it’s a thrilllllleeeerrrr, thriller night!

Posted on February 17, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment

I have written before of our love of the game Plants Vs. Zombies. Well, I recently wiped the drive on our game machine and upgraded to Windows 7, which meant reinstalling, and rediscovering, a bunch of games we hadn’t played in a while. Plants Vs Zombies in particular has gotten a lot of replay this [...]

the idiot hat, or, sophie has had enough

Posted on January 25, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life | 3 Comments

We get grumpy. Everyone gets grumpy, right? Sometimes its hard to want to be a good enough person not to inflict one’s grumpiness on others. Sometimes being a jerk feels good. For a little while. Until the remorse kicks in. Except lately the the remorse hits me mid-jerk-ness, which kind of takes the shine off [...]

okay, you’re probably getting sick of these by now…

Posted on January 20, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | 3 Comments

Take away message:
Play is an awesome creative power when you just get out of the way of the fun.
Okay. Now, let me introduce the most recent addition to our flower fairy family….

(And because I can’t help myself, here is one more, a fairy our cousin Tracie made. I love the apron.)
  
But here’s the next leveling-up [...]

evolution of the flower fairies

Posted on January 9, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | 1 Comment

Is she not the cutest thing EVER?
  
That’s right, I embroidered those tiny stitches, I sewed on those tiny silver buttons, I did that. They are coming to take my Bitter Card any minute now. I don’t care. Okay, I care a little. But can you see her tiny purple boots? Or her green legs? That’s [...]

flower fairy invasion

Posted on December 29, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | 3 Comments

First it was the bears. But now we have a new infestation.
Fairies.

Flower fairies to be exact!

Yes, Santa brought Sophie a kit on making little flower fairies and we have all gotten totally hooked on making these tiny, pretty people.

Coincidentally, our cousin gave Sophie exactly the same kit—could have been a present disaster, but no!—it’s a [...]

recycled playground

Posted on June 8, 2009 - Filed Under alternative building, kiddo life | 4 Comments

If you’ve been hanging around a bit, you know we are bootstrap builders, putting together our country estate (cough), on very little cash, by building with junk recycled materials. (And if that’s news to you, but sounds fun, look over there in the tag list and you’ll find recycled building has its very own tag. [...]

in which we cross a bridge many, many times

Posted on May 30, 2009 - Filed Under adventures, kiddo life | Leave a Comment

We’re all about attending local events. With little kids, doing the local scene is so much better, imo, than big trips or expensive vacations, (1) because everything is new to them, so they love it, even if it’s low key, (2) no long car rides (nightmarish with small kids) and (3) you can go home [...]

they know how to party

Posted on April 29, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | 1 Comment

The kids are jaw-droppingly able to have fun anywhere, anyhow, anytime. Case in point: the grocery store yesterday. I mean, woohoo Harris Teeter, right? Um, no. Not usually. Although I have heard that the Harris Teeter can be quite the pick-up spot for singles on Friday nights, I tend to equate grocery shopping with running [...]

Sophie’s Puppet Theater Presents….

Posted on May 19, 2008 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | Leave a Comment

Last night, Paul and I were treated to Sophie and Luc’s first play. Sophie made the puppets and titled the show, “The Little Guy.” Mostly she and Luc hid behind a screen and made up little songs while Little Guy and Big Girl kissed. It was a love story. Or maybe [...]