A Little Worry Sack

I had an itch to embroider recently. It started out making a little embroidered mini-sachet to send with a custom order from my shop as a thank you. Then I liked it so much I wanted to make one for myself. And now I’m in the process of making one for L4, [...]

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Proud Moment

This past Sunday was the Youth Kata Challenge, a karate tournament that doubles as a fundraising event. It was an event only for children, and there was not sparring (“fighting”) involved, only kata, or moves that demonstrate what one would do if defending one’s self.

L3 competed in the Team Kata event (pictured [...]

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Signs of the Season: Wickham Farms

I’ve been going on field trips to this farm with my kids since L3 was three years old. This might be the last year of them. I’ve followed their classes as they run through the maze, learn about how pumpkins grow and deer don’t learn that they don’t like pumpkins, pick out their [...]

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New Eyes

Exhibit A: Much-loved glasses, worn for 6+ years

Exhibit B: Much-loved glasses destroyed by Jasper.  Is it because he loves me so much?

Exhibit C: New glasses, about which I’m feeling ambivalent at this point except that the lenses are SO CLEAN.

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Sweet Little Package

Upon returning home from our trip this weekend, I had a sweet little package from Julia waiting for me. Inside was the bag o’ buttons I had won in her give-away, as well as a note from her and some note-cards for me.

L4 was eager to tear into the bag, so I had to convince [...]

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The Last Time These Feet Were Together. . .

We took a whirlwind trip to NH this past weekend, and the gathered feet (minus the children, whose can’t keep still) looked like this:

The last time they were together, the weather allowed for this:

Instead of playing badminton in the sun, toasting marshmallows by the fire and having “refreshing” drinks in the heat of the afternoon, [...]

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“A Matter of Damage Control”

So said Dr. Eric Post in an interview for NPR’s “Science Friday” in September of 2009 (and I thought it worked for Blog Action Day 2009). I was listening to this as I drove home from work. Not only did I find his research fascinating (you can find the interview here), but his [...]

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Bento Box Bliss

In August I began another quilt, this time for our living room. We enjoyed using the picnic quilt so much that I was excited to have one in the living room. I’ve been holding onto some of the fabrics for about two years now, while some were from a recent Fat Quarter Swap [...]

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Signs of the Season: Leaf Raking

It was a perfect autumn day on Sunday.
While I snuck a few minutes for sewing the kids burst into the crisp morning air ready for adventure. Without any prompting from me they found it with rakes and laundry bucket.
As time went on I slipped hats, hand covers and long sleeves onto [...]

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Outside the Nest

My babes, right before school began this fall.
The first time I ever sent my boy on the bus all by himself I felt a tremor of trepidation. Every time he or his sister have gone off into the world, into social situations which I couldn’t monitor in me there was an undercurrent of tension [...]

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