Digging it Up and Soaking it In

We spent one whole glorious day outside today in celebration of the first day of spring.  Our faces have been really kissed by the sun for the first time this season and, somehow, I feel stronger for it.  

Hello Spring

I am coming up from air, from homeschooling, from mothering, from living.  Oh the air is sweet up here.  I am hoping to stay for a while. 

 How are you?

Happy 2012!

From all of us!

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. 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.

Amanda Soule

A Little Making

When we first decided to homeschool, I was so excited be the prospect and couldn't wait to make for our classroom.  I was going to make a felt calender, a wall pocket organizer, a reusable schedule with velcro, not to mention a first day of school skirt and other lovelies.  But then I got bogged down and stumped by the lesson planning part and lost my steam.

I did get a chance to make a little pencil holder for my school girl though.  I used the pattern from The Creative Family and substituted fabric and batting for felt.  I also purchased a brand spanking new set of colored pencils (a set for her and one for me).  And it just feels so sweet and special.  This little girl, her colored pencils, and me.

Yarn Along: 14 September

Joining Ginny again this week...

Oh just how many pictures can one take of just one knitting project?  I really wish I had something else to offer on the knitting front, but.. well.. I don't.  It's not that I am not knitting.  I am.  It is the slow and methodical click clacking of needles, though, rather than a fast, more purposeful knitting.  This cowl will make its way off of my needles, maybe even by next week.  If it doesn't, I may just bow my head in [no-posting] shame and reappear when it is done.

Unlike my knitting, the reading has been quick, varied, and fun.  I Am Cute Dresses arrived at my doorstep a couple of days ago and it. has. the cutest.dresspatterns.EVER.  I am actually scared to make any of them for fear that the book will fall from grace.  They look so simple and so easy to put together, but I feel quite confident that I can find a way to complicate them.  I have nearly finished A Charlotte Mason Companion and I have found it tremendously helpful in developing a plan for our first year of homeschooling.

I missed all of you last week and can not wait to see how you and your knitting and reading are!

First Day of {Homeschool} Kindergarten

We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow, me and my little girl.  It is a start of a little (or long) journey together, one little step at a time (for me and for her).  Off to sleep now...