Category: Totally Tatum

A day of fun with Tot and Ideas at dinner. What more could we ask for?

The weather has been turning nice and cool, so we decided to dust off our bikes and pump up the tires (thank you DADDY!), and head to Butter’s for breakfast.

and me!

Hay’s are happening!
We made it!~

What a nice chat. We also did our devotion and just enjoyed each other: GIRL TIME!

Look at this gal. The one on the right is pretty special.

When we got home, she was caught playing HARD in her bedroom! Caught having too much fun (wink wink)

Later, we went to the park and played frisbee, and I watched her play on the jungle gym.

We also visited mom and took her some fresh shortbread that I made.

Idea dinner is around the corner, so I prepped for dinner when I got home.

Sautéed shrimp in pesto with cauliflower mash and roasted broccoli.

I absolutely LOVE to spoil my family. Look how CUTE they both are! That smile (on both of them brings me so much joy!)

Here are our ideas. Which ones will we do?

I love the cookie decorating ideas and the picnic. TOT, we are doing them!
Here are Daddy’s. He always has great house ideas.

Yard games, scarecrow, house improvements.

And mine!

Mine were somewhat repetitive from last month. I’m now going to transfer these ideas to my planner so they happen because HAY’S HAPPEN!

There are days when Tatum gets very deep. This was one of them.

Then there are other times when she is just surfacey silly!

“sup!?” That is what she is saying. What is up? Well, what is up is Cooper looking cute and…..

wishing SOMEONE would play with him.

Now that is some deep thoughts!

OH, the beauty of this morning. Have you ever just needed to hear from HIM? Today was one of those days. Tatum and I are driving to school, and we spied…you guessed it, a message from our FATHER.

His promise of new beginnings: a rainbow.

Next thing you know, we saw a double one.

It continued as we drove on. The WHOLE rainbow showed itself. He is the beginning and the end. The Alpha and The Omega. The One Who is and Who is to Come. The Almighty. (Rev 1:8)

Later that night, we went outside, and these were the clouds we saw. Looks like creamy mashed potatoes!

Thank you, Daddy, for your provision, your providence, and your protection. Amen!

And for cute Coopy!

This week, we chose to do something special for her each day. Stay tuned for how it goes!

Tot loves to draw for her.

We so appreciate her!

She loved everything! She even gave us a thank you note.

We love you!

She made a nice sign for our weekly Hay Happens.

Thank you TOT! When asked to set the table, we get little love notes.

She also uses her creativity to persuade Mrs. King.

Our creative, kind, loving TOT!

And they truly are spectacular. I enjoy her voice and her use of colorful adverbs and adjectives.

As a former English teacher, I am a proud mommy!
She even included pictures.

To be continued!

Sunday night at our weekly Hay Happens meeting, I put a Post-it pad and a pen in front of each of us. The challenge was to use the pad through the week to encourage each other.

Well, not only did we encourage each other, we got kind of sneaky. We would find notes on our computer screen, in the microwave, on the faucet in the bathroom, inside a book we were reading, under the placemats, on the coffee maker….quite the sneaky crew, we are!
Here are some examples:

Daddy had fun with Tot on her mirror:

or this one. Turtles, giraffes, ostriches…they love Tot too.

Tot gave it back to us too! Well in the ones below, the top one is from my HHH. The middle one was a sorry note for a lil hiccup Tot had. And then the last one is her giving me well wishes for my day!

Daddy knows how to love on me!

Tot made me a nice extra long love note!

And others….

Tot made Daddy many many many too!

I made the Hay loves this the other night:

Oh this is so fun!
More love from my HHH

And of course on Friday, you have to make it fluffy, right?

These notes really help a hard day, but the also BLESS!
Sometimes a note can be all we need…especially when we have a hiccup. Tot, your heart…MELT.

We just adore each other in the HAY home. There are days…oh, yes, there are days, but we stick together and always build up. Let’s keep it up! AMEN.