Raising. Lovies.: ira

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

eldest

Keira turned 7 this summer. She is exactly everything i thought and also exactly so much i couldnt have imagined. She grows more and more independent by the moment.

she is a free spirit, and artist, a writer, a producer and director. She is obsessed with all things ancient egypt and pokemon. She has a collection of littlest pet shops and squinkies that you wouldnt believe and she is my best friend. We hang out more than most BFFs i know. and its perfect.

this is a beeswax painting we made the other night- all from her imagination and curiosity- i did NO leading with this.

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Monday, June 18, 2012

keiras firsts! the monkey bars

moss beach park. march 2012

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Monday, February 13, 2012

so much painting, so much laughter...

i bought a bunch of washable paint....

i have been worrying about our first painting session inside the RV.... these kids get wild and it can go from painting heaven to full on chaos in seconds.

well, the paint is amazing.... it came off of

the ceiling

and my clothes and the walls, and the cabinets

and daddy's new coat.....

it was great.

worry free painting.

and really pretty colors- for being washable paint....

ira's upside down peace sign heart...

this was emer's first painting session where he wasn't trying to just eat the paint or rub the paint all over himself....

i NEEDED this night.

the kids NEEDED this night.

we NEEDED to get messy

and create

and cover the walls

and cabinets

and ourselves in....

C O L O R

our souls were fed.

then we broke out the jewels!

and the new colored pencils.....

before i went to nursing school, i always wanted to work in Art Therapy.

Specifically, I wanted to go into hospitals, cancer treatment facilities and homes of the terminally ill and facilitate the creation of art through their own hands, feet, etc.

Since having kids, i have always felt it was really important to open up the bottles and let them free flow with all the mediums and without confines and without worries of mess.

Unfortunately, this RV *is* small enough that it has caused me to hesitate when it came to painting...

i was worried about MESS.

ME!!!!!

anyone that has even been to my house in tucson would be shocked.

we used to write on the walls with chalk, pens, paint, whatever.

at any random time there were bound to be

drying papier mache dragons,

or a half dozen half painted painted canvas

500 smashed crayons all over the floor, (or melting in the oven.....)

or, lets be real, children ACTIVELY painting ON the floor while i baked something.

going from OWNING a house to renting an apartment- well, it broke me a little.

i keep forgetting-

THIS IS OUR RV!!!!!!!!!!!

so, im embracing my old messy artist self.... and trying to release the last year of "don't do that. don't do this. this isn't our house!'

and in other, more hilarious news- after cleaning up the kids, emers walked passed me knitting and said "bye!"

i look up to see this:

he wanted to go outside- in his underwear- at 9p.m. in 40degree weather....

we got him a little more protected and off him and his daddy went.

he is getting so big!!!!!

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Monday, February 6, 2012

Keira Art

keira got into a show on netflix about dragon warriors.

it really sparked something in her. she went around drawing images for days.

she practices the yin/yang over and over until she got it perfect free hand. i tried to show her how to use a cup to stencil- nope. she wanted to do it herself!

I'm seriously impressed.

this is a poor picture- but she drew me a picture of some lemon merangue pie- and boxes to check yes or no...

warriors....a

apple tree....

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Catch up: post 2

Life is full! Quick round of catch up part deux!

Loads of Baby doll playing.

We had a super busy day, and when time got away from us.... we decided the after dinner dessert would be LATE NIGHT COOOKIESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

I have been doing A TON OF OSIRIS FUNDRAISING Knitting...

and squeezing in a little bit of Hooping here and there...

Olive is growing more and more in to Soccer...

and these two littles and their Mud pies... every day.... every single day....

Beautiful Smiley Olive...

My sweet sweet faerie boy.....

Supercross... soooooooo funnnnnnnnnnn

the part when the go pro bomb squad parachuted in? priceless.... my family went bananas!

then- the fireworks and the games began-

cedric clapped the ENTIRE time.

The next day we ran to the laundromat- and because you really can't go very far in the bay area without bumping into some kind of awesome-

Shell Beach by the bay...

literally heaps and heaps of broken/ground up shells. with a beautiful view....

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a seriously intense:: Chain of Events

TWO WEEKS full of life in one teeny tiny post!

We tagged along with J on a business trip and travelled to San Diego for four days...
it was a beautiful drive down along the coast and an amazing few days in heaven- within 5 minutes of a Allergy Free bakery!

We adopted TWO rescue dogs.... And one got very very sick with parvo.

The home treatment for Parvo was intensive....

So we occupied time by:

Looking up raccoons on the iPad...