Posted in art, children, crafts, random on August 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
So this is one of the oldest tricks in the book, but I thought I’d share it anyways. Perfect for all the broken crayons lying around the house and the dinky ones you get at restaurants.
3 Steps To New Crayons:
Break up old crayons in to a baking tin or cup cake mold (you might [...]
Posted in Maggie, children, england, tagged boring, england, hampton court palace, history lesson, magnolia on August 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I recently finished reading the book London, by Edward Rutherford. This is an epic story of a group of English families in London, spanning the last 2,000 years. It starts with the Celts, then Romans, Saxons, Normans, Huguenots, Welsh, Flemish–all of them immigrating (or conquering) and mixing with the previous generation. London is truly a cosmopolitan [...]
Posted in animation, children, random, the arts on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have been enjoying the vintage Mickey Mouse cartoons on youtube recently. This one is one of the best, my favorite part being Mickey’s little song and dance @ 6:05.
Posted in Maggie, children, crafts on March 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »
inspired by the tie-one-on apron challenge, i made a little apron for maggie out of a cloth napkin and some ribbon left over from christmas. sewed with wool yarn, this was easy-peasy. maggie preferred to wear it as a dress, so i might have to try and make her a proper dress she can go out [...]
Posted in children, the arts, tagged animation, film on December 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Maggie loves this. So do I. A great anitmated short by Heui Won Jeong
“By day, Mooney is an over-achieving, six year-old girl living with her Grandparents at their junkyard in the forest. By night, Mooney is a member of a secret jazz band with a group of ex-convict animals.”
For more info: movingimages.ca
more about “JumpTrumpRumpBump“, [...]
Posted in art, children, crafts, family on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sweet goods all the way from Portland. I wish I had been well enough to make her something… I barely had enough time and energy to finish my free people swap (will post pics later this week). This illness business is seriously getting old! Anyway, my mother is such a talented artist, I love [...]
Posted in breastfeeding, children, children's rights, family, motherhood on November 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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