Summer Postcard No. 3 (2012)

I’m trying to re-find my blogging rhythm with a series of summer postcards, sharing a daily photo with a snippet of text. View the entire summer postcard series here.

Four and a half birthday cake celebration

We ate a lot of chocolate cake today…

Four and a half birthday cake celebration
Four and a half birthday cake celebration

Because you only turn four and a half years old once.

After weeks of counting down to July 30th, the day has arrived and our daughter will finally call herself four and a half. There’s no rounding up with this girl.

Summer Postcard No. 2 (2012)

I’m trying to re-find my blogging rhythm with a series of summer postcards, sharing a daily photo with a snippet of text. View the entire summer postcard series here.

Enjoying the start of blackberry season
Enjoying the start of blackberry season
Enjoying the start of blackberry season
Enjoying the start of blackberry season

It’s that time of the year: blackberry season is upon us. Each day we pick a handful of berries, eagerly awaiting the day our blackberry bushes burst into ripeness and we have enough blackberries for berry sauce or crumble or jam or, what the heck, all three!

Summer Postcard No. 1 (2012)

I’m trying to re-find my blogging rhythm with a series of summer postcards, sharing a photo from our day with a snippet of text. View the entire summer postcard series here.

A simple kids project: painting wooden hearts

Painting wooden hearts… our girl loves to make things for her friends. (And I love to see her occupied with a project for an hour!) Simple color-mixing and painting fun.