Some Projects- nothing like a bit of a distraction when trying to pack up!

here are a couple of projects the kids and i have been working on the past couple of weeks - most finished but a couple still in the works:

the kids working on some sculpey creatures for our sea/seashore playmat

the playmat before being sewn up and backed - just a couple of cut up sweaters at this point

some of the critters: a loon and an octopus

lots of snails and a seal

a big ol' flying fish

sea cucumbers and i think Christian said the white blobs are ice

jellyfish and a fish

there were couple of these pencil and sketch pad holders made for some of K's friends birthdays and one for her for the road trip

a bunch of these picnic roll up placemats as gifts

and Klara made some beeswax candles with our friends Nora. she had a blast and is itching to make some more once we are settled into our new place

phew!! that was a list there - sorry about that. but now the sewing machine is all packed up even though the fabric has been already cut for a couple of other projects. they will just have to wait!! here's hoping you are all enjoying summer!

ephemeral dwellings

our household is used to having up forts of all kinds but the introduction of moving boxes earlier this week has led to a string of forts that shift shape at least once a day. we are enjoying the changing dwellings (us big people too when we can fit in them) but the time is swiftly approaching when these boxes too will need to be filled with the remnant crud in our house and packed onto the van. but until then the architectural gurus will continue to construct new dwellings

For the Noisy Needlers

The local yarn store here in town hosted a knit in at the farmers' market this past weekend. I joined in for a bit, but more excitingly so did K. she has been trying her hand at knitting the past couple of weeks - another great project for our upcoming road trip. The event reminded me of all the nice times in State College knitting with the rest of the noisy needlers.

for eelke

ok, so perhaps she's not making elaborate graphs of our board game results yet, but she is making a bar chart of magnet colors on the refrigerator. the girl likes to visualize her data too!

fun with forks

mustaches

funky sunglasses

mustache - beard combo

cartwheeling

after watching K work on her cartwheels C decides to give it a go and a go and a go!
hi there all! we are experiencing a bit of the crazies here - packing boxes, thinking about our upcoming trip, and enjoying summer here on the prairie. Did I mention that last week we spent a night in our basement while the town tornado sirens blared? It was our first time experiencing more than just the tornado watch. we cuddled up with the sleeping bags and tried our best to keep out of the growing pool filling our basement. we hope you are all enjoying your June!

passed by

we traveled to Springfield and New Salem this past weekend. We all had a wonderful time! Passed many barns along the way like this one. The beautiful buildings, expansive land, and brilliant skies are a true treasure of this corner of the country. I hope to post some more pics from our trip on flickr later today.

Rain Boots are the new Kazoo!

what a funky sound they make.
two posts in a day - whoa! I wanted to make up a bit for the lack of posts lately. cheers!

"My Baby See the Pirate Doctor"

I guess that explains a lot about my son's feelings about doctors - not so warm and fuzzy right now. Hi everyone! we have been struck down the past three weeks with some incredibly persistent crud. Although I think its days are numbered :) Crud or no crud, it's still big smiles (with lots of drool) around here! I hope you all are well

looks like we bought a house!

(not) capturing the moments

here are the moments I did capture on mother's day - the ominous skies on our trip to Allerton Park juxtaposed with the small window of time in the middle of the day when the clouds parted and intense sunlight poured down from the sky.

What I did not capture with the camera: miniman in the back seat of the car shouting "lookie my cracker hat!!" and upon turning around finding his face and head covered in peanut butter with- sure enough -a cracker hat! or the time snuggling with Klara while we read yet another book about the adventures of Lewis and Clark - her cold feet stuck between my knees and her head on my shoulder. But perhaps some moments are just best captured in one's heart.

out of touch

how did I miss that Jason Schwartzman put out an album?
Makes me want to go watch Rushmore....

hello spring!

we knew you'd arrive sometime!

and hello Jack (in the pulpit)! Miniman was fascinated with Jack in the Pulpits on this weekend hike and insisted on stopping at each one to say hi to the little jack hiding inside

Safe Return

Howdy! We are back from our house hunting adventure. Thank you for taking a look at the science blog - it is truly still in prototype form, but I am enjoying the process nonetheless and hope to get some more posts up later this week. but in the mean time here's a shot from the trip and hopefully later today I will post some more on the flickr page.
cheers!

Introducing

The Stay At Home Scientist

This has been on the back burner for way too long and I am happy to finally get the first few posts up. I hope to get a couple more up tomorrow before we head out west for a week. Please feel free to let me know what you think/ make suggestions/ criticisms/ whatever - just please know that your input would be very helpful!
thanks!

Growing Up Too Quickly

This weekend we celebrated C's second birthday. In the blink of an eye our baby is a big boy. And though time seems to have moved so swiftly it is hard to imagine a time without him in our life. Happy Birthday my sweet one - your sister, mama, and papa are so glad that you came into our lives.

monkey see monkey do

changing of the guards

Best place in the house to practice

to be honest I think every indoor activity in our household unfolds in front of the windows. Welcome natural light!

searching for spring peepers

Beirut

Contemplative

That's been the general mood around here
Hi Folks! Sorry for the absence! the kiddos and I have been goofing off and just enjoying time together and trips near and far(ish). There are a bunch of pictures posted on the flickr site but I have really been neglecting this blog space - sorry about that! perhaps I should take that as a sign to retire the blog space and just post pictures for family and friends on the flickr site. Perhaps the blog is overkill... I have been mulling this over lately and am not quite settled on a solution yet. There has been a project I have been working on lately that I am hoping to introduce in a few weeks. Perhaps once that is up and running I will say goodbye to this blog space. But for now I will continue to try and post images for family and friends on this space.