Kaiser's Day Out

Every now and then we have a visiting peacock that wanders over to our house for a few days. He struts in front of our peahens, and generally drives our peacock, Kaiser, crazy! Well...last week it was just too much for Kaiser and he somehow broke out of his pen. Fortunately, he didn't seem to wish to fight with the intruder. They just paraded around and squacked at each other.

Kaiser is pretty tame, so it wasn't too hard for Lucy to retrieve him and return him safely to his home. He had flown up onto the barn roof though, so she had to climb up there and then figure out how to climb back down with a slightly nervous peacock in her arms!

She held him gently and securely, spoke to him calmly, and he settled in to her arms while she carefully came down the ladder to safety. He is such a beautiful bird!

Sweet 16 Unbirthday Party

Lucy and her cousin Sarah decided to celebrate thier 16th birthdays together and have one big, Mad Hatter, Unbirthday Tea Party! We met early Saturday morning at the movie theater to watch the new Alice in Wonderland movie with friends and family. (It was amazing and delightful!) Then we came back to our front yard where the setting was perfect for the birthday tea...

Lucy, dressed as Alice, oversees the festivities.

It was an enchanting day for everyone ~ perfect weather, great food, beautiful surroundings and good friends. Both of the birthday girls had a wonderful time!

My Sister's Shop

My sister has a delightful etsy shop that she has put so much love and creativity into. Why am I posting about it today?

Well, she has graciously agreed to put a couple of my sweet little snuggle babies in her shop! I am not quite ready to open a shop of my own, so she is helping me to "get my feet wet" so to speak...

Here is a sampling of the things she makes that can be found in her shop:

Isn't this the most adorable shamrock? I am seriously considering buying it myself!

She makes beautiful holiday kitchen towels, absorbant and sturdy and so pretty in the kitchen!


And here is where she really shines! Missy makes absolutely gorgeous heirloom dresses for babies!! Wouldn't this be the sweetest Easter dress for some lucky little baby? You should see the detail that she puts in these dresses - french lace, hours of delicate embroidery, vintage buttons, and every dress comes with a dainty little slip!
Hop on over to her shop and take a look at the other fun goodies waiting there!

Bella Luna Give Away | Wee Folk Art

Bella Luna Give Away at Wee Folk Art

Yes, Bella Luna Toys is giving away two $25 gift certificates over at WeeFolkArt!! Bella Luna is the sweetest website with so many lovely toys, crafts, and books. Check it out, and good luck!

A Teeny, Tiny Princess and a Teeny Tiny Pea

I have such wonderfully creative daughters! This past Christmas, I really wanted to make Elsa a Princess and the Pea set inspired by the lovely print from Heather Ross's Far Far Away fabric line. But...I was running out of time! My darling Lucy stepped in on Christmas Eve and made the sweetest little princess doll and sewed up 20 tiny matresses while I put together a little bag to hold it all. The results were just as enchanting as I had hoped, and I had the added benefit of a delightful time spent crafting with my daughter.




The matresses and contrasting fabrics on the bag are from Heather Bailey's Fresh Cut line of fabric.

Sew Sweet

Last month I had a bit of sweet sewing to catch up on. First, I had cut out this star baby for Elsa last fall when I made this baby for her little cousin. In January, Elsa could see that I had some "free time" haha, and insisted that I finish it. No problem! It is always such a joy to sew little dollies full of love!

Next, I needed to finish a gift for some dear little twin baby friends of ours.

I'm afraid I got a bit carried away in my enthusiasm and made a whole batch of these little sweeties!

Now I have a nice little pile of baby dolls...I don't really know what to do with them but they sure are cute.



Here are the dollies for the twins, all bundled up in little bags for safekeeping.

Grade One, X, Y, Z

These letters were very difficult for me to plan. I have been trying to stay as true to waldorf principles as possible with our approach to the alphabet, but coming up with stories to base this lesson on just wasn't happening. I finally went back to Steiner's lecture "Teaching Children to Write" and realized that the letters and thier forms can come from life experiences and don't have to be tied to a specific fairy tale! Whew! So that is what I did. Thus we came up with the following words and pictures. I think it worked well, as Elsa did not balk at all and is now finished with her lessons about the consonants.