Happy Birthday!

When you are two, happiness is a balloon.

recently we went to a homeschooling mother's book sale. She talked and talked of all the different curriculums she experimented with, about her goals of critical thinking, and math mastery...of animals, and horseback riding, hobby farming...she paused and asked:"How about you? What are your schooling goals?"

I answered

"Wonder."

Bellies filled with apple cider....dreams of pumpkin pie...

and only 1 week till somebody's birthday!! (She wants a horse.)

The girls have been:

enjoying the new kittens,

helping Papa with the last of the transplants,

exploring the goat/sheep pastures,

processing apples for "to-die-for apple crumble"

Diaper Art. A maternal art form.

Summertime and the Living is easy

ballet class in the living room, corn cob babies, and canoeing with Grandmim on the river. Summertime in the St. Croix Valley is fab.

The Frog Prince

pity the toad that is loved by two smuffs.