Dear daughter~

I love sharing moments that girls love to share... The fun of making hot tea,

playing dress up in Mamma's clothes, learning to cook, knitting, dancing, 

playing with each other's hair, painting toenails.

It is such a great responsibility...

A joyful task to raise a daughter. 

May I be a  good example.

May I lead and  show you how a lady should be..

Strong, yet graceful. 

Diligent and tender. 

Let me learn from you, and you from me. 

Thank Heaven for Little girls..

I love hearing you call my name.

I love having you near by...

I love hugging you, and holding your hands. 

My three beautiful daughters, so precious, so different, so dear. 

I love you!

The Long Winter~

I love reading the Laura Ingalls Wilder books to my children. They are so rich with stories that tell of the way life used to be. So many things can be gleaned from the books. Most evenings, before I put the kids to bed we gather together in the living room, and I'll read a chapter, or two, or three! I loved something I read recently, and wanted to share it here.

"Anybody knew that no two men were alike. You could measure cloth with a yardstick, or distance by miles, but you could not lump men together and measure them by any rule. Brains and character did not depend on anything but the man himself. Some men did not have the sense at sixty that some had at sixteen. And Almonzo considered that he was as good, any day, as any man twenty-one years old."

Almonzo Wilder in The Long Winter

A day in a year~

~February 4~

~February 5~

6 months old

~February 6,7~

no photo

~February 8~

a cutie for the bake sale

~February 9~

no photo

~February 10~

lunch at an outdoor cafe with this cutie

~February 11~

diaper changing time

~February 12~

no photo~

~February 13~

Ethan's creation

~February 14~

Precious Valentines

~February 15~

no photo

~February 16~

Emma turns 4!

~February 17~

Squirrel tried out the taste of an 

avocado seed from our compost bin

~February 18~

Hot Chamomile tea

~February 19~

herbal/garlic ear oil

A Day in a Year~

January 21
Final meal of Daniel's fast
(yellow split pea soup with roasted brussel sprouts over avocado)

January 22
First grade

January 23
Little chef~
made these for Daddy,
completely by himself,
except for the in and out of oven part.

January 24
Aloe

January 25
Cold Saturday Morning at the outdoor market

January 26
sweet boy

January 27
the boy and his peach tree

January 28
Polar vortex~day 1

January 29
polar vortex~day 2

 January 30
Sunshine

January 31
Ivy's toy

February 1
Sleepy love

February 2
precious Ivy Joy~5 months
beautiful blanket made by Auntie A

February 3
sorting colors,
making necklaces,
and sharing hugs
with Emma~
she is not the baby anymore...
and will soon be four