We have been...

...watching the flowers grow.
Much else has been happening, and so we have just really slowed down. We have been keeping away from screens, and appreciating what we have as we take in everything that is going on around us.

One of my favorite wildflowers, Lupine, they are blooming here and will not stay long. Their rich purple color line the roads, and just make me smile.

a book a book a book

Screen-Free Week is April 18-24, read more here:

http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/actions/organizingagreatsfw.html

So there will be no movie nights or computer screen viewing for us. Join us, in pledging to do the same!

What we are reading this week (Thanks to our Public Library. Aren't librarians wonderful?), as we think of Earth Day on the 22nd:

three little things :: thursday

three little things we are enjoying right now:

riding tricycles on snow free roads

pussy willows

sunny days

three little things :: thursday

1. Mittens Baby is fascinated with watching me make up the bed. She will try to duck under the bed covers as I whip them up. Other fascinations of hers: watching people soak in the tub.

2. After saying something to her, she will blink once very slowly. Does this mean yes, or simply stop blabbering at me?

3. This by the way, is her favorite place to sleep at night; however if J wakes up, he demands she sleep towards the bottom of the bed.

Yesterday: E.'s pics

Do you see the eagle in the photo?

I asked Eoghan what he was seeing in the picture,

"Oh," he said, "it was an eagle, but it was too fast to catch."

craftalong

This baby was started by a friend, and finished by me...

...and by the way:

April's project for The Children's Year Craftalong is up. Want to craftalong? Please do, just click the icon on the side bar to see what we are crafting.

three little things :: thursday

At his birthday party...

...swinging through the trees...

...and on his birthday, the following day.

Three birthday wishes for him, on his tenth year around the sun:

1. That he may always know how much he is loved.

2. That the world may always treat him with the kindness, that he so readily gives to others.

3. That he may go through his life always, with wonderment in his eyes.