~Another beautiful autumn in New England. It never grows old.
~all of the delicious foods that this season brings along with it.
::Indian pudding about to go into the oven::
~still lovin’ this boy in his new glasses. He looks so old! And ssssssoooo much like his daddy.
~loving this boy and the joy he finds in music; that I hear his little voice singing from all corners of the house, at all hours of the day.
~really getting into the planning for the coming holiday season. I’ve just about finished shopping for our extended family and I’m delighted with everything I found.
~this scarf that my friend Mardi made for me after MÃ iri was born. I pretty much alternate every other day between this one and my cowl. This is my melody scarf. Not My Melody, *my* melody, that’s the name of the colorway. All of the yarns I’ve ever come across bearing the name ‘melody’ have always been repulsive concoctions of say, puce, magenta, neon orange, and hot pink or something equally repugnant. But this one is just lovely, with lots of green, which always makes me happy. And she knitted it up so prettily. Very pleasing indeed.
~and speaking of green gifts, you have to see this sweet little pouch that Tai Marie of Small Wonders sent me… 
I love it so much! The green, the doily, all of it. I won her giveaway for this fabulous rainbow crown, which is going in the Christmas stocking of one fabulous rainbow loving boy, and she slipped this into the package just for me.
I have to give you a little peek at the inside too…
see those darling little birds? And the fabulous little Nikki McClure note cards?
~And back to that lacy doily, and lace in general, I just bought a bit to trim some winter nighties for my Wee Girl. I’m on a lace kick at the moment and I’m just giddy (giddy I tell you!) at having an excuse to buy some.
~and as for that rainbow loving boy, well I’m still loving our weekly one on one craft time. The rainbow bird is coming along!
~and this little munchkin, well…don’t even get me started! Right now I’m really enjoying watching her get out and explore the world. She’s been crawling for quite a while now, but she’s really getting around these days and pulling herself up on everything and just having a grand old time.
That and watching her trying to eat an apple. It’s just the cutest thing ever. And I know that that picture above is blurry, but she was so excited and happy that I had to include it.
~I don’t suppose I need to mention knitting, do I? No, I think that probably warrants an entire post unto itself.
How refreshing that you can find joy in the little things. We are alike in that manner. Lovely children, lovely photos, lovely life.
It has always inspired me the way your life is so very beautiful despite all the sorrows and stresses of it.
Your girl is darling.
I wonder if one day you would be interested in writing about how you go about your homeschooling?
So glad the package made its way to you. And dear me, that baby girl of yours is lovely. My little one is at that happy-busy stage and it is just so fun! Just an aside- did you make that braided rug? I love it. I am in the process of cutting up every bit of old clothing in our house to make a rug like that, so I am eyeing them up and I think yours is so pretty.
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sarah- I would like to write more about the way that we do "school". I've actually been thinking a lot about how I could incorporate more of that here. There are several things holding me back at the moment.
For one, I find that if I keep camera in hand during school time, then it gets in the way and interrupts the flow of things.
Secondly, there are some issues with the children's privacy, that I haven't quite wrapped my brain around yet. One of my kids is quite gifted in some unconventional ways, but struggles with academics. There are learning differences (others might say disorders) and other factors at play here. I'm not sure how to go about sharing our process without sharing his struggles and while I don't think it's anything that should be hidden, I do think that they are *his* struggles and it's not for me to decide who they are shared with. At least that's how I'm feeling about it right now. I might come to view it another way in the future.
And lastly, I think it's probably kind of dry material for anyone who doesn't homeschool. I'm not sure how much of an interest there would be in posts of that sort. Not that I let that define what I post about. But I already know what we do, so it doesn't really matter to me if it's out there or not, yk?
It is something that I want to talk more about in some way (I mean obviously, since I just basically wrote a post in response to a comment), I think I'm just still working out what it is exactly that I want to say.
btw- I've been meaning to say, Rose's artwork is wonderful!
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taimarie- Thank you again, I really am enjoying it all.
It's not mine! Those pictures were taken in the children's section of our local library. Lovely, isn't it? I have big plans for making some rugs of that sort in the future too, but that's many, many projects off in the future.
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Wow, lovely kids section! Ours is not nearly so homey. And I get the privacy part of homeschooling posts, but if you are able to sort out a way to still respect this and post about your homeschooling journey I think there would be interest. Or rather, I know I'd be interested!
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