Mama Made: Woolen dress

 Does this girl need another dress? No.  She has so many that I have made her and all the ones handed down from her sister. Plus some store bought ones. But she's four and won't be four forever. So I stitched this little woolen, big enough for this year and next (hopefully). 

Battle Prepping and Tracking

These mild winter afternoons have kept my kids outside for hours. Apparently they have to get ready for battle. They need all sorts of sticks.  This has taken hours upon hours, days upon days.  (No complaints from mama weary deary!)

We have also enjoyed tracking.  

Charlotte Mason said "Never be within doors when you can rightly be without."  Cheers to the days that the pull out of doors is so strong that we cannot ignore that tug. 

Furred and Feathered

February days include lots of time with our furred and feathered friends. 

Snippets of our School Week

 Onward to Monday, snippets of our school week last week. 

Books at the beach at high tide before the storm after our homeschool gathering. .

Picnic along with it. 

And artwork gems...

Thankful for another week of our home sweet homeschool. 

Mama Made: Flannel Lined Pants

 His sisters each have two homemade cords lined with flannel.  He never got any because he had carhart flannel lined pants.  He has outgrown those pants. (And his entire wardrobe in general in the last couple of weeks. Thankfully I hit the thrift store just as someone was unloading an entire wardrobe like new in his size. Phew!)  He now has his own mama made flannel lined pants. I sort of think I want to make a pair for myself!

Crochet

 Her first major crochet project, she just winged it and ended up with this. Isn't it lovely?!

And a follow up to her igloo project.  She's been working hard on it, it's getting more elaborate!

Holly visits calmly. Copper runs laps around it. 

Can't wait to see what her next crafty project is! 

Wet mittens

At sunset, February 1, 2022, at our Maine homestead, I have 8 pairs of wet mittens plopped in my kitchen to dry fireside, none of which are mine, nor are any my husband's. Last I checked, we only had three kids. Let's face it, the fire cannot tackle these dripping mittens. And so, this is how winter fun goes...

Boot and mitten dryer=best purchase ever. They will be needing mittens first thing tomorrow, as  I suspect they will roll out of bed and be back out of doors straight away.  I will systematically rotate these mittens through the mitten dryer tonight, and check the boots while I am at it. I predict another pile of wet mittens tomorrow night and I will again be drying them, my heart full of joy from these childhood moments at play.