Halloween 2011

The girls are in bed, after a very exciting night of candy pillaging. Mom is tired but has a big smile on her face. We went trick or treating in our neighborhood and then met up with some friends from church. Meebs was a cross between a black cat and a fairy and The Bird was Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. Here are some before shots.

 

Pumpkin Patch 2011

 Today the girls and I went and selected our pumpkins at a local church. They had a great time running up and down the aisles looking at all the different shapes and sizes.  Meebs was quite distracted and enjoyed picking up acorns. The Bird was very concerned about the imperfections and the flat sides of the pumpkins. With a little guidance and after about an hour I think we got it just right. Here is some of the fun!

The Bird Reads- The Movie

Tonight, while doing our homework I was able to get some footage of The Bird reading! Click on the link below.

Reading at School

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The Bird's Box

I wanted to share with you, what The Bird has been up to at school. She is beginning to read and it is very exciting. Everyday I see her progressing and she is not intimidated at all to try to read. Last month she had to design and decorate a box that she will keep all of the little books she makes at school. The box will be stored at home, in her reading nook, that she helped me create in the living room. The Bird spent one week working on the box and took her time painting, cutting and gluing. I supplied scrap booking materials, stickers, paper, glitter and paint and she ran with it. The results? Nothing short of artistic perfection.

Getting Started

Painting Layer by Layer

Top of Reading Steamer Trunk

Travel Stickers and Paper Scraps

Old Time Girls

Luggage Tag

Finishing Touches

Reading Nook

Light and Breezy

Some of you know that we moved out of my parent's place and into our place around the way.
The girls and I are loving our news digs and are feeling at home. Look at these faces, so happy! Swinging and laughing. Life is good!

Working Girl

By wisdom a house is built and through understanding it is established; 

through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures

 Proverbs 24:3-4

Part of my journey has been to restart my career. I practiced interior design for 3 years before I had my children and was blessed for a while to be able to stay at home with them. This month my girls and I will be starting a new chapter. I have accepted a full time position with an interior design firm in town and my girls will be starting new schools next week. This is an exciting time for all of us!

Hopefully, in the next couple weeks and months, I will be sharing with you some of my projects. For now you can have a look at the website http://www.smartinteriorsfurn.com/index.html

Nature Shots

Pink Hydrangea

Up close

Mexican Petunia

Lady Bug

Manatee says hello to me

I have been working on some photography in my spare time. I wanted to share some of favorite shots from the past couple of months. I have been playing around with the Macro setting on my point and shoot and am really pleased with the results. The shot of the manatee was pretty incredible I was taking a break from motherhood for a minute and grabbed my camera. I sat down on the dock to put my feet in the water and the manatee scared me with his gasp for air. It was too cool to get the shot!