Cord Grabber

So it begins.... Akasha has officially entered the stage of lightning fast grabs and going after everything that looks interesting. One of her favorite targets is the cord from Ron's headset.Little imp so cute - "Look what I got?!"

Two Dollar Tuesday!

Gotta love the cheap day at the zoo! :) Time is continuing to sneak past me right now, but at least I got a few kid photos today! We heard some of our unschooling friends were going to be at the zoo, so we decided to join them.

Cute smile in the car.
Orion actually took this one. Don't you love the zoo themed outfit Ron picked out?
Orion's favorite thing to do at the zoo:
And the only other animal picture I took all day:
Orion spent most of the time running around on the big grassy field. He met a new friend today and they had a great time wrestling. Orion looks like he is about to pounce on him in this photo!

My first attempt at freezer paper stenciling...

This week has just disappeared. Besides my niece being in the hospital, another friend's son was in the hospital. I meant to post these pictures right after Sarah got them, but I am just now getting around to it. There were some of her Solstice gifts:
The one on the right is the same design the awesome Rachele used to make a shirt and jumper for Orion and Akasha. I knew Sarah would flip over them because she has a great love of the Om symbol, and indeed she did. Akasha's jumper is light and dark purple stripes with this same exact purple paint for the stencil. I asked Sarah what she would want if I tried to make one, and she said a lavender tank with the dark purple symbols. It took me awhile to find tanks in a nice shade, but I finally found these online at Jockey. The one on the left was a surprise since I wanted to do something a little diferent than the one she knew she was getting.

Then I used the same stencil to make this other little surprise for her:

I picked out a paint as closely matching the tanks as possible and made her this matching box. She really uses little boxes like this alot, so I know it was a good surprise! Fun to finally post these now since I didn't want to before Christmas in case she read here and saw them!

Long Day...

My niece had surgery today. She didn't know for sure what was going to happen when she went in, and the outcome was not really what she was hoping for. I stayed in the waiting room with her ex, and called some family and friends when she was done. Not really my place to talk about it on a public blog, but it was a sad day for me, and even moreso for her I am sure. At least she is here in Portland where she knows a couple people. I am going to try and visit her as much as I can when I can leave Orion at home. Hopefully her healing will go smoothly and quickly.

Proud to be a Black Sheep!

A good friend of mine just had a birthday and had a small get together. She did one of the cutest things I have ever seen - she gave her friends a gift. And what a gift! We are all pretty much into the same kind of parenting, which isn't exactly practiced by the mainstream... so sometimes I think we do feel a little out of step when we are out there in the "real world". Or at least I do. :) So what better symbol of walking our own path in society than a black sheep! But even black sheep have friends sometimes....
It is so nice to be together in a community when we can manage it and feel connected. And... one of the lovely mamas knitted Akasha this rockin' hat! Like literally overnight. I mentioned she didn't have any knit hats, and she just whipped this up without even telling me! I think it is so adorable. Reminds me of sprouts!
This picture cracks me up because Akasha is getting kissed and pulling hair at the same time! Owwwww!
My girl loves her some hair!
Happy girl! This is her face after just being lifted in the air.
Phew, so now I am tired but happy. It is wonderful to have good friends. :)

My Little Chef

Here is Orion modeling one of his Santa presents.

Happy New Year!

I have been looking at quotations lately, so I thought this would be a nice way to start the new year. :) I'm trying to be all about the law of attraction right now. Our family needs to attract something, and soon....