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Making + Listening

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MAKING:  We’ve been very busy creating, making, elving, whatever you want to call it. Ellie has been working on some gifts for family members (shhh!) and I have been using any and all napping time and sleeping time to try to get this advent calendar finished before advent runs out.

elving

 

art!

 

advent

 

advent pieces

LISTEN: As for music, we’ve had the record player sweetly playing The Carpenters Christmas, John Denver’s Rocky Mountain Christmas, Tony Bennett’s Snowfall and a slew of other Christmas favorites.

-joining Dawn with Making and Listening. 

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A Budding Friendship

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It’s neat to watch the start of a friendship. The eyes light up when I mention the friend’s name. The smiles when we meet up. The slow but steady interactions between two little girls discovering the world around them, together. One following the other. And a wave goodbye at the end of the day. The beginning of friends.

swinging friends

 

climbing together

 

friends playing

 

peekaboo

 

hand by hand

 

big and little

 

a budding friendship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Weekending!

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It was a nice, long weekend. Lots of cleaning up after a successful Thanksgiving. Lots of decorating for Christmas and searching for the perfect Christmas tree. Lots of coffee and tea. A Saturday late afternoon first family photo shoot for some good friends (it was great practice for this novice-wanna-be photographer). Some Cinnamon popovers for sunday morning breakfast. And lots of dancing to Christmas music and Daddy’s banjo playing. So much to be thankful for on this very first day of December.

thankful tree

oh char char

cinnamon popovers

trees

tree shopping

touching trees

boo bear touches trees

look mama

first photo shoot

the mountains

dancing

laughing dancing

family time

-joining Amanda over at The Habit.

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Portrait Project

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48/52

touching leaves

 

eloise: I’m watching you grow and explore. You are doing so many neat, little girl things these days, it’s hard to capture every magical moment. But, I’m trying, so that I may remember that sparkle in your eye when you discover something new for the very first time.

– joining Jodi for the 52 project (only 4 more weeks left! I can not believe it)!

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So Much To Be Thankful For

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centerpieces

pretty silverware

pumpkins setting

the set up

the map

the turkey

banner

felt fun

thankful tree

close up thankful tree

homebrew

boo bear

playing in birdseed

family

the party

the food

the hubby

little one

gramma and boo

sil elvis

high five

happy thanksgiving

Whew! What a day! Our twenty plus Thanksgiving, hosted in our little house went superbly well. It was threatening to rain for a little while but we only got a slight sprinkling. I am thankful we live in California. Jeff, my wonderful husband and Lindsey, my sister-in-law were rock stars in the kitchen, cranking out turkey’s and broccoli bakes and apple pie and home-brew (that went over exceedingly well). We had Thanksgiving Mad Libs and a sensory table full of birdseed for the little ones and a thankful tree as well. I contributed a sweet potato pie but most of my time was spent putting together the event, tablecloths, centerpieces, all that crafty goodness. All of my family came (on my Mom’s side) and it was just an all around good, busy, fun, nice Thanksgiving day. I am SO thankful for this life I live. It truly is wonderful.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Weekending!

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autumn light

 

the lake view

 

the vineyard

 

the crew

 

jeff and boo

 

the lake

 

mountains and clouds

 

all done back pack

 

mama by the lake

 

auntie linny

 

lake day

 

fraggle

 

We spent the weekend preparing for Turkey Day; cleaning house, running errands and working on autumn crafty things. Sunday morning we thought we’d meet friends for a morning hike by a beautiful lake. The weather was perfect and both little one’s did a pretty good job hanging in the carriers for a few miles. On the way back, Ellie got antsy, so Mama, Dada and Auntie Lindsey took turns holding her (the trail was a little too rocky for this new walker). We had lunch together overlooking the lake. It was a nice morning with friends. We spent dinner at my parents house ending the evening in a great way with family.  A really nice weekend, heading into what I’m hoping is going to be a lovely Thanksgiving week. ( And excuse Ellie’s colorful, strange attire and hair… I didn’t get all the laundry done and so it seemed Ellie ended up looking a little like a Fraggle today with what we pieced together). How was your weekend?

 

-joining Amanda over at The Habit!

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Portrait Project

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47/52

catching the light

eloise: you woke up from your nap wanting a little more “milkamilk”, then you crawled over to the end of the bed and started smiling and being silly, as if you wanted me to grab the camera and snap away. The little bit of afternoon light coming in through the window kept shining on your face and making you giggle. Sun-kissed and adorable, I can’t help but love you a little more every day. 

– joining Jodi for the 52 project!