Let's Cruise

A. went to a party on Sunday and had such fun. It was a cruise ship theme at her friends house. One of the activities was getting her caricature done. This one is A's--I think she looks like Loni Anderson! I do love it though. I think this is such a cute idea. A. just loves hers and want me to frame it and put in her room. They played cruise ship games-Bingo and such- had cruise ship drinks- and even had little passports that took them from "port to port". It was such a well thought out and fun party. All the girls had a ball!

Sweet Girl

I just love this photo of our sweet little girl. Everyday she is growing up more and I am amazed by her grace. She is such an amazing combination of girly-girl, sports athlete, and drama queen. I can't believe that she can put on that soccer uniform and go be totally into her game and then come home and put on the bow flip-flops and paint her toes. She can go out and play with the boys...and believe me, she does that a lot as we only have boys on the street....and then come inside and play cafe. It is just so fun. We get the best of all worlds with her. I couldn't ask for more.

Hayes is Moving On

These photos are a little late in coming (this happened June 21st) but here are a few photos of Hayes' Moving On Ceremony. We are leaving the safe womb of elementary school...and starting the dark, cold world of Middle School. Ughh.... This is worse that letting them start Kindergarten. I really don't want to let go. I know that it won't be that bad but I really am not ready. Mind you---Hayes is ready. It's just me with the problem. Go figure! It was a great ceremony though. Hayes and his friends Nicolette and Mark played their trumpets to start the ceremony off -(they played "School Spirit") and did a really great job. They had several of the kids showcase their talents during the course of the 1 hour long ceremony. It was so nice and "moving". They all had me crying. I will cherish this day forever. I am so proud of you Hayes. I know you are ready to "move on"---but only to middle school:)

Good Morning Mommy

This was my first vision this morning. Sweet Benjamin walking out of his room with a big smile, holding his new Diego ball.... and dried blood all over his face. The crib is even worse! Total carnage. I don't know what he did or how it happened-but there was not one complaint in the night. I sleep with that monitor practically glued to my hear and trust me...I heard nothing unusual. It breaks my heart. I hate to think that there is something happening in my children's lives that I can't take care of right away. I know, I know this is just a bloody nose but I am thinking bigger issues here. This is only a small scale example of what I am thinking about. I so want to be there to heal all the pains and take care of everything and I know that just can't happen. At least Benjamin proves here that they can deal with the issues and still come out smiling. I guess that this is good news!

KINDERPRINTS

These are a few samples from my new line ( KINDERPRINTS) that I am going to introduce in the Fall..and I am so excited about them. I make these using the actual fingerprints of the children. They put they finger directly on the PMC and then I finish out the pendant and make the necklace. I just love these and they are just beautiful on. I get so excited about all my new designs that I can't sleep at night. My head is just swimming with new ideas. I get so exhilarated....but my poor family suffers because I am doing nothing else. Vacation will be good for us. It will force my to pull away from my design desk and have some fun. Vino here I come---soon---right after I finish this one design!

Sleeping like a Baby

I have been so tired the last few days.....I keep wishing that I could just sleep anywhere...like Benjamin here across the chair ottoman. I don't know how little children do it. They have the energy to get up at all hours and then just put their heads down when they have had enough. I keep thinking that this might just work for me. I think I will just put my head down on the dishwasher for a few minutes. That is all I need. I am trying to think more like a kid. I want to have that child like excitement for life...so do I get to sleep like a kid too?
I must admit that I was amazed to find Benjamin draped like this across the chair. I had no idea that he had fallen asleep. I came downstairs to find him like this. Poor little guy! He must have been exhausted because he really never does this. He slept like this for quite awhile. I just kept cleaning around him. No rest for the weary---I guess I haven't grasped the kid like attitude....YET!

I hope you will enjoy the new Bell family blog. I have decided to give this a try as a way to chronicle our family life for posterity and maybe share with friends and family who are interested. I also think it will be a fun way to share some of my new jewelry designs and business successes. BellaBell Designs is keeping me busy and starting to take on a life of it's own. Stay tuned for more on that.
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