Posted in Books and Reading, Playing/ Free Exploration on Apr 30th, 2009
Someone’s been playing with the PlayMobil set she got for Easter. I think she enjoys arranging the toys as much as she loves playing with them. Maybe for her, you cannot separate the two – order is something she values highly, something she enjoys. Oftentimes, everything must be “just so” before she can settle into [...]
Posted in Our home on Apr 29th, 2009
The breakfast nook is finished! A few late nights after the girls were asleep, with Tum Tum on my back, and we now have a place to eat our oatmeal and take tea in the afternoon.
The walls are Behr’s Butter Cookie in Sateen finish.
The trim, beadboard and cabinest took 4 coats of white semigloss.
Now to [...]
Posted in Locally grown, Moderation and Economy, Outings on Apr 28th, 2009
A few little luxuries of the past week -
A thrift store visit yielded a new maple-syrup bottle and copper kettle for the girls’ dolls.
A stop by Knittin’ Kitten – recycled silk yarn, rick-rack in lovely spring shades, and some trim for new skirts for Firecracker.
Some stickers for the girls, sent by a friend inside a [...]
Posted in Our home, Playing/ Free Exploration on Apr 27th, 2009
Life is crazy right now, but I am trying to enjoy the peaceful moments where I can find them. We are in our new house, and have been fighting off a family-wide chest cold for the past week. Everything is still a complete mess – half-unpacked boxes everywhere, still in the midst of painting the [...]
Posted in Knitting on Apr 18th, 2009
Just a quick, easy soaker for Tum Tum. Despite knitting it to gauge, it somehow came out much larger than I had imagined – it was originally intended as a baby shower gift, but would be much too large, so I ended up knitting another style (pictures soon) for the gift, and will keep this [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Learning, Moderation and Economy, Playing/ Free Exploration, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Apr 16th, 2009
I should have been packing, but the weather was just too perfect.
At least I was industrious – I spent the morning cutting the grass with my clean, quiet reel mower (with the baby in the Ergo),
making posies with the girls,
and washing diapers (yay for being able to dry the covers in the sunshine!!)
Okay, back to [...]
Posted in Outings on Apr 16th, 2009
Little Hen went to spend the night with Grandma, and the two younger ones had a great time hanging out together (who knew the grocery store could be so much fun?)
(A little coffee to keep mama going during an 8 am grocery run.)
Posted in Locally grown, Outings, Playing/ Free Exploration on Apr 15th, 2009
Since I am frantically trying to paint the new house and pack at the old house this week, I’ll leave you with some pictures from last weekend’s trip to the to the Tulip Festival in Woodland, WA. The tulips are a bit late this year, but the weather was near perfect, and we had a [...]
Posted in Books and Reading, Learning, Playing/ Free Exploration on Apr 14th, 2009
Recently, the girls and I checked out Tasha Tudor’s Dollhouse from the library, as well a film about her entitled Take Joy. In Tasha’s world, her dolls wrote and received cards, letters, catalogs via Sparrow Post. Little Hen has been making miniature letters, cards, books for her doll, Princess Rooth. (A little side note, [...]
Posted in Playing/ Free Exploration, The Gift of God, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Apr 11th, 2009
The children and I chasing falling cherry blossoms in the yard, smelling the hyacinths – rejoicing in the beauty of spring and anticipating tomorrow’s Easter celebration.
Wishing you a blessed Easter weekend as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, the hope of our salvation.