Do you see what I see?
Do you see a mess or a place called Ryan-land?
Do you see chaos or a well engineered town?
Do you see stretched out couch springs or an airplane landing strip?
Do you see a waste of Styrofoam cups or a make your own smoothie bar?
Do you see trash (old Spider-man bike box) [...]
Also posted in The Kid Chronicles | Tagged box, boxes, clean up, couch, cups, fun, imagination, living room, mess, photoaday, ryan, ryanland, smoothies, Summer, toys, trash |
Ryan’s favorite lovey, Baby, took a ride on a pirate ship with his custom made newspaper hat. We all had newspaper hats. Even Molly had one though she didn’t leave it on her head for very long.
Using paper from the recycling bin for a project was a fun and easy way to teach the idea [...]
Posted in Photo a Day | Tagged photoaday |
Somedays I feel like this flower looks. Plain like a daisy yet funky like a, like a…like whatever that colorful part of the flower is called.
My Photo a Day post is an unearthed pic from an evening of summer play in the front of the house. Maybe in July?
I took a photo of knitting needles and yarn on my kitchen table for today’s post. I just learned how to cast on today! I am always running into the cutest [...]
Also posted in The Mommy Chronicles | Tagged Etsy, God, knitting, Minnesota winter, molly, moments, photoaday, preschool years, ryan, summer nights, wonder years |
I’m facing a week of re-setting the house after a week or so of letting go of chores. Sunhats, backpacks, shoes, toys and dirty clothes line my entryway. Food needs to be restocked in the empty refrigerator. Clothes to run through the washer and dryer. Junk mail and to-do piles need eliminating.
There is no “easy” [...]
Our Sunday was GREAT
Gathered with friends at church
Reconnected with family at a McWilliams cookout
Enjoyed Kris’ garden
Accomplished a paved trail hike with Chris, Dawn, Jack and Nora
Took in Italian Sausage subs made from Vanessa
Ryan and I made fish out of art paper and oil pastels. My focus was on using real art materials and teaching him about color and texture. His focus was on how he could get his works of fine art in the air.
He used a hole punch, fishing line and a toy spatula to create [...]
Today’s Photo a Day pick is brought to you by my husband, Peter. I selected this one because the color, balance, line and mood in this photo all scream at me to honor the image in some way.
He took this photo a few weeks back while Ryan was climbing on a play structure at a [...]
