Let's get CRAFTY!

Making "stuff" keeps me going. Really, it does. Big, small, success or failure - the start-to-finish process of DIY keeps my wheels turning. I've pondered the possibility of doing a craft show here and there and, with no further adieu, I took the plunge. I will participating in the Lawrence Craft Collective's first show. This particular show has appeal on a number of levels - one of the organizers is a good friend of mine (Jill, with Stitchouse Designs) ... it will be taking place downtown at Liberty Hall (awesome!)... and there will be Free State beer served. Win...win...win! Keep an eye on the website for info and get your DIY-lovin' derrière down to Liberty on Sunday, November 24th. Here's what I have in the works right now... more to come, with buttons and flowers, oh my!

Bam! Now it's October.

Here's how I feel about waking up and realizing that it's already October:

It seems like September gave us our last summer hurrah that was much needed. We played in the sprinkler... watered the flowers and made chalk drawings... hatched our monarch butterflies for the third year (this year was our butterfly garden's best one yet!)...

And now we welcome the beginning of Fall with open arms, campfires, and hoodies. Yes, please.

Suddenly September

Wowsers. It's September! I bailed on the photo-a-day in August.. never started September... and abandoned the blog for two weeks. I guess that's what happens when school starts, right? It is back to the grind in mid-to-late August and we are deep in our studies about:

Insects...

Farm animals...

Reading and writing...

Music:

Physical Education:

Snack time...

And social skills...

Kindergarten is off to a pretty good start. I guess being back to the grind isn't so bad after all, huh?

Photo-A-Day Challenge: Day #23: Yellow

Bright, yellow egg yolks. Egg yolks from our backyard... from Lavender... two-at-a-time. It seems quite fitting that the first egg we cracked open from our feathered friends was a twin egg. Not the one pictured - this is her second twin egg. What a beautiful sight! Maybe she was born that way... maybe our organic chicken feed rocks... maybe it's the quinoa they eat? Or the peaches, cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini, kale, KITCHEN SINK???? Hearty chickens, hearty eggs. 

Can you spot the twin-yolker in this picture? Yes, that would be the one that prevents the top of the egg carton from even closing. Kudos, chickens, kudos.

Photo-A-Day Challenge: Day #22: A Room

Which room? The living room. Specifically the living room floor. It's rest time, aka "reading hour". It is also currently a Little House-a-thon... Abby is reading Little House on the Prairie; Elise is reading Little House in the Big Woods. There are few sounds more enjoyable right now than these two reading aloud. Even the dog enjoys it...

Photo-A-Day Challenge: Day #21: Slow

I feel like I've been waiting my whole life to meet this blender. It is taking forever to get here... Soooooo sloooooowwwwww....

Photo-A-Day Challenge: Day #20: Stairs

Stairs... inflatable stairs... in a bounce house. Say what???? The giant, inflatable structures within which children fling themselves about with reckless abandon until red-faced and sweaty sit in the part of my brain entitled "DO NOT ENTER", along with amusement parks, public pools, and the giant car shopping carts at the grocery store. If you partake in any of the above, please don't be offended! My quirks are no reflection on you. Now, please stop rolling your eyes at me and start shouting "I told you so!!!" because (obviously) the girls loved it.