Country Road ~ Carolina Soul

Monday, February 18, 2013

A Snowy Day with Nana

Several times a year, Nana likes to set aside a day for the parents of her grandbabies to go out on a date. The littlest babes tag along with the parents and Nana gets to have the olders all.to.herself. A couple of weeks ago, three grandbabies and one nana had a wonderful six hours, accompanied at times by Katie... Nana's youngest child and the beloved auntie to the granndbabies!

The day started off with some block play!

The girls made horse fencing.

MonkeyBoy made a tiger cage!

Next up: Some fun with playmobile and Katie.

The girls were enthralled with MonkeyBoy's storytelling skills!

And being read to is always a favorite thing to do at Nana's!

A bridge through the alligator swamp!!

Saturday, February 16, 2013

An Enchanted Childhood Playschool ~ February 12th-16th ~ Valentines Week

Valentine's Week

Two favorite book's from Hannah's childhood!

Hugs and Kisses

and the cutest "I love you" hands around!

The "bingo" markers are always a big hit!

Friday, we made a special craft with some canvas and red paint...

Then the children used the left-over paint and some toilet paper rolls to stamp hearts!

One of our mamas sent a special treat!

We have started a new Friday tradition: Friday Fun Food!

(known as muffin tin meals or use up what's in the fridge!)

This week's offering: brocooli and cheese sauce, organic peas, organic cherry tomatoes

organic carrots and ranch, little slices of baked parmesan chicken, and organic chick peas

The "twos and threes" playing happily together!

Be sure to check "Our Favorites" book-widget on the right. You will find our weekly books there!

If you click through to Amazon and purchase a book, I will earn a commission.

I haven't received any money yet, but there is always hope!

Each week I joined several linky parties! What a fun way to share and learn!

Friday, February 15, 2013

{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.

"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we only will tune in." ~George Washington Carver  (I am pretty sure God was saying "I love you" with this heart on Valentines Day"!!)

Be sure to pop over to Mother Daughter Book Reviews where Bunny and I reviewed the book The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett!!  Bunny was a HOOT!!

Thursday, February 14, 2013

I ♥ Hearts

Yesterday, since Papa had the day off, we celebrated Valentine's Day a day early.

Hanging above our sliding glass door, some lovely heart garland.

Heart shaped energy bites with a morning tea

to warm up from a walk in the wild wind.

Heart shaped crayons for the cousin's Valentines.

Papa hard at work making a present for his girlies.

I will save that for another post.

And of course, my never ending love for amber and gemstone jewelry.

So as a Valentine's gift to all of you, I have acquired another discount code from Inspired by Finn!

For 25% of your entire purchase use the code: February

This code expires 2/28/13, so don't wait!

This one is my favorite: Raw Amber Lemonade!

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Wonder-full (Full of Wonder) Wednesday

It is wonderful to be able to celebrate Valentine's Day a day early with Papa home to share in the fun!

Heart Shaped Bacon and Eggs, Fruit Salad, Yogurt with Berries and Sliced Almonds, and Pink Milk.

We have a "hand made Valentine's gift only" rule in our house. We started by making this yummy, lovely breakfast this morning. Can't wait to see what else we come up with today.

Each week I joined several linky parties! What a fun way to share and learn!

Monday's Kid Corner, Hey Mom, Look What I Did!, Montessori Monday, Made by Little Hands, Homemade Mondays, Mama Moments Monday {Link Up}, Little Wonders' Days, Mom's Monday Mingle, Hip Homeschool Hop, Tuesday Tots, (tot school tuesday), The Tuesday Baby Link-Up, Keep Calm Craft On {crafting on}, Teach Me Tuesday, TOO Cute Tuesday, Open Call Tuesday, Backyard Farming Connection Hop, Waldorf Wednesday, It's Playtime, Mom's Library, We Made That Linky, What I Learned Wednesday, Super Link Party, Artsy Play Wednesday, Healthy 2Day Wednesday' Adorned From Above, Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways, Kids Crafts, Kid's Co-Op, Link and Learn, Thrifty Thursday, needle and thREAD, Made U Look, Natural Living Link-Up, For the Kids Friday, Kitchen Fun and Crafty Friday, Read. Explore. Learn., Preschool and Kindergarten Corner, Friday's Nature Table, Creative Friday, Friday Flair Link Party, Shine on Fridays, Friday Favs, Outdoor Play Party, Do Something Crafty, Sharing Saturday, Share It Saturday, Country Kids, Link and Learn, sharing creative, ideas {all weekend}, Show and Share Saturday, The Sunday Showcase, The Preschool Prekinder Nook, Fun Sparks, The Sunday Parenting Party

And each week I co-host two such parties: The All Year Round Blog Carnival and Eco-Kids Tuesday Link-Up!

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Fairy Finders & Eco-Kids Tuesday

Over the past few weeks, every nice day we get, we go fairy finding (If I say Fairy hunting Bunny freaks out and thinks we are going to shoot fairies). We know all the places to look. In every knot on every tree and many other places along the way.

On this particular day, it was quite windy and we almost got blown away!

Good thing we have each other to hold onto.

We slushed about it puddles and explored all around. All the while still searching for fairies.

Finally, after no fairy finding luck, we decided to make a fairy house instead.

We gathered all our supplies...

Then took them inside to work with as the rain started to fall.

It took a bit of creative thinking and some trial and error, but we eventually figured it out. Monkey Boy took it home with him because he claimed that the fairies needed a place to go in town. Bunny let him because he promised to help her make another one someday soon.

Perhaps we will never really find a fairy. But I pray we never stop looking. For it is only then that they cease to be real. Only then that they can never be found. The real magic of fairies is in the belief of them.

The real find is in the search.

Now, onto the Eco-Kids Tuesday Link-Up! Welcome!! Eco-Kids Tuesday is growing by leaps and bounds!! We had so many great posts shared with us last week at Eco-Kids Tuesday! I enjoyed each and every one of them. It is getting harder and harder each week to pick just a few features!
Here are three of my favorites:

Small Footprint Family shared Five Green Ways to Save Thousands on Baby!

And guess what?! We do all five!!

Fresh Eggs Daily shared her homemade heart handwarmers! These are so sweet and practical!

My last feature this week is a collage of Recycled Crafts from The Good Long Road. It's not too late to try out some of the Valentine's crafts!

Thanks to ALL of you for sharing such wonderful ideas! If you were featured please feel free to grab a button for your blog. And please keep linking up great all your Eco-Kid ideas!

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Now on to the party!!! I hope that you'll share some great family-friendly posts that are also friendly for the environment. Some ideas include:

Nature Activities
Outdoor Activities
Crafts made with re-purposed or recycled materials
Sewing and DIY home projects
Science Experiments
Posts on environmental issues for kids or families
Non-toxic living
Homeopathic Remedies

Eco-Kids Tuesdays is co-hosted by Organic Aspirations and Like Mama~Like Daughter this means that anything you link-up shows up on both blogs!

Feel free to link up several of your posts.

There are only a few rules:

Please follow both co-hostess' blogs, and visit some of the other posts and give them some encouragement! Please stick to posts and photos not giveaways or items for sale.

By linking up, you are agreeing that Organic Aspirations or Like Mama~Like Daughter can feature your photos next week with a link back to your site.

Please link back to my site using this button (once I get it fixed !!) OR simply text linking within your post!

Each week I joined several linky parties! What a fun way to share and learn!