Another Week, All of Grace

It's a grey and rainy (but not too cold) Monday, the perfect day for some baking projects of my own, and a fingerpainting project with Bug.

In an attempt to NOT be the worst mother ever, I've started trying to to think of one new project a week I can try with Bug. This week it's finger painting. I found some great online recipes for making edible finger paint with cornstarch, water, salt and food coloring, which considering that Bug still puts everything in her mouth if I take my eyes off her for a second, is perfect. I have a plastic tablecloth I bought years ago for craft projects ... I'll cover the floor with that, put Bug in an old t-shirt of mine (yeah, I'm too cheap to buy my kid a real smock), grab some paper, and we'll paint away. One of my friends even suggested making some Mother's Day cards, which maybe we'll try later this week if Bug really likes the painting. So far she hasn't really gotten into using crayons!

I must confess to dismal failure in my attempt to study Ruth every day last week. In fact, I never even cracked it once. By God's grace, I hope to do better this week.

Nor did I get all my diaper covers sewn. I got them all cut out, started sewing the first one, and promptly proceeded to call my mother and ask if I could mail them to her to do on the Serger instead. I could do them on my machine here ... but what would take Mom one afternoon with the Serger would end up taking me a month to do with much frustration. She has a nice long April break starting in a few weeks, so she said she'd be happy to take care of them for me. One less thing I have to worry about regarding the baby!

I started to get nervous about labor again this weekend. Between going to the chiropractor twice a week and planning a water birth, I had started to get fairly confident. But the Braxton-Hicks started to get stronger Saturday night, reminding me that no matter what one does, labor sucks. It really does. And it's coming soon, and as much as I want to meet this little girl, oh my goodness I still have a lot to do to prepare. Grace, please, Father!

And to wrap up my last week recap/this week plan, I leave you with a picture from Saturday, a perfectly beautiful May day given to us in March. Carl and I took Bug to a nearby park, walked around by the river, and ended in the playground, where we introduced Bug to swings.

She loved them.