Children are still awesome

~Even though you appear nuts, you love your kids and want MORE. Yes, your hands are full. No you can not afford them. Yes, you sometimes mix up their names. This is not actually an indicator that you have trudged too far down the path of insanity. It is just LIFE. And life can be hard, but children are still awesome. You see the beautiful moments, where everybody gets along and where there is just a touch of the divine in your home.

 This made me cry as I totally understand this thinking and it is how I feel.

 A picture by my 7 year old son, neat writing included. Today the children received a box of craft supplies, they were so rapt. All 4 love to draw. J says "'raw?" He especially likes to draw on skin so maybe a future tattooist? I am not very artistic at all but their father is.
Though somewhat rare, seeing the children play together and create together today was divine.

The Awesome 4 May 2010

I meant to make N a singlet for his 7th birthday, but it turned out too big and fit my daughter who is size 14.
I made another in size 4 for N and so now they have one each.

All singlets were knit from the eden's adam pattern from tikki.

Christmas with the awesome 4

Kids December

Its hard to get a photo of four active independant awesome children. My lame attempt at a Christmas party outside a RSL for end of year break up for St Johns in the local district. It was a relaxed evening and lovely as we have met another family we chat to at each event.

The awesome 4 - mid November 2009