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There are different ways of seeing piles and messes like this. Sometimes I can get discouraged and overwhelmed. Sometimes it feels like no matter how many times things get put away, they will get taken back out again twice as often

Sometimes at the end of the day it's just all a little too much!

But when I start to feel that way, I remember the little faces and the little fingers that got all these special toys out. I think about how quickly they grow and how swiftly the days and weeks fly by. I think about little boys with little cars.

I'm just so glad my guys live in my house. I'd take a house covered with toys anytime if my guys come along with it.

I guess it all just depends on how we think about things. If only things were always this clear.

::running sand::

Our Sandy loves to run.

It's one of his most favorite activities.


"Me wun???!" he says, and then takes off--so fast I can't even get him in focus.



Go Sandy Candy!


I wish I loved to run that much. And that it made me as happy as it makes my kiddo.

Cute kiddo.

::before & afters::

Our Sandy has needed a haircut for quite a while. He got a pretty bad one a while back--uneven, and yucky. His earcovers remained and all else was quite shorn.
So I've been very hesitant to take him back someplace for another trim. I've been trimming him up myself. Theoretically that could be good if a mom actually had any idea what she was doing when wielding scissors and comb.

It was this area right at the back of his head that was always the worst. When he slept he rubbed his head around and it got all nappy and tangled and stuck up funny. So I trimmed it more that once. The first couple of times it went well enough, but the last time I think I got overconfident and it really did not go well at all. It kind of looked like an angry animal had gnawed on the back of his head. OK--maybe not quite THAT bad. But I was embarrassed. We lived with it like that for a while and then finally took him to somebody real with a pair of clippers who took care of things.

And afters:

I could not get this silly child to hold still this afternoon. He was busy busy.

His hair is a little bit shorter than I was hoping for. It's cute though. I just don't like how old it makes him look. Where's my teeny baby?!?


Alright, that's all the blogging time I have for tonight. I'll try to carve some more out later. I miss posting!