Flower Child

Here's a prototype for an upcoming swap... she's from this story...

She's a violet (as in flower) root child.

Good enough to go to Autorama

Autorama is this weekend.  Despite the sickies, N had to take R to the funky car show.  Good thing that R's fever broke yesterday afternoon.  He seems a bit overtired to me, but overall well.  Hopefully, I'll have pictures soon and he'll take a good nap.

Sick little people

Well all it took was one trip to the mall play area.  Both have fevers and are super clingy & whiny.

Damn mall.  Damn Michigan winter for making me so "hard up" for activities that I got talked into a mall playdate.  I've learned my lesson.

Tree spirit swap

Here's my entry into the BOG "Tree Spirit Swap"...

Just to clarify, I participate in two regularly occuring swap groups.  One is called Bits of Goodness (BOG) and it's a Waldorf Inspired Group that ships and swaps internationally.  The items are usually for our kids and they must be made of 100% natural materials.  The other swap is through my local attachment parenting group.  The items are not always for our kids and do not have to be all natural (though they usually are).  Each group has a theme and a deadline.  I enjoy these swaps because they result in cool stuff for my kids and I love the creative challenges.  Okay, let me know if you have questions!

Sensory bin

Here's the Valentine's replacement...

I call it "On the Farm".

Snow day and the aftermath of V-day

V-day exploded here yesterday...

All that chocolate and red dye - not pretty!  So today we are laying low, recovering in our own little nest.

To use up some energy we spent some time outside...