O Be Careful Little Eyes

When we traveled to see Grammy last week we listened to Fisher-Price Sunday School Sing Along quite a few times (it's a great CD by the way). I love all the songs but O, Be Careful Little Eyes What You See really struck a chord with me. I don't know how many times I've heard this song over the years but never really listened to the words.

I know I need to be a filter to the girls but I also realized I haven't been a very good filter for me. I need to be careful about what I watch or focus on, listen to, take part it, where I go and what I say. Woah, wake up call!

How's your filter?

O be careful little eyes what you see O be careful little eyes what you see There's a Father up above And He's looking down in love So, be careful little eyes what you see O be careful little ears what you hear O be careful little ears what you hear There's a Father up above And He's looking down in love So, be careful little ears what you hear O be careful little hands what you do O be careful little hands what you do There's a Father up above And He's looking down in love So, be careful little hands what you do O be careful little feet where you go O be careful little feet where you go There's a Father up above And He's looking down in love So, be careful little feet where you go O be careful little mouth what you say O be careful little mouth what you say There's a Father up above And He's looking down in love So, be careful little mouth what you say source

What I've Been Hearing/Reading/Seeing

We are a family of readers. You could call Daniel and I life-long learners. And we hope to pass that love of learning to our girls.

We are constantly reading or learning something new. For example, I've taken on gardening the past couple of years. I have much to learn and am constantly reading up on what I can do better to improve our crop. Right after we got married (almost 5 years ago) Daniel took up painting and he's been quite successful at it. I love to make thank you cards and I want to learn how to sew. Not only do we have all these fun hobbies, but you're most likely to always see us with a book in our hands or a Kindle.

The past 10 days or so I've been reading A Thomas Jefferson Education by Olive DeMille. DeMille writes about the importance of leaders in today's society and reading classics with good morals and finding a mentor to help lead you are two keys to becoming a great leader. If you're interested in homeschooling or improving your child's public or private education, this book is a great start.

The girls love to read Dr. Seuss books, well they love me to read them to them. We also love Eric Carle books. The girls got a little Christmas money so I ordered a few extra books to add to our collection.

As you can see, we love reading. We don't watch television while the girls are up during the day so books fill up our days.

What are you reading right now? I'm always looking for suggestions.

What I've Been Hearing/Reading/Seeing

I'm a reader, an observer and an introspective person.

I want to be better about writing down what happens in our lives. It may not appeal to everyone, we're all on different walks of life, but I want to remember what happens. Life with our little family is flying by and I want to remember.

Each Monday I'm going to write about what I've been hearing, reading and seeing the past week. I probably won't write on each little area, just one and that'll be enough. I don't want you to have to read a novel each week. I may just put pictures up, sometimes pictures do more for me than words.

Here's our week in review:

First, we got new phones last week. I got my first smartphone and I'm loving it! I'm able to connect all my accounts, uploading pictures and blogging got a little easier and I feel more connected to my blogging friends.

Using Christmas money I bought a mountain of books. I have a Kindle and it's
piled in with the stack but I haven't gone all digital. Some books I want in my hands to take notes and to highlight.
In this stack are inspirational books, a few writing books, and a couple homeschool books.
Of this pile of books I'm reading Bird by Bird, written by Anne Lamott and A Thomas Jefferson Education
by Oliver DeMille. 

Nyla loves to craft. Here's the snowman she made for Daddy's office. He is now missing an eye
but he's still cute and she's proud of her cutting and gluing abilities. Man, she's getting big!

Sweet Naomi always falls asleep on the way home from church. I took this picture to capture her lips and lashes.
They are two of my favorite things and girl has some lashes on her.
She gets them from her Daddy. :)

That's our week in review, some of it anyways. We laid low most of the weekend. We're still recovering from the busy holidays and trying to get back in our routine. Nyla went off to school today, first time in 3 weeks. I'm guessing we'll be at the doctor later this week because she's caught some yucky germs from her classmates. I was really enjoying having both girls well. It's been nice not going to the doctor the past month. We'll be adjusting school after this semester is over. I really want her at home and I feel like I can do more for her than "school" does.