A few random thoughts

First of all, the baby is adorable and we eat out entirely too much lately. She's standing in front of me right now, wearing only a onesie, with a small piece of paper and pen poised in her hand waiting on my reply.

"You want some pancakes?" she asks me. I tell her sure, and she marks a scribble in the corner of her paper.

"You want some sausage with that?" (The way she says sausage -- shashaj -- just melts my heart.) I tell her yes and she writes that down, too.

"Okay. I'll bring you a Diet Coat," she says, and saunters off.

In other news, I've been thinking some more about how I'd like to decorate this house. I browsed Art.com last night until 1AM and built these galleries (which are in no way comprehensive; there was a LOT to wade through and I would have kept going if we didn't have 9AM church). This tree is probably my favorite so far -- it's nice and oversized (42.25 x 38.25 inches) and I love the vibrant colors and simple subject -- but I don't know if it would really go in my living room and I wouldn't know where else to put it.

Today I've been looking at Wonderful Graffiti for word art. Here are a few quotes I've considered for the playroom:

• Let me play in the sunshine; let me sing for joy; let me grow in the light; let me splash in the rain and remember the days of childhood forever.


• Bless This Mess


• A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
  [My own children are neither curly haired nor dimpled, sadly, but I still like the sentiment!]


• ...And they all lived happily ever after....

For those of you with more decorating imagination than I have and who know me well, does this give you any idea of my taste and where I ought to be headed? Please help me brainstorm some more!


~RCH~