January 10

 No Spend Day #6

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Today’s spice: This morning I was struggling through a crochet project gifted to me by my dear dear husband who decided that I need a hobby… bwah haha HA!!! This is the third kit he’s given me but by far the most difficult.

I was attempting to crochet the tiniest little yellow dinosaur, struggling to count my stitches, not understanding parts of the pattern (I winged the face crown of horns thing it has because I refused to take the effort to figure that part out), and oh my its SO small! 

While struggling to figure it out my children (who generally do not play well together) were playing a game of hide and seek. To be honest the 30 minute episode was quite tense with the activity, noise, and struggle I was having. But the highlight of the day was amongst that tense 30 minutes as my little yellow dino (it is not finished) started to take shape and my daughter kept finding really great hiding spots, which she normally struggles to do. It was sheer joy listening to her brother attempt to find her. She kept completely quiet all the while. I loved sitting there listening to their wild game knowing how proud she was of herself at finally excelling at a game her brother has always bested her at. 

Victory is a very sweet spice.