Sunday Talk!

It's a quiet day here in the Air Force Household. The clouds are dark and grey, the wind is blowing a bit and everything in the house is dark, except for the soft glow of the Christmas tree in the corner.

It's one of those days, the quiet, nothing planned, fly by the seat of our pants, do whatever you want, days. Those are by far my favorites!

I got up this morning and made my way to the kitchen, behind me came the pitter patter of tiny feet, sleepy eyes and tousled hair. There's nothing like the first hug in the morning, the one that is warm and made with half asleep arms, the sound of "morning mommy, I love you" which sets the tone for the rest of the day, how can you not smile when those are the first words you hear?

I quickly set to work, turned on the kettle for some hot tea and whipped up some pancakes which were then slathered with butter and drizzled with Toasted Pecan Syrup and dollops of whipped cream. Smiles and giggles erupted over the breakfast table, jokes and laughing and goofing around in between bites of pancake.

While I did the dishes the kids moved into the living room to entertain themselves, with hubby working night shift he is still asleep at this time so we try to stay out of his way and be as quiet as we possibly can, which if you have children you understand is near impossible. But for the most part they're pretty good about it.

It's a little chilly here today, the temperatures are finally dropping and it's starting to feel more like winter. The sun keeps trying to peek through but is having no luck.

This red hair and eyes just kill me, I never get enough of them :)

Here's my boy, off in his own world. he claimed he was really cold so he grabbed his spiderman blanket and wrapped it around his waist like a skirt LOL

I find myself staring at the Christmas tree throughout the day, there's something magical about the glow of the lights and the decorations, it completely transports you to another time doesn't it?

While the kids are playing and the husband is sleeping, I've been keeping myself busy with the knitting, trying to finish off all the last minute gifts.....like this little knitted coaster, it only took me 30 minutes to make it.

I'm thinking of making six altogether and wrapping them in a bow, it would make a great gift, wouldn't it?

Here's a closer look

And waiting on my needles is a Petal Dishcloth for myself, I'll see how it turns out and decide if I want to OR have time to make some for gifts.

But while I'm knitting I do enjoy watching tv, and yesterday I got 4 DVD's from Netflix with Season 6 of McLeod's Daughters and OH.MY.WORD is it ever getting good. I am completely obsessed with this show, I can't seem to get enough of it and just pop one in after the other, I'm sure I'll have all watched today and ready to be mailed off tomorrow. I'm THAT bad!

I do hope you're all having a quiet and relaxing Sunday. I'm off to work on my menus for the next two weeks and my grocery list....tomorrow is commissary day. I need to make sure I have everything I need for the tons of baking I'll be doing this week, which means the Food Blog will be flooded with recipes. YAY!

Have a great day everyone, I leave you with one of my favorite songs at the moment, Carrie Underwood and "Just a Dream". When you watch the video you'll understand why this song is so beautiful and so sad at the same time.

Carrie Underwood - Just A Dream music video