A Blog Award and a Funny Little Story

What a sweet surprise I got from Felicia at Raggedy Creations!

~The Liebster Blog Award~

Liebster is a German word which means "dearest" or "beloved", but can also mean "favourite". The aim of the Liebster Award is to draw more attention to some really lovely blogs with 200 or fewer followers.

Thank you for thinking of me, Felicia. :)

~♥~

If you happen to be a recipient of this award, please do the following:

Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.

Share your 5 picks for the award and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.

Post the award on your blog.

Hopefully the 5 lovely people you chose will give the Liebster award to 5 blogs they like as well.

Now this is the hard part, choosing only five people! I think all of my blog friends are awesome! Please check out my blog roll and visit them. Of course my most special blog friend is my daughter, Katie. She asked me to pass the award along to someone else, but I'm sure she'd enjoy a visit from you!
I know that some of my sweet friends' blogs are award and tag free, and that's OK. If any of the five below do not wish to participate, that's OK too! :)

Here are the 5 sweet ladies I have given the Liebster Blog Award to-

Renee' from Glow Academy . Renee' is one of my very first blog friends and has given me awards too, most recently the Kreativ Blogger award. Thank you, Renee'. :)

Vicki from Our Happy Haven

Sharon from A Few of My Favorite Things

Laura from All Good Gifts

Ginny from Let Your Light Shine

Please stop by and visit all these lovely ladies.

~♥~

Now, for the funny little story. As most of you know, I am the secretary for our church's Christian school, so I see and hear all sorts of things every day! Well, yesterday I had to watch the second grade class for a little while and overheard the cutest little conversation. This is the dialogue between two second grade girls.

Kyleigh: Our dog had ten puppies and now they're making a lot of messes!
Alyssa: Well, just put them in the basement.
Kyleigh: We don't have a basement, just a garage.
Alyssa: Well, put them in the garage then!
Kyleigh: We can't put them in the garage! Spiders might crawl up their noses!!

Isn't that just too cute?! I laugh every time of think of it. :)

I hope you have a wonderful evening, and thank you all for stopping by.

Take care,
~Melanie

~Charlotte~

Image-Little House in the Big Woods

In each stocking there was a pair of bright red mittens, and there was a long, flat stick of red-and-white striped peppermint candy, all beautifully notched along each side.

They were all so happy they could hardly speak at first. They just looked with shining eyes at those lovely Christmas presents. But Laura was happiest of all. Laura had a rag doll.

She was a beautiful doll. She had a face of white cloth with black button eyes. A black pencil had made her eyebrows, and her cheeks and her mouth were red with the ink made from poke berries. Her hair was black yarn that had been knit and raveled, so that it was curly.

She had little red flannel stockings and little black cloth gaiters for shoes, and her dress was pretty pink and blue calico.

She was so beautiful that Laura could not say a word. She just held her tight and forgot everything else. She did not know that everyone was looking at her, till Aunt Eliza said, "Did you ever see such big eyes!"

Laura sat down on the edge of the bed and held her doll. She loved her red mittens and she loved the candy, but she loved her doll best of all. She named her Charlotte.

~Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods

I'm sure you know by now that I love the Little House books. :)

I thought it might be nice to post a story about Christmas back when things were a little more simple and less hurried.

Hope you all have a great week. Thanks for stopping by.

Take care,

~Melanie

Summertime

It was all so pleasant, the doors and windows
wide open to the summer evening,
the dishes making little cheerful sounds
together as Ma washed them and
Mary and Laura wiped,
and Pa putting away the fiddle and
smiling and whistling softly to himself.

~Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods


*Image: Little House in the Big Woods

Busyness and Kid Cuteness

Hi, everyone! I hope you're all doing well and having a great week.

Our weather has been cold. It was 11° here yesterday morning. I'm so glad our pipes didn't freeze! It's warmed up a little bit since then. Our forecast is for rain/snow tomorrow and Thursday. A few degrees can make a big difference! We could either get some snow or just a lot of rain. I love snow as long as I don't have to drive in it. We'll see what happens! :)

Things here have been busy! It's always this way at the end of the semester, though. I've been filling out report cards, averaging grades, and printing award certificates. They'll be handed out on Monday night, so it all has to be done by then. Thankfully, I'm almost finished.

In addition to that, one of our teachers was called back into the military this month, so we're all trying to pitch in and help out where we can. I'm so thankful for our service men and women...they sacrifice a lot.

Yes, I stay very busy, but I enjoy my job. There's never a dull moment, that's for sure! A few days ago, one of the third grade girls wrote a report about God. It wasn't an assignment or anything, it was just something she wanted to do. Her report was so sweet, I thought I'd share it with you. (I didn't fix any of her spelling mistakes. That's one of the things that makes it cute.) She's only been coming to our school for a month, and has started attending our church.

Report about God.

God created the Bible with a little bit of help. He created the world in six days. On the first day of creation God made light. And he called the light day. On the second day of Creatin God made Heven and earth. And so on. God is the king of kings. And the king is God, Because if he was in a contest I would chouse him as the king of kings, And he wold win. If God didn't egxist their would be no wold, or earth as they would call it. God is very important to all. God is afrade of nothing and all of us should be brave like him. if we can't be brave then God will fix us. He is the own that is brave. He is not afrad of a boa, Not even a gerila, Not even a fier, Not even a spider. We will not let God down. AND THAT IS ALL! Thank you.

Now, wasn't that sweet? :)

Take care,

Melanie

~Firelight & Music~

When Laura and Mary had said their prayers and were tucked snugly under the trundle bed's covers, Pa was sitting in the firelight with the fiddle. Ma had blown out the lamp because she did not need its light. On the other side of the hearth she was swaying gently in her rocking chair and her knitting needles flashed in and out above the sock she was knitting.

The long winter evenings of firelight and music had come again.

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods