Play and whimsy

I spent a good part of the weekend working on an order for another mom, creating something beautiful and whimsical for her children (i assume) to play with.

It was rewarding, but I experienced this feeling of, "but wait, what about MY kids!? I have failed in making THEM something beautiful and playful and fun, Boo!  

So in between decorating the xmas tree, grocery store runs, housecleaning and endless food production,(seriously, it never ends, the food thing) I made these animals, out of thin foam board, paint, wooden dowels and fasteners, so fast and so fun.

Then we went to the park to play with them, and then to the creek to throw rocks in :)

Malawi crying because Imani wouldn't give him back the polar bear

It was such a nice day out, in spite of the brown and dry vegetation..

sigh.

Then we sang Christmas carols around our newly decorated tree, and went to sleep.

Welcome December

Bohemian dream catcher

 If the world wide web is at all  part of your life you may have noticed that dream catchers are making a comeback, in many new creative forms and incarnations. I finally gave in to my own curiosity and tried my hand. This was fun to make and it felt free and with lots of room for creativity, I wasnt sure at the end that the lacy bohemian vibe was very me, or us, but when i hung it on our white front door, where it was just barely and delicately distinguishable, it just felt right,  right for now anyway.
I am excited to try out some other versions

Calm after the storm

  Well the sun has come back, we are all on the mend.

I crocheted this little hat to pass the time during hours and hours of boring deluge.
Finally we got to play with friends again, and spend time at the park

This is Imani and second cousin Alba from England, enjoying the september roses, and each other

happy wednesday

finally, my kids are back at school, 

dancing for joy!

Elephant painting

 I painted this sweet little print, acrylics on canvas, for one of the kids rooms I am dreaming of...

Sure hoping I get to hang it soon!