"You're Gonna Miss This...Moment" Leaving Their Mark

Time to join Pam and share the moments we're going to miss one day...because life is so short! Sometimes it's hard to find those moments among our busy schedules, but that's what I love about participating in this...it makes me stop and think about it and appreciate them so much more!

The days are going by so fast I actually had to stop and think this morning what day it was! Wow! Where did this week go? The Holidays really have me stressed and hurried this year. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this time of year and shopping and wrapping and decorating, but I've been so busy coming and going that I've forgotten to take a few moments to enjoy those little moments I'm going to miss all too soon!

One of the places I had to stop during my coming and going was to Hobby Lobby to get some supplies for a craft the kids wanted to do again this year...reindeer shirts. We've done this for a couple of years thanks to my friend Carmen, who moved recently to Tennessee. We miss this tradition with her and wish we could still be together for this fun time! {Miss you Carmen!} Alex and Emily truly allow me to enjoy the Holiday Spirit and I'm so blessed to have their energy around all the time {remind me of that the next time I take them to Hobby Lobby with me!} They picked out the stamps, paint colors and a few extra things we didn't need, of course!




They loved getting their hands and feet all painted and customizing their shirts! {I think they may have turned out better if we had Carmen's help, but we still had fun!}



{and if you can't tell what these blobby figures are supposed to be...their foot prints are the reindeer's face, their hands are the antlers and a string of lights around the antlers!}

That is what I'll miss someday...their little hand prints and foot prints. They won't care to join in these little crafts for much longer and their hands just keep getting bigger and bigger! I found a picture recently that Emily made me in preschool two years ago that makes me cherish those marks even more...

Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small
And always leave my fingerprints
On furniture and walls.

But everyday I'm growing-
I'll be grown up someday
And all those tiny hand prints
Will surely fade away

So here's a final hand print
Just so you can recall
Exactly how my fingers looked
When I was very small.

{...sniff, sniff...sob...}

So although I get frustrated at those windows getting smudged with little fingerprints and sticky marks on the doorknobs...I will miss them leaving their little marks {remind me of that when I open a door and get jelly all over my hand!}...because they won't be there forever!

What will you miss someday? Stop by Pam's and let us know...because these moments go fast...and you know you'll miss it! Or tell us what you won't miss!

Have a wonderful weekend! We have some fun plans for the weekend, and I hope to share them with you later! Blessings!