Rain, wallpaper, coziness.......

                                                                  Rainy day wallpaper removal.

                   

                      The" brown with leaves" is the original 1910 wallpaper.

 As we peeled wallpaper Apple cleaned her room. I cannot wait to paint her wardrobe!

                      Arlo had so much fun!

Dandelion Fluffs

                        A collection of treasures waiting on the chair............

                  Apples first crack at pottery

            Apples first gluten free Apple pie made from scratch

        The four munchkins in their natural habitat

On a trip in the best seaside thrift store town with my sister and our daughters I stumbled upon this lovely crewel work framed picture. The frame was a wood that made me feel sad, it needed some paint! I took the orange color from the rooftops, it makes it pop! I already had paint out for the twins kitchen I was making for their birthday. It literally took me five minutes to brighten this beauty up!

Three of my four children are boys. I have always wondered what I would do with sons because I am not into sports or anything typically boyish, neither is my husband. I decided I would just raise them as "people". They play with cars but they also play with dolls. I am happy they have a good balance of interests. My husband is a very gentle man and I think they are taking after him. When he comes home from work and see's little Rolla dressed up like a princess he tells him he looks beautiful, how wonderful is that! I snapped some lovely moments of the boy's playing Raggedy Ann & Andy with their Papa.

Doll house waiting for decor

Paperdoll made by Apple

Apple in a vintage top that was mine at her age

Munchkin lunch

another munchkin lunch

Apples first embroidery

Sunset out our back window

Apples duct tape purse (she even lined it with fabric)

Django & baby

Sunny Rolla

Yummy honeybuns & oranges

Homeschooling happiness

Our favorite things to juice

Arlo's moves

Top of my dresser clutter

It was a Wonderful Christmas!

Christmas was just wonderful this year! My sister and her family, my Mum and Stepdad came for Christmas Eve and we had a lovely time, our tree looked so special in it's new location by the window. Conor and I were up so late wrapping gifts, you would think after all these year we would not procrastinate, but it seems we have a tradition of leaving it to the last minute, it is nice to have that quiet time together though........

The children were thrilled with their gifts and it was so nice to all be together!

It's beginning to look a lot like..............

I adore the christmas holiday season! I love the lights, the togetherness, the food and the DECORATING!
I was fortunate enough to inherit my Grandma Betty's vintage silver tree and decorations AND LIGHTS! Sadly the lights are so old they have burned out but still look very pretty in their gorgeous vintage box!

My daughter Apple has always wanted a tree in her room so this year I made her wish come true, it is still lacking an angel or star and the lights still need to be strung but it sure looks pretty! I cannot wait to put out the rest of the holiday items!