Gifts full of love

S likes to give gifts to people. Because she doesn't have the money to buy things, she makes things. She has made little things, that we have no idea what they are, out of whatever scraps she can find around the house. She always writes letters and cards to us. She has a bead kit and she makes jewelry for her friends all the time. For Valentine's Day she decorated my house in signs that she had made and covered them with suckers and other random things she could find. She made homemade Valentine Cards for every one and hung them around the kitchen as decorations. She had recieved a package of Necca candy from a friend at school so she divided it up and included them in her little cards she had made. She gives everything she can to everyone. A is starting to get old enough that she wants to give things also. It's fun for S to have a partner in her gift giving.

So for H's birthday yesterday, the two of them disappeared after school to try to come up with an idea that they could give to him for his birthday. They came to me with a couple of ideas that we scratched due to not appropriate for a baby or lack of time or supplies. Finally, they came up with the perfect gift. Unfortunately, the older boys are clueless and tactless about these little homemade gifts, Hubby tries to appreciate them but most of the time he's clueless also, and K and H are just too little to get it yet. So for now, they are just entertaining for me. And I love it!

So, here's my girls, giving their little homemade gift of love to their baby brother on his 1st birthday.



These are the moments that are truely priceless to me!