I saw this on Pinterest this morning. While my kids don’t have wee little hands anymore, it is the perfect prayer for this insomniac mom.
Thought I would share this with you. It may be words you need to hear too.
A Peek at my Week
High School. It starts way too early!
Isn’t it odd that when your child reaches High School, it’s also the time they are growing, changing, and like/need to sleep? I, too, am getting older, and to keep me sane, charming and lovable, I really, really need my sleep! Monday through Friday 5:15 a.m. It’s not pretty.
Just when my son is finished with High School, my daughter will be starting. That’s eight years of being sleep deprived! Do I need to say this could get ugly? ;)
A peek at my week. Can you relate??
And the week begins… MONDAY 5:15 a.m.
MONDAY PILATES. I do believe a mat and a towel means nap time. I went to Kindergarten, I know this to be true!
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY… Bible Study. Dear Lord, please help me fall asleep when my body is tired but my brain won’t be quiet. And please help me stay awake when my brain is exhausted but my body need to keep going. Amen.
FRIDAY… Going to bed early with the sheer joy of knowing the alarm is not set.
SATURDAY! Oh Yay! Happy day! Sleep is a beautiful thing! Mom is full of giggles! 
SUNDAY… Two whole days of waking up AFTER the sun rises! Can ya feel the joy??!!
I hate MONDAY mornings! 
Birthday Party Craft Idea
This weekend we had a birthday party for my daughter. She is now in the double digits! How did that happen?
I remember when I turned 10. I spent the entire day crying because I was TEN! Ten was sooo old in my head. And if I was THAT old, them my parent’s days had to be numbered! I was so sad! I mean seriously! Thirty two and 34?!! How much longer could they possibly have? (Yes I was a strange sensitive child.) Thank goodness I outgrew that… right Mom?:)
Happily they are both still here! And while I am more than 10 years older than my parents were when I turned 10, my daughter doesn’t seem bothered by her age or mine. Although, if you ask her how old I am, she will support me in my denial and tell you I’m 34.
Back to the birthday… My daughter wanted to do a craft project at her party. She decided on decorating flip-flops. I picked up various sizes of flip-flops from Micheals. They were only $1.24 a pair! I grabbed some ribbon, glitter glue, fabric paint and some “bling” for decorating. A very inexpensive project!
The kids wrapped the ribbon around the straps of the flip-flop. Glue from a glue gun does not stick to the rubber strap, so wrapping it with ribbon not only looks cute, but it also gives the bling something to adhere too. It takes about a yard of ribbon to wrap each flip-flop, depending on the width of the ribbon.
I don’t know if all 10 year olds are like this, but my daughter and her friends were so involved in the project that we literally had nearly an hour of silence while they were decorating their flip-flops. Silence at a birthday party! Wow! Check out the flip-flops. They turned out adorable!
