summer day

1// summer stripes // new colors /2// crowded garden greens /3// work taking over the house /4// an afternoon boy and his room /5// a girl dancing in the kitchen. our favorite these days is listening to nancy dupree and learning to do the twist /6// trimming leaves // squat and pose- a portrait by max

happy happy weekend. friends!

stars and stripes

so happy to celebrate independence day tomorrow...firecrackers and picnics and forcing my family into red and white and blue clothes. my favorite! happy happy 4th of july to all you!

still summer sun

happy happy summer solstice, friends! those words together have such a snappy ring to them, don't they? or anyways, this day always makes me want to cover the house in flowers and plant myself flat on the ground...time to be still with a bluest blue sky view. summer is such a romantic time of year!

here's to a wonderful weekend...how about a little summer music to get things hoppin'!

late winter days

the most beautiful late season snow swept in last night and covered my ache for spring (at least just for today). we've been settled in, me and matt and the babies...watching branches drip drip and dogearing the new spring volume of KINFOLK...looking forward to good things to come.

song for today: burl ives- my good old man

love day songs

hello february...goodbye sad winter doldrums! (or anyways, at least that's the hope). valentines has a knack for stirring in all sorts of goodness and color into the winter pot.

tonight it's just baby and me. we're feeling a little under the weather...but are keeping spirits up by painting and peekabooing and dancing to gushy songs. la la love!

---- p.s. today i'm over at a new site called 3 things for moms- a daily place where different bloggers and writers come to share a truth, a tip, and a find! ---

sing oh sing

music to bake and wrap packages with tonight.
happy wednesday, friends!

 

graveyard boogie

today is tops on my list of favorite holidays...we didn't celebrate it growing up so as an adult i guess i'm making up for lost time...and sweets.
we're spending the day listening to spooky music and finishing up last minute costuming for bee. tonight we take the little ones out for tricks and treats, despite the rain and cold.
it's going to be such a treat having our new little pumpkin baby sis along for the ride this year...

happy happy halloween, friends!

(some music to keep things festive...)

pastures of plenty

happy happy friday! 

today is a throw open the windows// strap some moccasins on your baby//revel in newly thrifted goodies//sway with woody guthrie//add to your rubber eraser collection kind of day.

and it may be a fluke, but there is fall in the air and breeze today.

here's to a happy and restful weekend...

sounds of summer

happy happy weekend, friends!
xoxo

splish splash

max's messy paint party was a real splash! lots of washable paint and silly string and water balloons being hurled about.
it's not everyday you're allowed to make a big mess...max was in his glory!

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party details
for decorations we just hung up an old sheet and splattered it with paint and water...added more oh happy day dot garland...and laid out goggles and paint cans and sweets and towels.

i bought large containers of washable paint (dumped into spray bottles with water and metal paint buckets) and hung a 10x12 white drop cloth from the clothes line for the little ones to splatter. after they were covered in paint we pulled out the slip n slide and more water balloons so they could clean off the dried paint.

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oh how i love throwing funny parties for my little guy...only he's becoming not so little these days.
i wonder if he'll still let me do these things when he's 16?

cherry without a stone

we're back into the swing of things around here...lots of summer projects and folding baby clothes and spitting cherry pits in the shade. sis is coming fast (she's due july 10th!) and instead of panic i'm left with a bit of peace and come-what-may feelings. it's a bit of a surprise...and a true gift for my mind and my body as they prepare for the big day...but not so much of a gift to the unfinished baby things yet to do.

c'est la vie...pass the cherries!

p.s. remembering doc today...

 

happy wednesday, loves!

 xoxo

 

odd days and artichokes

i couldn't sleep this morning. i suppose my body has all sorts of nervous energy these days. by 5:30 i was up and in the car driving around...hoping to be able to catch the sunrise or some inspiration...but instead ended up home an hour later with one lone artichoke from the grocery store and a wings song stuck in my head.

i counted the minutes by the tens until it was time to wake max up...i put on a dress and killed some time by searching the internet for funny pictures of cowboy cats and animals in people clothes to stuff in max's lunch and book bag. i hummed along to the song in my head.

odd early mornings and inexplicable vegetable purchases like these seem to be the recipe for a really wonderful and inspirational thursday...or anyways, at least i have something new to throw in for dinner tonight.

xoxo

currently

currently loving---springtime in dayton, colorful stamps and pretty cards, the smell of freshly cut plywood (we started laying our family room floor this weekend!), wedge heels that make me feel me a tad bit taller and a little less of a waddler, max's obsession with tv personality tom bergeron (max sings songs about tom living in our hearts and under the moonlight...also, he makes me call him tom bergeron sometimes and, in turn, he calls me tom's wife, michelle...this is normal mother/son stuff, right?), my butternut squash-sized baby girl and all of her dancing about (hello, 3rd trimester!), kelly ann's music monday this week...i love discovering new music through her!

 

hoping your week is going so so fine! 

breakfast and a song

 

 this morning has been spent watching oatmeal boil on the stove top and rainy clouds churn into sunshine outside...trying to stir a sleepy son and a even sleepier fella...a couple of extra spoonfuls of brown sugar... a trip to the post office to admire new stamps. 

such is a springtime monday...

xoxo

come she will

happy happy monday! 

springtime is every which way i turn today...in smells and sights and mind. 

there is a newness hovering and it makes my fingers itch and itch. 

today is for staying busy busy but taking time to sit in the sun for a bit...for lots of fruit and daydreaming and happy music. it's a rod stewart kind of day...

xoxo