the You Make Me Smile Award from Lori at Teacher Turned Mommy. Thank you, Lori! Lori just posted some beautiful scrapbook pages of her little boys - I'm so inspired to make some of my own!

I'm passing this award on to:

1. Dani at Give Me a Second to Think About It. Dani's posts don't just make me smile, they make me laugh! And she writes wonderful comments over here, too . . .
2. Wifey at Wifey's House. See where my second award comes from. Wifey's posts regularly leave me challenged to change and be a better wife and person.
3. Momisodes. A mom blog with incredible photos and cute posts.
4. Jessie at Muthering Heights. Another mom blog featuring two beautiful little girls.
5. Sarah at Que Sarah, Sarah. A personable blog with a great mix of humorous, thoughtful, scary!, and spiritual posts.

The second award is the I Love Your Blog Award from Wifey at Wifey's House. Thank you, Wifey! I was rather intrigued by the iPod accessory I found on Wifey's Wednesday post last week! (Note: Not recommended for kids!)

This award came with some strings ... and the rules are :

1. The winner can put the logo on their blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you’ve nominated.

I'm passing this award on to the following:

1. Lori at Teacher Turned Mommy. I've been wanting to pass an award on to Lori for a while now, so this isn't just a payback!
2. Mamajil at M is for Mommy. Mom to 10 kids - I'm amazed to see what they are up to every week, and I love reading how all the kids are discovering and learning and helping out.
3. Heather at The Extraordinary Ordinary. A wife and mom who alternatively makes me laugh and think hard from post to post.
4. Sandy at Writing in Faith. Beautiful photos and beautiful words that make me feel and think and ponder.
5. Tracy at My Cup Runneth Over. Where I go when I'm looking for some spiritual uplifting.
6. Marilyn at A Mixed Bouquet. Another site for spiritual upliftment . . .
7. Connie at The Young and The Relentless. A great mom blog with two cute kids!

Wishing you all a blessed and wonderful week!

More Busyness

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Hope your weekend is going wonderfully and restfully! We've got two awards to pass on this week. Awardees, we just wanted to let you know we appreciate your blogs! Feel free to pass these awards on if you'd like.

First is the Share the Magic Award from Pam at Random Thoughts. Pam has a beautiful girl and a boy close to Esmé's age. She's a teacher, and in the midst of all her busyness in getting ready for a new school year in a new school, she found the time to pass this on. Thanks!

RDH Mom, the creator of this award, says, "It is lovingly called the "Share the Magic Award". It is for sharing your magic in the world of blogging. I have met some incredible people since I have started blogging. I think of you as my friends and liken you a pen pal. I have met bloggers from all over the world, from as far away as Australia to as close as a nearby city. Although I have not met any of you IRL, I feel like I know you. We share our lives, our hopes, our dreams, and our most embarrassing moments. I don't know how I stumbled upon my first blog, or why I got the notion to start one of my own. I have unleashed a passion for writing that I never knew I had. Because of the encouragement you give me with your comments, I am nurturing this passion, and loving every minute of it. That is the Magic of Blogging.....and for that reason I am bestowing this award to my wonderful friends in the blogging world."

I have been thoroughly enjoying mom blogs - it makes me feel part of a wonderful community. Here are a few moms I'd like to thank for sharing some magic:

1. An Island Life.
2. Damselfly at Growing a Life.
3. Jennifer at Family Musings.
4. Jackie at Our Moments, Our Memories.
5. Tara at If Mom Says OK.

Then the Arte Y Pico award comes from Lori at Teacher Turned Mommy. In addition to keeping us updated on her two cute little boys, Lori comes up with a new blog design every season, it seems. Wow!


Now the rules are I have to post the rules and pass on to five people. So here are the rules:

1. Choose 5 blogs that you consider deserving of this award based on creativity, design, interesting material, and overall contribution to the blogger community, regardless of the language.
2. Post the name of the author and a link to his or her blog by so everyone can view it.
3. Each award-winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award.
4. The award-winner and the presenter should post the link of the “Arte Y Pico” blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5. Please post these rules.

And I'm passing on the award to the following:

1. Fish and Frog - Turtle and Blog. Beautiful nature photos and nature lessons on this blog.
2. The Spices of Life. Gorgeous papercuts here!
3. Hootin' Anni. Lots of great photos of art on this one.
4. Blissful Begonia. A blog about the good things in life.
5. No Time for Flashcards. Had to have at least one with kiddy art on here! Lots of fun stuff for kids.

Now that we have the business out of the way, here is a photo of what I found shortly after our emergency trip to Shoprite today to pick up sugar. Look familiar, anyone? Can't turn my back for a second. Now I've gotta go clean up Esmé's disaster . . .

Have a blessed week ahead!

Busyness Again

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It has been a most busy night and day - I've been catching up with comments and blogs from the last two weeks. What fun!

Here's a link to some smiling boys in Mozambique. I dare you not to smile back!

And a link to my favorite thoughtful post of the week - When Bad Things Happen . . .

And finally a link to a young kid singing a powerful song. (Note: I'm not making any political or moral statements with this link - I do believe war is inevitable on this planet in its current state. But wouldn't it be nice if there were no war - the way God originally intended?)

God always has incredible timing. I've got FOUR awards to pass on this week - and it has been a week when I really needed the extra lift. So thank you, awarders - consider yourselves miracle workers . . .

To all you awardees listed below, I just wanted you to know I appreciate your blogs. Feel free to pass on the awards if you wish.

The Arte Y Pico Award comes from Wifey at Wifey's House. I must say I love Wednesdays at her house - and I'm not gonna tell you why! Check it out for yourself . . .

Now the rules are I have to post the rules and pass on to five people. So here are the rules:

1. Choose 5 blogs that you consider deserving of this award based on creativity, design, interesting material, and overall contribution to the blogger community, regardless of the language.
2. Post the name of the author and a link to his or her blog by so everyone can view it.
3. Each award-winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award.
4. The award-winner and the presenter should post the link of the “Arte Y Pico” blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5. Please post these rules.

And I hereby bestow the award on:

1. The Artful Parent. This blog is a regular source of inspiration for my art with Esmé - with lots of ideas from her toddler art group and her own daughter.
2. Munchkins and Music. There are so many ideas here for ingraining a love for music in even the littlest of kids. I'm inspired with every post.
3. Our Crafts N Things. Another source of good craft ideas for little ones.
4. AfricanKelli. Lots of cool cooking and sewing projects here - and my favorite part is the African twist, especially her accounts of her recent trip to Malawi and Mozambique!
5. Diary of a Stay at Home Mom. All kinds of recipes and gorgeous photos on this mother's blog. And she's got ties to Mozambique, too!

The You Make My Day Award comes from Restless Housewife at the Restless Blog, where she shares her rather entertaining view of life with an almost 2-year-old girl. Boy, can I relate to most things there!

I'm not sure that there are any rules with this award, so without further ado, I'm passing it on to:

1. Praying for Parker. I get a huge smile on my face every time I see another of Parker's photos!
2. Genesis Moments. A fun look at life from the perspective of a writer and mother.
3. Becoming Me. A mom sharing how God is transforming her life.
   

The Brillante Weblog Award comes from A Ten O'Clock Scholar. On her site, you can find information and links to all kinds of great resources on homeschooling and getting those kids of yours brought up smart and well. Boy, do I need help with that sometimes! And I'm just starting with the alphabet so far.

So here are the rules for this award:

1. Put the logo on your blog
2. Link to the person you received your award from
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Put links to those blogs on your site
5. Leave messages on the blogs you've nominated

And here are my nominees:

1. Who's Your Daddy? Spiritual implications and applications in the life of a parent, particularly a father.
2. Every Day Miracles. Experience the miracles God is doing in one mother's life. I've really been enjoying the from-the-heart posts here.
3. 5 Minutes for Parenting. I've been loving all the thoughtful posts on here - every one of them. Great job, guys!
4. My Sweet Life. All about faith and kids - with some good writing.
5. Not a DIY Life. Faith and motherhood fully integrated.
6. Summer's Nook. All the good stuff about real motherhood.
7. Baby Tea Leaves. More good stuff about real motherhood.

1. And the last award I'm passing on is the Sharing the Love Award. This one comes from Angie at 7 Clown Circus. You can read the story of her most memorable first kiss there - it is a sweet one.

The rules of this award are: SHARE THE LOVE!!! Share this award with all those blogs out there that you love. All the people who make you smile. All those that make you laugh. All those that make your day. All those that leave uplifting comments on your blog. And include a link to this post and ask your recipients to do the same.

So the awardees for the Sharing the Love award are:

1. Austin to Africa. One of my first blog reads, I'm enjoying reading about someone else's adventures right here in Maputo, Mozambique.
2. Pregnantly Plump. As one proud mommy, I love reading the musings of another proud mommy.
3. One Moms World. Just in case you haven't seen enough links to mommy blogs on this page, here is another one I love to read!

Business

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Hope everyone is having a happy weekend! We’ll be posting photos tomorrow of the non-birthday get-together on Friday, but today we’ve got a few items of business to attend to.

First, thank you to Lori at Teacher Turned Mommy for passing on the Bloggy Goodness Award! I love reading about Lori’s gorgeous kiddies – Blake and Colby. It always amazes me that a mom can survive with a baby not all much older than Esmé and take care of a newborn, too – people like you are my heroes!

Now I get to pick 3 blogs from the dozens of excellent ones to pass this award on to. So I’m hereby passing this on to:

• Angie at 7 Clown Circus. Not just for making me jealous with photos of her romantic vacation, or for having some of the cutest kids out there, but also for being real on her blog.


• Kathy at Kathy Likes Pink. For making me laugh, for some gorgeous photos in her posts, and for the pink brightness I get every time I view her blog.


• Nell at Casual Friday Everyday. It’s fun watching the belly grow! Plus I appreciate the constant reminder to enjoy the moment – these mommy moments pass by so quickly!

Second, I got tagged by Jen at One Mom’s World to share six random things about my life right now.

We’ll start with six random things about Esmé:

1. She is 16 months old today!


2. She has 13 teeth and three just ready to burst any second.


3. She is ambidextrous – she eats, colors, and throws ball with both hands.


4. Her favorite color seems to be pink, if evidenced by the color of markers she prefers to draw with.


5. She has a gazillion stuffed monkeys.


6. She’s a water baby – she was born in the water and still loves it!

Now six random things about Esmé’s mommy:

1. I haven’t lost a Boggle game yet (except the online version, but I’m sure the winners use a computer program or something to get their winning scores).


2. I can’t swim.


3. I like white water rafting. I went on a 2-man inflatable kayak with my husband the day after I found out I was pregnant with Esmé, and we tipped over – my first time ever tipping over. All that training kept me calm as I told myself to relax and let my life jacket do the work. It did – I came up under the overturned kayak and couldn’t get air. Then the training kept me calm as I told myself to “walk” to the end of the boat (of course I took the long route) – and finally I got air! And I hung on the boat all the way through the rapids. It was only after I was all safe and sound that I panicked.


4. I am an out-of-practice flautist.


5. I’ve always worked in accounting or information systems. Right now I handle the finances for our Africa project. When I took the Myers-Briggs test for my company a few years ago, though, it surprised everyone by showing that I was a frustrated artist. I think orchestra conductor was at the top of my occupation list. Unfortunately, being an artist takes talent as well as personality . . . If I could choose today what I would be when I grow up, I would probably choose something in social work. Or I’d be a midwife. Or I'd read books for a living.


6. The kitchen is an area my OCD shows up in full force. I either am in the middle of cooking a dozen recipes or can't handle the thought of cooking at all.

So, all awardees – consider yourselves tagged and pass on the award if you so choose. And get out and have some fun before the weekend is over!

Wylde Women Award

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I was honored to receive the Wylde Women Award from Celita of The Spice of Life. I always thought papercuts were a bad thing until I saw her blog! Talk about inspiring papercuts . . .

Tammy Vitale recently created the Wylde Women Award with the purpose "To send love and acknowledgment to women who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy."

By receiving the award I get to share it with some of my favorite bloggers. If you would like to pass it on, here are the rules.

1. You can give it to one or one hundred or any number in between - it's up to you. Make sure you link to their site in your post.


2. Link back to this blog site (http://www.tammyvitale.com/) so Tammy can go visit all these wonderful women. And remember the Purpose of the Award: To send love and acknowledgment to women who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy.

Without further ado, my Wylde Women Awards go to. . . . . .

Laura at Clearly Living. She is living her dream at a Mozambican orphanage, and in reading about her boys, I am inspired to live my dream, as well.

Reluctant Memsahib. She makes me laugh at the absurdities of life in Africa instead of getting frustrated with them, and that definitely deserves an award.

Genny at My Cup 2 Yours. She consistently inspires me to be a better, more godly mother with her thoughtful posts.

Andrea at The Laughs Will Go On, Danielle at New Mommy Rant, and Pam at Random Thoughts. Sharing mommy moments with these bloggers has been a privilege. It makes the motherhood journey seem a little less lonely and scary, and a lot more rewarding.

Sharing the Love

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On Saturday I promised I would show you my tempera paintings. Here's my gallery. Mommy decided to try the Rorschach method on some of these for fun. There are two paper mosaics too, since I wanted to use the glue so bad.

While we're on the subject of art, here is my writing on the wall. I'm only allowed to do this in the art room - don't worry!

And here I am with a food art masterpiece.

And hair art, too!
Now that my art show is out of the way, I wanted to pass on a "Sharing the Love" award that came from Summer. This award is in honor of a heart donor - click on the button below for the full story.

The rules of this award are: SHARE THE LOVE!!! Share this award with all those blogs out there that you love. All the people who make you smile. All those that make you laugh. All those that make your day. All those that leave uplifting comments on your blog. **All I ask, is that you include a link to this post with the award and ask your recipient to do the same**

So - passing it on to: Lis Garrett, New Mommy Rant, Not Before 7, Random Thoughts, Sincerely Anna, Sunshine on My Shoulders, The Artful Parent, The Laughs Will Go On, WhatNot, Zoe

And there are MANY more who deserve the award, I know. We're just tryin' to keep the post a reasonable length.