Four new circle skirts made from this pattern slightly edited on the waistband for ease of knowing where the back is (and covering my sewing machine’s hatred for sewing two piece of elastic together) and four new necklaces, made from matching fabric from this pattern, made four very happy girls. Four very cute very happy […]
Get the little sister to do it.
Overheard between Charlotte and Ruby: “You just swing your hand like this and it’ll fly away.” Charlotte stood, hand raised above the moth, frozen in fear. “Charlie! You just swing your hand like this and it’ll fly off the chair.” Still, Charlie stared at the bug, unwilling to swing. “Char-lie! Just swing at it. It […]
Education: beginning again.
These four children started back to school today. Ruby’s in kindergarten. Sterling’s in first grade. Eden’s in fourth grade. Liberty’s in fifth grade. Momma’s in shock. These two have the sole responsibility to keep themselves busy – and out of trouble – during our educating hours. Deep breath. I can do this. We did it […]
Camping: Stump Lake, ND
While the kids spun around on an old-fashioned (read: super fun) merry-go-round, my mother took these photos: In order to get said photos, she did this: I’m nearly positive it is the first time I have ever seen my mother on a merry-go-round. Go Mom. In other stories, Charlotte gave […]
Farm education, wooly style.
On my parents little sheep farm near a small town in South Dakota the kids got to watch the sheep sheerer one rainy morning in June. Educational stuff, to be sure. (Can I just throw in there how bad my back would hurt if I were bent over at such an angle for hours on […]
These are a few of my favorite things…
Clotheslines sagging with clean drying diapers over freshly mowed grass (and dogs that photo-bomb), little boys making mud pies and the fruits of their labors, has-been hair do’s that aren’t anymore… Flowering chives and buzzing bees, and sisters pooling their talents for birthday present pictures, promises of sweet things to come, brilliant blue eyes and […]
Summer nights.
One of our favorite things to do on a warm evening. (One of these days, I’ll learn to count to six and realize Eden was busy cooking another marshmallow after donating her first to Charlotte and she never got in the mix of messy s’more eating children. Oops.)
The story of us. Part nine.
Read part one here. Read part two here. Read part three here. Read part four here. Read part five here. Read part six here. Read part seven here. Read part eight here. The neighbors. Oh, the neighbors. The ones who shared our building were the hardest part. He was on house arrest, she was angry […]
Bully who?
Sterling called Ruby a bully. She disagreed. He recanted. Then Ruby asked Sterling what a bully was anyway. “Someone who’s bossy and mean,” he replied. Ruby nodded in understanding. In all seriousness, she said, “Oh, like Liberty.” Liberty howled. “RU-BY!” And I laughed. And laughed. Kids are funniest when they aren’t trying to be funny.
Leaving that one alone.
Today at Hobby Lobby, the kids found rabbit skins for sale. After much to do about why on earth anyone would kill a rabbit (wonders Ruby) and feeling them and asking if they are real (wonders Sterling), Eden had the final say that made me choke on my gum. Sterling asked how much the rabbit […]
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