A couple of months ago, the Daddy took the two bigger boys to their dentist appointments, leaving the munchkin and I with an afternoon to ourselves.

I have to say, I love having a house full of children and I think that for the most part I thrive in the sometimes hectic pace of it all. When we do our school time, I’m nearly constantly in motion, moving from one child to the next, helping here, correcting there, trying to anticipate the next need. It’s good and it’s fulfilling, but there is something ever-so-sweet about getting quiet one on one time with just one child. It’s very rare for us, and precious. It’s part of what made the bookbinding class that Iain and I took so special. It was just the two of us, for two full hours every week.

On this particular day, the Goosey-Boy and I embarked upon our own little book related craft project. Felt bookmarks for all! He worked on each one with a specific person in mind and seemed to have very set ideas about what he wanted for each… “And now a blue moon”, “More ribbons for ‘Sijah”… I sat and cut shapes and snippets of ribbon, sometimes by request and sometimes at random. And he happily glued and pieced away. From left to right, the heart is for the babe, the brown one for Elijah, the green is Iain’s, the gray is Daddy’s and the orange one is mine. When all was said and done, gluey and gooey and very satisfied was he!

I wish I had photos of the little packages all wrapped up in pictures he had drawn and held tight with way too much tape. A very simple craft, but very well received and all but the wee-one’s are at this very moment snugly tucked inside a favorite book.