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Stuffed Animal Mix UPS
We just finished our first fun sewing project in the new basement Art Studio! We bought random stuffed animals at the Goodwill Outlet where everything is priced by weight… $0.99 a pound. Then the kids cut the arms, legs, and heads off the animals and sewed them together to make new crazy creatures! We had …
Our Wonderful Waterways class
The kids took a class the other day at Forest Park! They spent the morning at Missouri’s first fish hatchery. It is no longer in operation but it’s neat to think about how, so many years ago, fish 🐠 were scooped into milk jugs and transported by train 🚂 across the state to various lakes …
Spray painting wooden art chairs
The chairs in our Art Studio needed some pizzazz! So we decided to let the kids paint their own chair. First the kids lightly sanded their chair. Then they spent two days spray painting their color scheme. Finally- after two days of painting and letting them dry – the chairs were ready to be moved …
Art Studio
Yesterday was my 38th birthday! 🎈 🎉 I had such a lovely day!!🤩 Simone had found a dead cicada weeks ago – but she saved it for me (after pranking her cousin with it) and gave it to me as a birthday gift! I love it – it is so well preserved… you can see …
Gardening Class 🌿 🌺
We went to a class with Gateway Greening about fall vegetables and cover crops! The class was very informative- basically I’m not ready to plant fall plants but I do know what to do next year! The best part of the morning was being inspired by all the garden beds within the community garden sections! …
Johnson’s Shut-ins Wet and Wild fun
The first time we took the kids to Johnson’s Shut-ins, they were strapped in life jackets and wore swim shoes. Josh and I would follow them around repeating “be careful” and “watch out”! Oh how time has changed things. Life jackets and swim shoes weren’t a requirement and Josh and I watched our kids and …
My she-shed herbal workshop camper 🌿
About 5 years ago, my husband got me a vintage camper for my birthday! The kids helped me clean it up and it became a backyard play house! As the years have gone by, the kids stopped playing in it and I began to dream of the possibilities… 🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿 And this was the summer to …
Not just dreaming about my garden….
Yesterday I was dreaming and scheming about my herb garden 🌿 I was taking notes while my kids were at kid’s ministry at church. Today… I got to work weeding and improving my herb garden in the back yard! Last year I planted a ton of perennial plants and encircled them with rocks. So today, …
Homemade bird feeder
Yesterday was a beautiful day! 60 degrees in January!! And Eddie spent the day building in the backyard! He was sawing and drilling… Today he he hung up his handy-work!! He built me a bigger bird feeder!! 😍😍 He was very happy to see six birds eating from his feeder at once!!!
Walking on ice
Hurray for 50 degree weather!!! Simone was away at a Girl Scout field trip (and she forgot to wear her vest, you know- the one I sewed all her patches on 😆) so I took the boys and Daisy to the park! ☀️ The boys claim their dreams came true today… because the pond was …
Becoming a Wild Family 