Here’s a branch of snowy May A branch the fairies gave us Would you like to dance today With a branch the fairies gave us? Dance away, dance away Holding high the branch of May. Sunshine, beautiful children, flower crowns lovingly made, hand-holding, skipping, sweet songs, curtsies and bows to the maypole, skirts twirling, ribbons [...]
I should start by saying that Sairshe’s birthday isn’t really for a few months yet but we celebrated her birthday in class last week. Her teacher likes to celebrate one birthday a week and there are many kids this year who happen to have spring and summer birthdays so some have been celebrating their half-birthdays [...]
A few of my favorite moments from the past week. 1. Sairshe lost her first tooth! She was so very excited. 2. Daffodils are my favorite. I step out of my house and am reminded that spring is coming. 3. I finally got a haircut! This was long overdue. 4. Bradley the dog. Love him. [...]
Posted in Children, Crafting with Kids, Holidays, Kids' Crafts, Patterns & Tutorials, Valentine's Day on Feb 11th, 2013
Sairshe has decided that every year she has to make something different for her classmates, nevermind that she’s gone to a different school every year so far so no one would be getting a repeat, and that she as no real recollection of making the heart-shaped crayons that she gave her preschool friends when she [...]
Posted in Children, Christmas, Holidays, Thanksgiving on Jan 19th, 2013
Life is busy. Sometimes it’s hard to catch my breath. Mostly I just try to keep up and even that doesn’t really happen. There’s the to-do list at work, the to-do list at home and the endless cycle of feeding and clothing the children. Sometimes it seems I’m running in place – how do children [...]
It’s coming! Just this morning, totally unprompted, Sairshe broke out in a dramatic and boisterous rendition of Jingle Bells. It was mid photo shoot, when she was supposed to be cute and calm for the camera (more on that in a minute), but was a reminder that we are in the blink of time that [...]
Sairshe’s school had a harvest festival a week ago. It was lovely. I thought we’d stay for a few hours. We were there for 5, start to finish. It was so great to see all the handmade decorations and so many parents volunteering to make it a special day for the kids. That was missing [...]
Welcome to the October 2012 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Instilling a Healthy Self-Image This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared confessions, wisdom, and goals for helping children love who they are. Please read to the [...]
Posted in Children on Oct 4th, 2012
Now that Sairshe is in kindergarten, I get a few days at week to stay home with Carys Áine and it is so fun! I haven’t ever had this much time to spend with her alone. Last year Sairshe was in school every day but only in the mornings. Carys would nap almost the whole [...]
My little girl started kindergarten yesterday! I can’t believe that we’ve gotten from here to this day in what seems like the blink of an eye. I remember when she was a tiny little baby and Mike and I wondered who she would be and what she would be like when she was bigger. We [...]
