I can’t remember a bad elementary era valentine party. I cherished that day at school… February 14th… The exchanging of beautiful little cards representing friendship, love, and sweetness. Compiling a loot of red, pink, and white colored candy, (even though teachers often asked parents not to send in candy). The “Sweethearts” were my all time [...]
Well, our Rangeley trip came and went much too fast. The weather was gorgeous. We enjoyed hiking, boating, fishing, swimming, late night movies, and eating lots of yummy food. I have one penultimate vacation story to report. When we arrived in town, we were immediately told that a bear was hanging around the campground. A [...]
My kids are getting huge. Their pants are fast becoming high-waters. Sophie graduates preschool on Friday and will start kindergarten in the fall. Last night, Max quite proudly graduated to a Webelo cub scout. He made sure he was first in line to cross that bridge. They are my babies no longer. In fact, [...]
I’ve been on a crash course getting ready for my daughters 5th birthday party. I have just a few more days to finish cleaning my house so that the other preschool moms won’t see how we really live. (You’re the only preschool mom who knows, Bonnie, so hush hush!) There’s absolutely nothing like hosting a [...]
We drove around Rocky Mountain National Park for the other day and saw outstanding views and much wildlife, including mule deer, elk, one adorable pika, squirrels, chipmunks, and many birds. There were little bloooming cactii everywhere- a sign of spring well underway. Back in Estes Park we saw a group of six or seven elk [...]
The Denver area is beautiful. They are a few weeks ahead of us in seasonality. The lilacs are in bloom. It’s mostly sunny and warm. There was a brief thunderstorm yesterday and a tornado warning. A tornado touched down a mile or so from us while we were driving and we actually heard a tornado [...]
For a while now I’ve wanted to make Sophie a T-shirt dress. I’ve seen them all over Pinterest and they seem so easy to make. I found a fantastic pattern but made one significant mistake; I began with a T shirt that was much to large for the dress pattern, resulting in a somewhat wonky [...]
The bird’s the word. Today both kids and I made our own versions of Ann Ellis’ Word Birds which are featured in the latest Cloth Paper Scissors issue. (I got the idea from Jenny Lee’s latest post, see it at texterial.) We had a great time. I didn’t have any colored tissue paper which [...]
This week has been interesting to say the least. We replaced our upstairs toilet. It was installed when our house was built in 1928. Now it sits crooked in the snow, outside our door, in three pieces…Yep, we’re one of those people now, one of those with a non-functioning toilet sitting outside on our property. [...]
It’s pretty neat when my child’s art inspires me. Max brought home his latest art project the other day, a print made from a carved styrofoam meat tray. I was enthralled. How simple of an idea! My head started spinning, thinking about making prints this way. I always check out the art on the walls [...]
