Kids at Play

 Rocky and I have some silly kids..they must get it from us. I enjoy looking at their unique personalities shining through each and every day. They are growing at incredibly fast rates of speed, and sometimes I secretly wish they came with a pause button.

But, alas...that would not be fair to them if I really could head over to an electronic store and purchase such an attachment. Seriously, watching them grow is amazing. But, kind of sad all at the same time. More happy than sad, of course. But, sad moments do creep in. I think that's normal for parents, right? To say that I will experience severe empty nest will be putting it mildly, I'm sure. ;-)

Anywho...on to some play time..first we start at our apartment. Gotta love the airplane. The kids sure do!

Mr. Firefly doing full airplane with daddy

Miss Sunshine doing a mini airplane with Mama

Exploring a new-to-us park in Gulf Shores

 And of course...Gulf Shores and Orange Beach have some very nice playgrounds for the kids...This one in Gulf Shores even has a skate park..which has Rocky, Mr.Firefly, and Miss Sunshine pretty excited. Maybe I, too, should consider taking up skateboarding. ;-) Hey, why not??

Mr. Firefly LOVES tire swings..

Slides are fun!

Rocky was happy to discover that there is a skate park here., too! Rocky can be really good at hiding his excitement. ;-)

Just a random sign at the park..

Smiling is contagious!

 Playtime wouldn't be complete without a good bath/shower at the end of the day, right? I think this is especially  true when the bath is finished up with a warm comfy robe. Am I wrong?

Miss Sunshine in mama's robe after bath time. ;-)

That's all for now...I will be posting soon what is going on in the world of homeschooling prep-work. Yep, Mr.Firefly will be "officially" starting school soon. Homeschooling is where it is at for this family. ;-)

Stay tuned for the homeschooling post.

Love, Kelly

Living Simply...

 Hello! Well, we are at another end of the week here in Gulf Shores. Life is keeping us pretting busy....

With lots of cleaning, yes...it is my goal to stay on top of the cleaning while we are here. I have heard it said many times that the longer you do something, eventually it becomes a habit...so, I'm trying to start wonderful habits. So far so good.

I'm also thankful for wonderful helpers... 

This colander was quite clean to say the least. She spent at least ten minutes cleaning it.

I am also thankful for this man. I love it when he comes home from work, and love the weekends even more because he is home.

We've also stayed busy going to the library/story time twice a week. We are being spoiled, for sure. We LOVE books and it shows...

Animal crackers make it even more special, wouldn't you say?

Craft times are fun...

So, it's Friday and it's our cleaning day. (I am working on eventually getting all the cleaning done throughout the week and just spot check on Friday, but those are details I am working on..we do lots of cleaning throughout the week already, but I guess I'm talking deep cleaning.) 

So,we are going to get the cleaning done early today and maybe hit up the beach later, and possibly a park, and Books-A-Million to top things off (like I said...we love books).

 I am thankful that we don't have a lot of "things" here in Gulf Shores..I prefer to live simply. In fact, when we return to Chattanooga I will be gutting the house as much as possible. I will be doing some serious Spring cleaning! 

 So, cleaning here in Gulf Shores has been much more manageable, which makes me happy. Having ADD makes it very challenging to stay on top of the cleaning scene if I feel so overwhelmed, so keeping the stuff to a minimum, in addition to spreading out the cleaning throughout the week, like Rocky suggested many moons ago, will help me stay focused.

  Speaking of living simply..check out our simple living room "furniture" set up. 

Love the simplicity of it...really!

Have a wonderful Friday and a blessed Sabbath!

Love, Kelly