Mama Made: Pjs

 

New coordinating set of PJs for the girls. I never had a sister, but always wish I did. They definitely don't get along like this all the time, but I'll take a brief photo when I can get it! 

Ups and downs

Truth is some days are hard, hard, hard.  So thankful we have this to escape to when we have no energy, no plan and no more brain power left.

Thankful that despite the numerous not so good moments, the discovery of this collective of seals is what we'll all be thinking of before we fall asleep tonight. Ready for a fresh start tomorrow. 

Science Lab in the Supermarket

 January I coordinated and led a month long Science Lab in the Supermarket series for a gaggle of friends.  It included 2x a week zooms and 1x a week grocery store trip.  It made for a busy January! 

Cross Country

 This one has decided that she does, in fact, like to cross country ski.  I'm so proud of her!

Way too cold

We made it through the most frigid days over the weekend, ridiculous windchill. The wind just whips across these fields.  We probably burned a whole tree keeping warm.  The chickens seemed to be happier in the colder temps compared to the hot humid summer days. I gave them some warm oatmeal a couple of times a day.  I cooked a ton of food on the woodstove (since it was already hot), did some sewing and we played a lot of board games.  We are an outside everyday sort of family, but other than doing our animal chores and Adrian's waving to cars routine, we were mostly in. I never heard "I'm bored". Other than a family episode of Dr. Quinn, kids had plenty to do without screens.  I'm all set with those windy too cold days, but not done with winter!

Thrifted

 It's been a while since I've posted a thrifted pic.  We still go thrifting, I just haven't remembered to take photos in a while.  This round was a huge blessing because it was things I was looking for. It was from a couple of different places. 

A chair that has a pocket for our nature journaling supplies.  So easy to carry.  Boots that Audra needed!  SOCKS that were brand new.  The Me on the Map book that I borrowed from the library when I did a mapmaking series. Now I have a copy.  Then the bird kit that has a book, CD and bird call.  All this for $8.50.

Another winter everyday.

 Could it be another day of books around the fire, crafts and puzzles? More playing in the snow? It won't be always we are gathered like this, so thankful we are now.

(Pole sledding is a new sport he made up)

Above and below are new hats my neighbor made them. Audra has one too.

She's wearing mittens I made. All three almost always wear my homemade fleece lined woolen mittens and they reach for their Nam hats.

His artwork of the day: 

Audra stitched booties for the dogs.  Anna-Kate did puzzles. She's wearing a mismatched pajama hand me downs...both of which I made. 

The ending was especially sweet with cookies for this one.  Thankful for my everyday.