Happy New Year's Eve!

Today

Finished Socks read aloud over breakfast.  We found Chile on the map and globe (where Isidora, the little girl Jenna befriended from our Disneyworld hotel, is from).  Wrote Isidora a letter.  Bird-watched Robins and Bluebirds (Jenna looked up Robins in bird book to see if we could find a difference in the male or female).  Jenna googled "what kids on the frontier wore" and then got dressed in her Laura and Mary attire, using her nightgown as a chemise.  Caroline followed suit.  The kids built a "home" underneath the kitchen window since it was slightly protected from the cold drizzle.  Caroline cut her toe on something and we talked about how to stop bleeding.  Caroline saved a worm from the cold, wet sandbox and looked at it under a magnifying glass.  Read from The Shores of Silver Lake over Butternut Squash Soup.  Colored a bit.  Mom took a 15 minute nap and the girls played paper dolls.  Quiet time:  I'm typing this and Jenna is reading A Pioneer Sampler while Caroline is playing Stack the States on the ipad.  They will switch roles here in a few minutes.  On schedule after quiet time:  clean-up living room, Scooter Math, supper prep.

 

This Moment

At the St. Louis City Museum a few days ago. Incredible fun.  Just me and my girls (Daddy was taking  a class).  

More awesomeness at the Magic House
We also visited the Arch and museum underneath it! We loved seeing the real life Laura and Mary wagon.

This Moment

A Sweet Girl finds a butterfly in the milkweed...

This Moment

Copied from Soulemama's website.
{this moment} - A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

A moment

I submitted this for an online group photography class I signed up for and received several nice comments on it. I love the light in our bedroom at night and the bed so often looks just like I captured it. I love this picture.