Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8:48AM 
A sneak peek at what I'm working on for Bee's birthday, coming up next month! I can't believe she is nearly one year old. In other Bee news, she figured out crawling over the weekend, a delight and surprise to all of us (neither Bunny nor the Bird were crawlers). What fun!
p.s. I was just looking back at old posts-- look what was going on February 3 of last year!
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 2:18PM 
Today I am thinking about whether I allow myself to be led by my head, or my heart?
What thought is taking you into your week?
Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 6:24PM 
Saturday is our errand day; we go to the Farmers' Market, out to the farm to get our raw milk, back in for lunch downtown, and then to the co-op for the week's grocery shopping. After lunch we always stop in at our favorite local chocolate shop around the corner. They've been making chocolates here for 72 years! I love to look at the pictures of the shop in the 1940s- the little girls in their cropped hair and sweet lace-up shoes, the beautiful mothers in fabulous dresses and upswept hair (and those little waists!), the lovely old cars parked out front.
The shop was a riot of pre-holiday color today, so cheerful in the rain.
Hope your weekend is going splendidly!
Friday, February 5, 2010 at 5:16PM 
Oh, my goodness. 66F here today and spectacular light. We spent all day long outside. The day was golden, and a wonderful kick-off to our weekend.
Bee thought these ducks were hilarious; every time they would duck under water with their little tailfeathers in the air, and then pop back up, she would laugh and laugh. Peekaboo ducks! She blew them many kisses. The big girls sat and watched Mr. and Mrs. Mallard for a long time, studying the way their beaks made little snaps underwater, quietly willing them to come closer. Once we got home there was much talk of them. I think next time we need to bring sketch books.
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 6:14PM 
Can you tell who was done with her photo shoot? There are a few more photos on Flickr.
Sorry about the rashiness, Bee had Fifth last month and the rash is hanging on. Poor girl. Had to get that picture up top just to show you her hair! She's also sporting some awesome avocado action there.
Our day today was SO much better. Sometimes you just have to forgive yourself and walk forward, do you know what I mean? Today was full of fun, laughter, chatting, just general good times. Even the not so perfect moments were clothed in their best dress today. A change of attitude can really change everything.
I loved that all my fellow lovers-of-Anne showed themselves yesterday! It's always fun when people get your personal in-jokes.
Here is to more happiness, more jokes, more forgiveness, more love. xo
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 10:42AM I am so LOVING all the great suggestions on the adventurer post! It's going to be a great birthday, I can tell.
Bunny at ten months: she used to LOVE waking up- in the morning, from a nap- always happy
Birdie at ten months: I had forgotten that she started walking right around nine/ten months!
Tomorrow I'll have to take some photos of Bee, who is ten months old right now.
Today was one of those days that left me reeling, with a heart full of anger, sadness, and regret. For the way I treated my family, the way I treated myself. I should be sleeping right now, but I wanted to come back to these photos of my big girls as little ones and think of them in all their sweetest moments. I just needed to end the day with love in my heart.
I hope they are dreaming of me in my best moments, too. I am so glad that tomorrow is another day, with no mistakes in it.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 4:20PM 
Today we got out for our daily walking after having our cosy day yesterday, and it seemed as if Spring had sprung overnight. I wish you could have smelled this little glade of tiny wood violets, they have such a wild sweetness. Whether we have six more weeks of winter or not, today it felt like Spring.
Monday, February 1, 2010 at 2:10PM 
Old, unrelated photo
A new month! We greeted it with coughs and sniffles and grey rain. Cornbread with extra butter and steaming mugs of homemade chicken stock.
Bunny will be FIVE in May and my mind is already compiling ideas...initially she asked for a knight birthday (they get to choose their own themes), but she has now settled on an adventurer birthday. I decided to take that idea and run with it, just in case she might change her mind again! We'll be celebrating a week or so before her actual birthday this year, because that was when we could book a yurt. So fun!
She often speaks of needing an adventurer's pack, so that's what I'll be making for her birthday gift. Her list of must haves for inside: a flashlight, firesticks, a whistle, water, food, rope, bandages, a notebook, and...an ice axe. Ahem.
Do any of you have any great adventure ideas?