Raising. Lovies.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Emers...

This little boy is about to turn TWO in a month!

He is just the sweetest thing. Really. He melts my heart 10,000 times a day.

This morning her brought me a baby and a scarf and said "wrap, back. Yeah"

Then he took his baby for a rode on his trike...

Then for a climb...

And for a jumping dance...

Aren't his faces precious...

And he wears glasses for shoes :P

Buddha dude.

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Monday. really.

so, what else should happen as we return to the California coast?

we. get. sick.....

ira got the worst of it in tucson, so she was feeling FINE and ready to entertain us all....

(thankfully)

Blue's Clues Game a.k.a. "Guess what we want"

she made blue paw prints...

and a handy dandy notebook...

the CLUES....

a coffee mug (not pictured)

apple juice....

a mouth....

mama made hot apple cider!

i was right!

then ira designed a "pretty crystal mine & museum"

and liv and embers played blocks and with our barn...

and we had a tea party....

with some natural jello...

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Wrapping up the weekend right.....

Saturday morning we woke up here-

right smack dap on the brink of the ocean.....

we went outside to enjoy the view and do some oceanside hula hooping....

we hung out until about noon, then packed up and hit the road. We usually drive up the %, but its so depressing and sad to go passed all the factory farmed cows and the dry oil fields.... we chose to take the slightly more scenic route... the 101. The RV is a bit big for the 1! at least until we get a little more brave!

on sunday morning, Ira woke up with a craft bug in her.... she was the first to get sick, so she is pretty well all fixed up- now we are all sick!

a moustache...

a ring for mama...

a bracelet to match my ring...

a headband to match my bracelet and ring.... note my awesome bed head hair.

liv, despite her not feeling well, decided that while daddy was unloading our van, she was going to dig....

and she found her first earthworm!!!

she scooped it up and chased her siblings with it.

love it.

jared made us all gluten free and egg free cornbread. it was so delicious, he could sell it.

we ran to target and to the laundromat to wash bulky blankets after the trip. it was a taxing trip with half of us being sick. The littles insisted on going, though. we medicated with pumpkin spice latte for mama and cookies for all.

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driving off/10 minute sketches

as we pulled out of tucson, we were ALL more than a LITTLE sad.

to pass the time and take our mind off of leaving our friends and our city... we did quite a few rounds of "10 minute sketches"

this is an exercise i have done for years. i only let myself sketch for 5or 10 minutes, then switch. It saves me from obsessing over the drawing looking perfect. it helps just to get the memory on paper.

this is mine of my flowers from liv and J....

a road sign and deer....

this is ira's first "sketch". before she would always look at something and think "ill draw an apple" and then turn and draw an apple from memory. this was a bush from the desert. she was so excited!!!!

she kept sketching all day....

i thought that her first still life of fruit was awesome!!!!!!!!!

emers like adding to her drawings...

ira made me this awesome card that took forever because she wanted it to be the most colorful card ever.

then ira did this still life of a rock. and added the shadow. i was impressed. i always am.....

when it started to get dark, this was our view of the amazing sunset.....

what a TRIP its been!

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Arizona...

I barely got any pictures!!!!!

I was too busy having fun!

The only ones I snapped were during down time...

it was a spectacular trip! we saw so many friends and had so so so much fun.

the weather was amazing. even the one storm was nice.

Crafting with 90%off Halloween craft kits....