Crafting Along With needle and thREAD

Another week of small projects!

My nephew, codename: Monkey, lost his 1st tooth. 

He is only 4.5 years old and no one even realized his tooth was loose.

So no "tooth fairy" prep had been done.

After a call from my sister, requesting a tooth fairy pillow STAT, I whipped up a little monster pillow after playschool. I used this cute pattern from the long thread and then added some hair to make it unique and funky!

He turned out pretty cute!

Another little project I managed to fit in was making skinny jeans out of a pair of boot-cut jeans I already owned. I like them and plan to do another pair!

Am I rockin' the garden clogs or what!  Hands down these are my favorite outside shoes.  When we saw they were being discontinued, my mama bought me two extra pair for Christmas 2011.



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Wonderfull (Full of Wonder) Wednesday

Looking for the wonder in everyday life! 

I'd love for you to join me on this journey. 

If you find wonder along the way, please leave a link in the comments,

so others can share in your wonder!

The wonder of a new baby!

Four weeks old.

I am in awe!



If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in” ~ Rachel Carson

One Step Back

Bunny has been night weaned since early March. Every now and then she would still wake at night and ask to nurse, but was easily comforted by my snuggles. I would tell her the nursies were sleeping and she didn't argue it. She would just take a drink from her sippy cup of water and cuddle back to sleep. This was all going fine until the week Squirrley was born. Along with all the other new things in her little life, Bunny also started cutting her two year old molars. When she was having a a lot of teething pain she would wake at night and whine and ask to nurse. I would try to distract her by singing a lullaby or rubbing her feet or back. She would usually end up falling asleep, eventually.

After a particularly long session of her begging to nurse the other night, and me trying everything I could think of to comfort her in other ways, she started to cry. I made the decision to let her nurse. Within a couple of minutes she was fast asleep. She slept well the rest of the night. Sometimes, as a mama, you have to know when to take a step back and decide what is important. Night weaning was intended to help us both get more sleep. But not nursing was keeping her (and me) awake. So I have decided to back up a bit and resume night weaning after the molars are through. She needs to nurse at night right now. She needs that comfort. We both need to get some sleep. Hopefully teething won't last long and we can get back on track. But for now, taking a detour is the right thing for us.

I tried it last night. Bunny woke and started fussing to nurse. I let her and she was back to sleep in under a minute. I have always heard that sleep begets sleep, and it must be true because after her usual morning nurse when her papa got up, she didn't get up until after 9. I definitely feel like this is the right thing to do.

An Enchanted Childhood Playschool ~ Summer Break

Another fun filled week at Playschool!

 We have several different kinds of blocks.. the two favorites are the wooden "lego" and the castle blocks.

These two were on a boat and using the world ball to map out their adventure!

Off to check out the garden!

After eating some yummy veggies, the kids helped clean up the sticks in Poppaw John's yard!

So much to discover!

Wonder if the fairies are home?

So much to do!

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{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. A photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

 Four GREAT-grandparents! My girls are blessed!

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Crafting Along With needle and thREAD

Not much here, folks. I have been spending some time cleaning out and organizing pockets of resistance in my home. I boxed up the maternity clothes to put away unitl next time. I did a good decluttering on the playroom.  I even cleaned out and organized the craft closet.

I did do some mending.  I realized that while it is so much more fun to create new things, I also need to take care of what we already have.

But I made some repurposed wool shorties for my one year old niece, Bee.

Yep. That's it. That's all I got for this week. :)


The reading part..... more and more and more of Mama & Bunny reading time!  Here are a few of her very favorites this week-- 

A funny little thing she does now, on any book containing animals of any kind... she wants to know if they have "nursies" and then she remembers this little fact.  So if a monkey is in the book, she will say "Monkey have nursies." Or in the owl book, she will say "Owls don't have nursies"! It is too cute!

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Wonderfull (Full of Wonder) Wednesday

Looking for the wonder in everyday life! 

I'd love for you to join me on this journey. 

If you find wonder along the way, please leave a link in the comments,

so others can share in your wonder!

Sigh....

Everyday is Wonder Full !!

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in” ~ Rachel Carson

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