Rockhound
Beware the sneaky rock collector! She may look like an innoccent two-year-old, but she is really a fearless hunter of small objects! Just a cute purse? Oh no, that’s part of the disguise. Where ladies keep their lipstick and cell phones, where girls keep their little dolls and hair ribbons, this intrepid adventurer stores bits [...]
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(To liven up my next few quote posts, I will include some lovely photos Than took of our spring tulips. Feel free to ignore my ramblings and just look at the pictures!) Random #1091: “Some people are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.” –Author Unknown This is a good reminder when I’m feeling [...]
Also Springtime
In contrast to my last post, springtime in Colorado can also feel like this… I imagine Katya’s frustrated face saying “Snow? Now? What about gardens and flowers and seeds and grilling dinner on the back patio?” Actually, she is saying “Let me in! I’m wet and cold and couldn’t find any rocks to put in [...]
Springtime
Sometimes spring time feels like this, bright and vibrant but a little wild and messy…
Sunday Worship
For the last half hour or so of naptime, Than and I have been enjoying “eavesdropping” on Nathan’s private jam session in the downstairs bedroom. He is standing in the middle of the room, holding the children’s encyclopedia like a hymnal, singing an ongoing stream-of-consciousness song to God. It has scraps of things we sang [...]
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(To liven up my next few quote posts, I will include some lovely photos Than took of our spring tulips. Feel free to ignore my ramblings and just look at the pictures!) Random #338: “What is a communist? One who has yearnings/For equal divisions of unequal earning.” –Ebenezer Eliot This really doesn’t match the mood [...]
One Last Office Post
I realized I never posted any photos of the office after I put art on the walls and finished the last few touches. Here are a few more photos of my delightfully happy and useful space! No more after this, I promise (unless of course you beg for them…!) And no, it is not always [...]
Window Collages
Contact paper+packing tape=sticky surface stuck on a window Button jar+internet example=pretty mosaics Button jar+toddler=a happy mess on the window seat Button jar+preschooler=collections of sparkly gems on the window Kid friendly project+mommy-daddy working late=a good way to end the day together
Love-Hate Relationship
(Although hate is a strong word and one we discourage using around this house, for literary and honesty puposes it just fits in this post! ) Ah, my two-year-old, I hate the fact that you could care less what others think. You will scream and cry in the middle of anywhere, regardless of the stares and [...]
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Random.org chose #760 today–”The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.” –James Oppenheim Although kind of fortune-cookie sounding, I like the reminder to find happiness here where God has put me, instead of always imagining that I’ll find more happiness when Katya is older… when Nathan goes to [...]
