Sunday, March 4, 2012

Spring Is Coming?

I keep hearing that spring is around the corner.
 People have been proclaiming that this is one of the warmest
Winters
that many states have experienced.
 Others have said that they missed out on winter, skiing, snow, and winter activities this year.
 Some say this summer could get extremely HOT!
 Many have tried to convincingly insist that G.lobal W.arming is in full swing as many states have seen really high temperatures the past couple of months.

With Spring only 17 days away,
I'm NOT Convinced.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Turkey Tails

I borrowed this cute idea from Laura at My Montessori Journey.
She has the greatest ideas and many are seasonally inspired, which is right up my alley.
It was easy to make with some felt and buttons I had already on hand.
Whipped it up in a night.
And he can play with it year after year.
 This is a great way to build skills
and
have fun at the same time.
This was also good practice in dealing with frustration.
Lil' Monster doesn't have much patience and quickly jumps into fits or avoidance.
But he persevered and look at him!
Proud as a Peacock....
I mean Turkey!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Saturday, October 15, 2011

The Model

Here's a follow up to this post:

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 Still confused?

 VS.

 The Recipient of Mamma's Endeavours,
And
The Handsome Model:
 He always melts me at the knees,


Even when he is hamming it up...

 This is my first handmade scarf.
Don't look too close, you might see what an amateur I am.
But it will keep him warm, and it provided good activity for my hands these cold dark nights.

Next goal:
Make a scarf for a Christmas gift for a special woman out there...
details to follow.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Jack-O-Lantern's Many Faces

This is actually a project I did last year with the Lil' Monster. 
I borrowed the idea from Laura at My Montessori Journey.
This is a great way for children to make their own Jack-o-Lanterns without knives or mess.
It is easy to make and provides hours of fun.
I took orange felt and cut out a pumpkin pattern, then drew some crease lines.
Took black and yellow felt and cut out different shapes for mouths, eye, eyebrows, and nose.
Made a little stem and a couple of leaves.

 (Mamma Sass's example)
Enjoying the fun.
He can't remember the fun from last year,
so it feels new and exciting this year.
Creating his own Jack-o-Lantern.
With so many pieces,
there are so many possibilities
'Tis the Season.
Happy Autumn!
Happy Halloween!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Simple Delights

Received a
special
Delight
today


From the sweetest and loveliest man I know:

Mr. Elskan.

Thank you, my dear husband.
Glad I have you for eternity.

Friday, September 16, 2011

The Itch to Pick: Or What "bad-rooms" are made of.

When we moved in, the Master bedroom was high in the loft.
This was not going to work. This Mamma wakes to often in the middle of the night, and the stairs are too steep in the dark, so we had to relocate the Master bedroom. We only had two choices: one of the two rooms in the basement. The boys called dibs on the room with the cool under the stairs closet. The other room was the only other choice. It is large (larger than the loft), located next to a bathroom - much needed for this mother - and yet it has one BIG - HUGE problem.
A bat lives in there.
A big HUGE WALL SIZED BAT!
Yuck.
Good thing it is just paint and can easily be remedied - with a little money and time.
We have a plan.
It will hopefull happen later this winter...when the days are dark and we aren't so strapped for
time and money.
Yet, one day while sitting on the floor and talking about the important stuff, (maybe it was my obsession to pick at things the stress of heavy the heavy discussion) I picked at the paint. Then some more, and before we knew it, we had stopped talking and were picking and peeling away paint.
But, hey, who paints crappy paint on walpaper that easily comes off...well at least we don't have to worry about it later...and one small clean wall looks better than those AWFUL colors.
Too bad the bat wasn't painted on easily peeled of wallpaper.
That things haunts my dreams.
Every time I close my eyes, I can still see it.

Post Edit:
It took more time than I planned or wanted, but this ghastly ugly room has been transformed into this:

 We used this bright green, as this is a basement room, and with the many dark grey days, this green feels light and joyful.


 
And a peek after the bed was in (I am still in need of getting some matching linen.



 

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