In like a lion....

Out like a lamb....


The day started out with a downpour...



Liv climb up high to escape Emers...



Then the sun came out!!!!

We went for a walk to the park....


We found this guy...



















Storm damage.....











Ira found a patch of mushrooms....



Look how far they are! Emers became upset about the muddiness. Liv was trying to pick him up.



We lucked out and there was buckets and toys....



Ira made me an ice cream sundae,



Iras drawing.... it says "mama, call daddy. Hes doing laundry"



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Baby baths and Fort building!

It was another rainy day....






The girls decided to give their babies a bath..... This turned into an hour and a half event!





We made rainbow parfaits using natural food dyes...





Miss sassypants in her new favourite hair do...





"take a picture of me jumping in front of the fridge!" okay....





Forts.






Which got progressively more and more elaborate....





Until the entire walking space was filled with playsilks and scarves....





I was struck by just how many silky scarves and fabric we have! So colorful!





Then came the hundreds if plastic balls....






These kids were in heaven.






When Jared came home he had to crawl into the kitchen for dinner.






What an awesome day! I love excuses to stay indoors and get creative!

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Another rainy day...

We had to go out for some puddle jumps...




































Later, Ira wanted to do math...


















Emers decided the wood was more fun to draw on than the white board...



























Liv coloring shapes...





Ira gave herself a tattoo.






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Today we drove to the beach

To see the stormy waves. When we pulled off near a river Togo explore- there was no rain. As we stepped from the car- THUNDER and LIGHTENING! I didn't know those things existed here! We stayed in the car.

No fun pictures.


We drove to the redwoods... And it was too dark & raining too hard to find Banana slugs. :(

No fun pictures.

We spent some time in Felton, where I would live in a heartbeat... Then we went to ikea again to pick up the stuff we left behind on accident.
Picked up a snack and Emers broke out in hives! My kids apparently inherited all of my sensitivities to foods.

No fun pictures.

We hope to return to our regular programming tomorrow.

We hung up paper snowflakes and sparkly trees and snowmen.


We found organic candy canes and the girls made new ornaments!

Pictures tomorrow!

Ikea!

We woke up to rain, there was a small break and we took our morning walk and jumped in puddles.

Jared is out of school for semester break, so we went to pick up some stuff we've been needing.
Emers kept knocking my easel over trying to paint like liv. So we bought some easels from ikea. $15!!! A steal.





Rockstar Ira!





She laid flowers for us on our seats. We were instructed to throw them at her feet when she was done.











Then we celebrated with hot cocoa.











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Friday

New ornaments...











Family that draws together.....





RAIN!!!!


Ira and I threaded two bags of cranberries. Took FOREVER, but much healthier and better for the earth than the plastic stuff at target!





Jared thinks it makes an awesome necklace.


Ira and liv then made this totally plastic and foam fake garland from a kit from target.... Ya know, to offset my cranberries.








Then they hung it up in the playroom...