A package from Mimi came for Zia in the mail…full of bright feathers and jungle stickers! After the first breathless moments of random sticking and unsticking, we decided to make a hat. Then we took it down to the creek we’ve been playing in every day. Our creek is just over a mile from our house. It has mossy […]
My girl is off to a birthday party! Tyler is turning one. He lives just down the street, so we can walk to his house. Somebody has a new COW skirt. And new black skinny pants- she’s right in style. And a new red shirt, but that was rejected in favor of her favorite black […]
A bit of culinary creativity has been at work! It all began with a sprint to the garden to gather a bowlful of fresh herbs… …followed by a big handful of kale, a couple of carrots, a few chunks of zucchini, ginger root, celery, a tomato, and some sweet-hot peppers, (the last also from the garden). […]
I’ye been wanting to refinish an older rocking horse for Zia for a while now. The last time we were at Papa and Mimi’s house in NY, I mentioned it to them. The next day, we were out shopping with Mimi, and came home to an awesome surprise… Papa had been out shoeing horses as usual, […]
Remember Mr. Lion? Otherwise known as Roary, Rarry, or just plain Lion, he was Zia’s very best friend since she was a tiny baby. I got him on clearance for $3 at Mardel Books when I was pregnant. I was buying a little lion shirt and thought it was cool that he came with it. I had no idea […]
