Thirty-Six Aprons

My Aunt Gail emailed this morning to let me know that a box was on its way. Thinking we had a few days we were super surprised when a large, heavy box arrived this afternoon. As I was chatting on the phone with my mom at the time of its arrival, and the girls had just headed out to play, we waited for a bit before opening it. 

We couldn't even begin to guess what was inside (it was HEAVY remember) but we all figured it was most likely doll related! Never in a million years would we have guessed that it was, in fact, thirty-six aprons! 

 January 

My apron matches the girls' aprons exactly. 

 February

 March

 April

This was, as you can imagine, an instant fave!

May

June

 July

 August 

I should have had Dave come in to take one of the three of us, as my apron is the same fabrics but the watermelons are the background with the flamingo fabric accenting it. So sweet! 

 September. 

Again, I should have had Dave come in to take a picture. Mine is very similar to theirs, though instead of a ruffle at the bottom it has the sweet fabric and ribbon on the top. I absolutely adore this apron! The fabric and the ribbon are very much us! 

 October

This one has me as a black cat. I'll be sure we get a picture of the three of us together wearing them next month. With dinner needing to be made before dance I decided to skip having a picture taken of the three of us and move on to the final few aprons in the box! 

 November

 December

These aprons make me think of my Grandma Ruth (my Aunt Gail's mom). I have no doubt she would have loved them all but most especially the Christmas ones. 

Birthday apron

Isn't the ladybug fabric darling?! 

Grace has said that she would wear that ladybug fabric as a skirt ("it's so cute with it's bow!")

Thank you Aunt Gail for the incredible surprise of these gorgeous aprons! They will absolutely be worn and cherished for years and years to come! xo 

In Which Emma Makes Cookies

Morning, Noon And Night

Morning, noon and night...three little peeks into our day today. 

Morning, 10:30am

Afternoon, 3:00pm

Night, 5:00pm.

If you would like to play along leave your link in the comments section so I may stop by for a visit. xo

A Sweet Ending

A little before bedtime cookie baking made for a lovely ending to the day! xo

Apple Crisp

Some nights just call for a little apple crisp and caramel ice cream. Tonight was one such night! xo

{This Moment} Peach Cobbler

{This Moment} - A Soule Mama Friday ritual. A single photo- no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you are inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments section for all to find and see. We wish you a lovely Labor Day weekend!

{This Moment} A Mother's Day Surprise

{This Moment} - A Soule Mama Friday ritual. A single photo- no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you are inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments section for all to find and see. And to all the mamas we wish you a wonderfully fabulous Mother's Day weekend! 

Storm Doins' In Instagram

We've hunkered down and are just beginning to see the true wrath of Hurricane Sandy.  A major branch in the backyard has sadly come down and we're sure that it won't be long before we loose power.  For those in Hurricane Sandy's path we pray that you stay safe and that the storm leaves little damage in it's wake for you.  We'll post when we can.  Stay safe, dear ones. 

A Mellow Sunday and a Busier Monday

I am so behind in blogposts that it's probably going to take me all week (and two posts a day) to get through it all.  But before we get to the amazingness that was our first "girls weekend" away I decided to start with pictures from yesterday and today. After our fun filled weekend away, a mellow Sunday at home was just what we all needed.  We spent the day doing stuff around the house that needed doing and Grace spent the morning creating magnificent Lego creations.  The one you see below she specifically asked to have posted on our blog.

Later that day Emma joined me in making dinner and dessert.  She has really taken to cooking and baking, and loves to join in whenever a meal is being prepared.  We started our Sunday with the latest Pioneer Woman show on Food Network, where we saw her make Apple Brown Betty.  We decided that it looked like a good idea for Sunday dinner dessert and made sure to include the necessary ingridents on the shopping list.  It was delicious, though we think we may try a different bread next time instead of the wheat bread.  Perhapse either a heartier wheat or an oatmeal bread would be good.

Today began with getting ready for the girls first dentist appointment at their new dentist.  Thanks to my friend Emily for the fantastic recommendation!  Hopkinton Pediatric Dental is a perfect fit for us. Grace had been to her first dentist appointment the day after she turned three and it was such a horrific experience that we had not taken her to see the dentist since (terrible, I know).  Thankfully, one of our dearest friends had a great place to recommend and the girls had a blast!  They told Dave all about their adventures there at dinner this evening.  This office was so wonderful in that they have sibling appointments where both girls could be seen at the same time.  The staff was great.  They put the girls so much at ease that Grace, who is usually very shy in new situations was very chatty!  They even took pictures of both the girls "first" dental visit!

After their appointment, we headed over to Water Fresh Farm. It has recently opened and since we were pretty much right down the road from it we decided it was the perfect day to check it out.  Such a neat place, they grow all sorts of produce hydroponically.  What a great thing to explore, especially given the bean seeds we are currently trying to sprout (as well as the avocado seeds that don't seem to be doing much).  We chose two lovely bouquets of Daffodils (not grown hydroponically) and headed home.

Upon arriving home we recieved a lovely piece of mail! It was from the girls beloved art teacher, Miss Emily (more on her and their fabulous art class in another blogpost this week) and is our ticket to the Valentine Tea.  We can't wait, and are super excited that my mom is going to join us and complete our table of four!

And finally, my friend (and fellow Amity High School grad) Avital from The Mamafesto posted the link to her latest article for Bamboo Magazine.  She once again asked to interview me for a piece that she was working on, and that piece was released today.  If you click here it will take you to the current issue and if you look on page 72 you'll get to see us!  I should mention that we had just gone on our first lantern walk and Avi had asked me to talk specifically about that since it's not something that many people are familiar with.  And while we might not be the most Waldorfy family out there (I like to say we are unschoolers with a Waldorf flavor) it was a lovely experience and one that we look forward to participating in again.  If you check out the archives page and click on the link for the Fall 2011 issue you'll see us in there too (in the article about alternative education choices).  I had meant to post the link to that one when it first came out and sadly it never happend (and now was my chance to correct that)!