Joanna Billigmeier, Author at Crafty Nester

To the mother of my daughter’s heart… This next week our girl will graduate kindergarten.Just over three years ago school wasn’t a thing we even dared to wish for her… But here she is… she is learning to read, she has friends, her teachers love her, she is full of sass and joy and life…

Bubble excitement… Happiness is a plate of bean curd. She is the cutest… This baby… Hospital day… She is the funniest… What Paisley will look like when she is 100… the banana is a wheelchair. Boy in a box on a unicorn. Little matching friends doing yoga. She says she’s ready to go… I love…

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~ Maya Angelou

I’ve seen you cringe just a little when someone says your child is lucky to have you. Because you know with all your being that it is the other way around. ~Kathy Lynn Harris

There is nothing wrong with loving the crap out of everything. Negative people find their walls. So never apologize for your enthusiasm. Never. Ever. Never.~ Layla Palmer

We haven’t gotten back into regular crafts since we got back from China, but we did this, and we’ll count it! The kids were making egg burritos for dinner, so they cleaned all the eggshells, and spooned some soil and grass seed into them…less than a week later we had the cutest Spring centerpiece!

Life is short. Break the rues. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret ANYTHING that makes you smile. ~ Mark Twain

Sweetest, sweetest girl… We built a tiny house… He is scared of the vacuum, and she runs to hold him every time. How will adoption affect the kids already in your home? Paisley’s “heart string is going to her new baby brother. The kids are alright. She’s a dinosaur. All day, every day. For. Ev.…