It’s been almost a month since I’ve been able to post a Multitude Monday post.  It’s mostly been because my Sunday night writing has been interrupted by the life of two night potty training toddlers.  I have been recording gifts!  I just haven’t had a moment to type them up and share them with you.  So here they are!

4459-4502 reason to say “Thank you!” to my maker

• Catching Aeralind with hands over eyes after stealing some food from Sedryn’s tray.  “If I can’t see you, momma, then you can’t see me.”
• Quilt design board made
• How Aerie always takes apart my rotary cutter when I’m not looking
• How Sedryn grabs at my pant leg while I’m cooking so I’ll smile and laugh at him
• Sleeping in
• Bronwyn’s crazy laugh
• Sedryn following me around with little adoring smiles
• Inviting ourselves to Nana’s farm
• How the girls’ tell daddy- unprompted- how they would like to bring a kitty home
• How the girls are trustworthy enough that I can send them outside alone with firm boundaries
• Nana’s joy at the girls playing with her toys
• Girls snuggling up to Nana with a Pooh book
• Nana saying “This is the most disjointed story I have read in a long time.” about Pooh
• Talking about home school.  Her encouragement that I could do it well if I chose.
• Nana’s tearful wish for a student at her little desk
• Such wonderful hugs
• Laughter about how everything fell into chaos at one time- ant bites, messes, Sedryn cracking open an egg, hunger, Sedryn heading for a fan
• How somehow during the chaos we managed not to burn the cookies
• 3 beautiful children sleeping on the way home
• Lydia and Sedryn playing so sweetly and ignoring the girls
• Tamara’s visit
• Danielle and Jessica- how they so relate with laughter
• ballgown finsihed
• Fabric for dresses laid out
• Quilt on the design board
• Chanwey coming
• Kevin’s steadfastness in arriving at the pool so I can’t slack off
• Two blond head snuggled up to me as I’m sensitive to their need for space from their cousin
• Long talk after intense tantrum with Mariana over selfishness and how to love others with space and actions
• Stretching me to hear her needs and balance my girls
• Two blondies in a bubble bath processing their cousin’s visit through play
• Praying hard to plant seeds
• Grace not to yell even when she yells at me
• Knowing where her heart is
• 2nd  or 3rd physical journal filled with gratitude to the maker of it all
• My husband making everything possible and holding me when it is hard
• The way Mariana started asking before unbuckling Sedryn
• Karen coming to the rescue with her van
• Two little girls reading stories with me at wake up- soaking in having me to themselves
• Good conversations with Sarah on growing Mariana
• Prayers for us to plant seeds
• Bronwyn’s exuberant reply to “Who loves you?” with “Ben & Jay!” when she normally says daddy
• Sedryn clapping his face for laughs
• Naptime
• A couple good nights sleep
• The prayer jar
• My own growth
• Aerie’s grumpiness after nap
• Quiet evening with my girils while Derek takes Mariana to the pool
• Unprompted “I love you!” from my sweet Aerie
• Lost purse resulting in a good bit of laughter filled quiet time with Karen
• Playing dollies with two beautiful girls
• Bronwyn requesting “Rosies”
• The way Sedryn must play with his feet (preferably on my bare skin) while nursing
• Roaring and laughing and chasing all three around the room
• Most fun 3 year old birthday party ever 
• Generosity of Becca letting us play in her yard
• The magic of Daylin helping and playing pin the tail on Eeyore for the first time
• Brady and Derek and Daniel having a water fight
• Girls new room half painted
• Bronwyn requesting snow after seeing her baby photo of her playing in the snow
• Blowing up Ivory in the microwave to make it happen
• How Bronwyn played with the ivory flakes for a long time and helps me make bath paint
• Girls tucked on the couch with owl towels
• Feeding Daddy popcorn
• Open mouth kiss from Sedryn–> right on my nose
• Taking the girls dancing and watching them squeal as they ran around the dancers
• Leading a table at Mops- excited to get to know these girls
• Little girls laughing as one of their dolls from their dollhouse directed them on where to put their furniture