A couple of weeks ago I found myself in a store full of very breakable objects with a small boy. Being a sensible sort, I left my friends and older kids to continue browsing and took my small boy outside. We looked for things to do while the others smelled every scented candle in Lincoln,…
Category: happy stuff
Happiness is…
… Barrel rides … Fresh pressed apple cider … Making scarecrows … Getting to help drive the horses … Making gravel angels 🙂 … Face painting (what IS that???!) … Doing art … Embracing chaos … Good friends What’s making you happy lately?
A Little Museum Magic
While we were down in Nebraska last week, we went to a local museum and made it extra magical with some dress up fun. The girls had a blast and they even overheard one excited child whisper, “Look Mommy, there’s princesses in the museum!”. Here’s a few pics… From Jamboree From Jamboree From Jamboree It…
Lessons Learned While Camping
We’re back from our camping trip, and once again so happy to have such wonderful friends to do this with every year. Here’s a few lessons learned this go-round… If you precook your potatoes before camping, you can slice them and layer them with goodies in foil pouches and they’ll be perfectly cooked, tender and…
Hey You Guys!
Yesterday, we were driving down the street when I was struck by a feeling of gratefulness and happiness about my crazy family. I tilted my head towards the back of the van and shouted, “I love you guys!”. There were some assorted “Love you too, Mom” replies from the back but 3 year-old Alex was…
Hamming
Victoria loves to take pictures. Alex does not always love to pose for them. When he is in the mood for the papparazzi, he tends to act completely goofy. Here’s a few pictures my oldest took of my youngest recently. They make me smile. 🙂 Happy Wednesday!
Crazy Hat Girl
Victoria has been in the Wilder Pageant for 6 years now. Every summer, she dresses up in an old fashioned dress, pinafore, braids and bonnet, and helps reenact life from the time when the Ingalls Family lived nearby. Until this year. This year, she is wearing an old fashioned dress, pinafore, braids and… this hat….
Opening Night
Some of you may know that we live near Walnut Grove. Yep, that Walnut Grove. Some of you may also know that my husband and daughters have been acting in Walnut Grove’s Wilder Pageant for 6 years now. Every summer, June evenings are consumed with rehearsals for Anna, Victoria and Daryl. Then July comes and…
Wall Ball!
You all know by now how much I love marble runs and such, especially homemade ones. Here’s the granddaddy of them all in my book. He gives all the simple instructions too. Now we have another summer project to add to the list!
Parenting and Puddle Jumping
“I love my daughter’s fierce, irrational puddle jumping. Every day she teaches me a little more about being authentically alive. Sometimes it means hurrying us along before the rain starts, sometimes it means hurling our favorite shiny, black shoes in the grass and returning to the puddle for another round.” Here, go visit Eros-Allegra Clarke to read the…