Around Here: September 2012

Around here...

Around here, fall festivals have started.  We have two months of pumpkin patches, hay rides and face painting to enjoy!

Around here, a little girl who could barely throw a softball in March now plays catcher for her team and can hit a double, steal to third and slide into home.

Around here, I've been making faux mercury glass bottles for my upcoming Stampers5 Halloween Workshop.  Very soon they will be labeled with potions labels for our Halloween apothecary.

Around here, my studio is an absolute mess.  Nancy Drew Date Books, my upcoming Be Merry Holiday Organizer kits, Halloween goodies for my workshop and the handful of birthday cards I am trying to get out this month have taken over my workspace.  Is it time to spring clean again?

Around here, my girls have been studying Japan after school.  We recently learned about Japan's Children's Day and the girls made watercolor carp kites.  Both girls loved the project (I even made one myself).  We're using a great homeschool course to study world geography.  Even though we do not homeschool, we use the curricculum for afterschool projects.  I love the fact that both my kids can name all seven continents and the oceans.  My 7 year old can show you where the Prime Meridian, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn are on a globe.  It has been a wonderful experience for our entire family.

Around here, we lost a beloved family member.  Our house seems a little emptier and quieter and my feet are a little colder at night now that my sweet Magpie is no longer with us.  She was a great cat for 16 years and we will miss her terribly.  Of course, now the kids are begging for a dog....

Comments

[Lynne]

It sounds like you are absolutely in the middle of everything again. Fall is a busy time with school, festivals and Halloweening events. I miss those days. Of course all that frenzy comes right after busy summers and right before the snow of winter and Christmas planning....So sorry to hear about your Magpie girl. We lost our two within the past year. Heart broken for a bit. Your girls are gorgeous as ever....great pictures!
xo