Our second May snowfall is upon us!
The irises are perky–they seemed to expect the snow. Down in Boulder, all the irises have bloomed already…only a 20-minute drive away. Smart babies, to take your time.

All the other new green things outside are bowed down under white blankets.

But tucked inside, we’re warm, cozy, and happy–

because cold snaps [...]

With a brother who plays in the school band, Zia decided she needed a trumpet of her own.

She found the perfect one in Made to Play! We love that book–the projects are so simple and original. Would you have thought to invent a stuffed trumpet? Me neither.

She picked out her fabric from my scrap box. I [...]

This week I’ve been keeping a very bored little girl busy during her brother’s spring break to NM.

When she got tired of painting and drawing and reading books and watching nature movies, she asked to try finger knitting, then crocheting with a hook, and finally needlepoint on plastic canvas.

After that she chopped up her yarn [...]

Zia was really excited when I picked up this little birdhouse for her at Michael’s Crafts. She told Caleb it was going to be their special project together, which of course brought groans of delight from him. She did manage to get him to draw a face on the front.

She colored the little house with [...]

We’ve received our book in the mail, and we love it. “Wooden spool birds” was our very first project.

There’s nothing quite like getting a free book in the mail…somehow it makes doing the projects even more exciting! We hopped in the car and took a trip to JoAnn Fabrics (along with an armload of coupons) to [...]