things to smile about on a monday.

monday, monday.
after going to bed at 10 pm last night, i am ready for you monday!
(my normal bedtime is around 1 am.)

things making me happy today:

owen telling me he is an artist. and he has the skills to back it up!

this was o's first attempt at drawing a person. and i am in love with that tiny little orange person without a body! 

melt.my.heart.
owen wanted to draw his little brother during church yesterday. i can't tell you how much my heart swells with pride...

seriously. i die.

(sigh.)

and of course henry wants to do whatever owen wants to do:

so much concentration. this is the longest henry will sit still:

can't draw without your best buddy, ramone.

i know, i know, i'm no mommy blogger... but these pics make some creative parents very happy!

also making me happy this morning:

worked all.day.saturday (boo) to get these babies ready to go and on my porch this morning. my queue has gotten a little overwhelming lately (which is awesome! but overwhelming...), so i get really excited to send these babies off to their new homes and begin the next batch. is your package in there?

and a few little happy features to start off the week:

monday's maven over at i never grew up

and

a shop feature at ns pottery

thanks vanessa and natalie!!

what is making you happy on this monday morning?

my little ragamuffin

every few months we have to make the heartbreaking decision: to cut, or not to cut.
owen, my 3 year old has the most adorable curly brown hair. while we love the way it looks long and curly, sometimes he starts to look a little homeless and we feel bad about letting him walk around SO disheveled.
last week, it was that time again - and i think this is the shortest it's been since he was a baby.
what do you think?

makes me sad that most of his curls are gone, but he's still a handsome little devil, isn't he?