Monthly Archives: November 2014

Toddler {Thankful For} Fall Decorating Project

I spent way too much time on Pintrest but I found a fun way to decorate for the Thanksgiving season.  I thought it would help reinforce the nightly {thankful for} prayers that he and Lincoln do each night.  My three little ones were crazy about this project!!  I simply traced each of their hands on different colors of construction paper.  If you look closely I opted to use a single color for each kid and I used their “writing” hand.  I feel like it makes it personal and they can show friends and family their {thankful for} things. They each gave me ideas for their hands (well the baby needed a little help) and then they each took turns hanging them up.  When my older boys got home they were disappointed that they didn’t get to put hands up too. Fun for all ages I found!

Thankful for

Be Kind, Be Thoughtful, Be Genuine, but Most of all Be Thankful.

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Ortman Family Update {Thankful For}

Time has passed so quickly as much of my nap time blog time was used for the CarlyMarie Project.  Life has been full of changes for us and we have much to be thankful for!  So far Chris and I haven’t had a moment where we thought, “we made a mistake by moving.”.

{Thankful For}

~New Church: Heartland Community Church
~Awana
~Mason’s academic improvements
~Improvements in Mason’s tics (fewer) and less anxiety
~New Friends
~Lots of activities in area
~New sense of calm in our lives
~More family time
~New Family Doctor is great
~Lincoln is overcoming a cold/cough without a trip to the hospital
~Weekly miles added to our cars are less than 100
~Elections are over
~SD visit scheduled Dec/Jan
~Small home means lots of good things
~Great neighbors
~Tighter bond to my siblings
~Damon told us to go one date and he and Mason would watch kids

Not a whole lot more to report but I wanted to share some of the fun places we have been and done the past few weeks.  Enjoy!

Coralville Lake Nature Trail

Coralville Lake Nature Trail

 

Lincoln and Preston at Pee Wee basketball on Wednesday mornings.

Lincoln and Preston at Pee Wee basketball on Wednesday mornings.

Iowa Children's Museum plane exhibit is a favorite for the boys.  Hal prefers to push her baby around while grocery shopping.

Iowa Children’s Museum plane exhibit is a favorite for the boys. Hal prefers to push her baby around while grocery shopping.

A little Ankeny Centennial Football

A little Ankeny Centennial Football

The "best park"!  #ThreeStoriesTall

The “best park”! #ThreeStoriesTall

Beautiful fog covered the pond in our development.

Beautiful fog covered the pond in our development.

The sunset over the pond in our development.

The sunset over the pond in our development.

Hugs and Smiles!

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