Weekending!

March 2, 2015 by Summer

What a beautiful weekend we had! The weather was glorious! A perfect way to welcome March. So spring like, I had to switch out our play and nature tables. They just couldn’t go another day being “winter”. I know pretty much everywhere else its white and snowy and cold, but it’s been very springy here and our tables needed to reflect that. Anyway, I came down with a little head cold, so between “required” resting (which I hate to do) and little outings here and there, it was still such a nice weekend. Yesterday’s beach walk was quite spectacular. The sky was amazing and the sea was a color blue I had never seen before. We searched for sea glass, skipped stones, and enjoyed the weather. Happy Week to everyone!

A Birthday for Polar Bear Cub

February 26, 2015 by Summer

Every morning, Ellie and Dada do a bit of reading. One of their favorites these days are the lovely Baby Bug‘s that I’ve had stored away till she was old enough. These are wonderful, little kid magazines, filled with rhymes and beautiful illustrations. In one of the Baby Bug’s, one of the recurring character’s (Kim from Kim and Carrots) throws a party for her stuffed animal. Well, naturally Ellie wanted to do the same for her Polar Bear Cub (the most coveted stuffed animal these days).

We made Polar Bear Cub a birthday crown (Just like Ellie’s).

Ellie set up some tea for all of us.

Ellie painted Polar Bear Cub a painting and then drew a picture of Polar Bear Cub.

And we made Polar bear Cub a little playdoh cake. Complete with candles. 😉
and Polar bear Cub blew his candles out with help from Ellie. It was a birthday party success!!! After it was over, Ellie exclaimed…. “okay, now it’s my turn for a birthday!” hmmm…..

Portrait Project

February 22, 2015 by Summer

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eloise: you have become this little girl all of a sudden. Riding your bike to the park or down the boardwalk, climbing through wild Lupine off the beaten path, telling me long stories, listening to chapter books and slowly starting to wean from Mama’s milk. Growing like a beautiful flower.

-joining Jodi for the 52 project!

An encounter with some Wild Lupine

February 19, 2015 by Summer

The other day, my friend posted some glorious photos of her daughter in a patch of wild lupine. I asked her where she was and it turned out she had stumbled upon a patch of wild lupine near the beach. The whole week I had been wanting to take Ellie and see these flowers. One of my favorite children’s books growing up was Miss Rumphis, or as I called it, “The Lupine lady”. I was so excited to see these wild flowers growing so close to the beach, just like in the book (I’m hoping these actually were lupine. I tried my best to identify them and they looked very close to wild lupine in my guides, but please tell me otherwise). 😉

So Ellie, who’s all of a sudden just off and riding her balance bike like a pro these days, decided she wanted to bring her bike down with us to the beach. We rode down (she rode, I trotted next to her) to the spot where the lupines grow. It was such a nice outing. So lovely being among these beautiful, bright, wild flowers, so close to the beach.
I think California is seriously confused with its seasons… but today, I was so glad for this touch of spring.

Weekending!

February 16, 2015 by Summer

Valentine’s Day is so much fun with little ones. We had a really nice weekend filled with love and light. I hope you did too.

Portrait Project

February 14, 2015 by Summer

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eloise: Looking up at Dada along the trail. That smile says it all.

-joining Jodi for the 52 project!

{this moment}

February 13, 2015 by Summer

“A single photo. No words. Capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.” – joining soulemama

A Valentine Party

February 13, 2015 by Summer

We went to a Valentine party today at a friend’s house. It was lovely and fun and I, of course, enjoyed making Valentine-y treats (I brought heart carrot cakes and heart cucumber open-face sandwiches. Ellie had worked on making valentines for her friends and I made some peg dolls to go with them. We wore our valentine best and enjoyed friends and yummy treats. The hostess had crafts for us to work on while there and she made beautiful little backpacks for each child to put their valentines in! It was so special! Ellie was thrilled she was able to take her home! A fun start to this Valentines’ Day weekend!

Weekending!

February 3, 2015 by Summer

It was another quick but rather relaxing weekend. We didn’t have many plans. Grocery shopping, garden plans, crafting, lazy park play dates, visits to the library for Mama and pancakes in the morning. Jeff was happy as a clam his hometown team won the Superbowl. I was happy as a clam I got some more crafting done while Ellie played with Gramma. It was a nice weekend.

How was your weekend?

{this moment}

January 31, 2015 by Summer

“A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.” – joining soulemama