how much...

DO YOU LOVE THIS DIAPER??????????????????????????

made by the lovely sewing GODDESS julia....
out of all recycled material... including my old fleece sweater....







and yes, that IS an OLIVE on the bum!!!!!


ahhhhhhhhhhh

I never want to take it off her.

I almost woke her from a nap to put it on yesterday!

Im in love.

day of mini harvests

yesterday we cut fresh rosemary for our roasted potatoes, picked lemons for our lavendar lemonage & this morning went out & picked grapefruits for breakfast. mmmmmmmmmmmmm.

check out ira's "insy binsy" straw the she claimed was going to be perfect for "drinking oranges" :)

Limbo

What does a bathrobe tie, ten minutes and an imaginative 3 year old yield?

Limbo!

Library Picks

its been quite a while since Ive updated any books we have been reading from the library.

I thought of updating a little yesterday at the library, because a volunteer read like 3 books to ira and I had one of the "overflow of positive emotion" moments about our libraries here.


So- maybe Ill be able to post more about what books we are into.... hopefully.... Im hopeful at least ;)

so the first one we have been looking at buying for a while now, but we ust keep renewing [bag over head]

whole world [with CD]


miss spider's sunny patch kids

the story of peter rabbit

and the cutest- ira picked this one to "help baby liv to nap"

so adorable.

all asleep

we checked out 20 books yesterdAy, but this is what we have gotten through this morning.....

pure love

Our Day-

was full.

we made cranberry sauce, OJ from local organic oranges- with just hands & a wooden spoon- no juicer.

then we roasted beets- traditional & golden (those are not potatoes).... so yum on fresh tortilla.... and a small spoonful of sour cream.

Pagan Preschool

*click here*

last little bits of fall....

....around the home.

Ira is a HUGE fan of fake flowers. i am not.

but- as goes my life- she is boss and demanded i buy these from the clearance bin at joanns.


I also harvested acorns from the target parking lot!

its true!

jared said, "look at all those acorns! in the desert!"

so i started scooping them into bags. i looked insane for sure.

no pic of that....

but check my lobster cracker being used- not on lobster- ever- poor lobsters... but on fresh pecans from right here in the az!

Check it Out!

crystal at loin cloth strikes again!

more adorable stuff!

I also received a GORGEOUS felted headband!

Cute-n-ness

otherwise known as liv.

ira has taken to calling liv "cute-n-ness"


i think it is the cutest thing in the world.

craft swap love

the amazingly talented mamas over at frunchymama.com let me join in their craft swap!


the top two pictures are of the gnome & felt leaves, apples & acorns i made for the amazing trinity & her little girl! I sent them off in a knitted bag.

The bottom pic is of my swap present! Amy literally stained, painted, and used power tools to make the box AND knitted leaves to a wreath she made.

Its beautiful & we are officially calling it our "seasonal box". every solstice we are going to change what hangs inside! So exciting!

wow

this week has been CRAZY!

jared's fantastic week off ended with ira puking allllllllll day yesterday, oh and his own face swelled up three times its natural state.....dental abcess.

so- basically i ean around with a baby on my back tending to sicklies.

mmm hmmm.....

i made that!

first hat ever!

they really do NOT get it

grrrrr

learning to crochet- without help or patterns

the girl loves her feet

and i love to share


enjoy

tis the journey....

not the destination that makes thine heart full.

sigh.

It was a grand adventure in flour, water, construction paper & balloons, but in the end, we just painted a box..... over-thinking was my downfall when asked, "mama, how can we make a ROBOT?"

Birthday Proper

I will leave out all the requisite pre game drama and stick to that which meant most-

Dinner with Lovely Family & Friends that ended with two blissfully sleeping children and one *slightly* tipsy mama. Mexican Food, Margaritas, & possibly a shot or two of Tequila... luckily for this mama- there are no pictures.

It had been one long time.

I love my dear friends that took me out to dinner and gave me gifts!

Especially since i was NOT expecting anything but laughter- just beautiful.

Birthday Celebration Take 1!

we went hiking in sabino canyon....

It was freezing and beyond windy [read 65degrees with a breeze], but it warmed up a bit and we had a blast. we took the tram up to the end for my first time. It was really fun.

Ira jumped right in one of the ponds that we stopped at, it was FREEZING!

Didnt stop her. We climbed rocks while jared and liv chilled, had a little picnic, looked for faerie houses, built a sand castle, and dug for buried treasures.









Then, after our wonderful morning, we went to the bike store to drool over the coaster bikes we are going to get sometime soon here.... and ended up buying ira a new bike! with training wheels! and a helmet!

she is getting crazy old!








and then after THAT- I got another wonderful gift!

A shopping Spree at Whole Foods!

I dont know about anyone else, but i am forever talking myself out of that cd i do not NEED or the $18 bath salts that are a bit much for a woman who never bathes to justify ;)

but not this day- this day- I got whatever i wanted and was not rushed even one time!

it sounds crazier than it was, i barely spent more than any other time i shop there, But i COULD have, and i think that was the point!

i got this and this and this


and also- these-










ya'll know I lurve my fresh young cocnut!

oh my my my

no posting lately because- its 85+ degrees today and we are just in love with our city.


but I believe that if all goes well, Im going to update tonight!

Lots has gone on, my birthday was sunday, Ive started crafting for the solstice and possibly an etsy store- will have to stay tuned on the long tem for that news.

But I will leave you with this fascinating tidbit- liv took her first knee today.

haha

as to say, she crawled her first crawl.

be back later!