{This Moment} Valentine Crafternoon

{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 hope your weekend is full of love!

Dollhouse Day!

Miss Emily has done it again! Another fabulous workshop, but this time this one was just for homeschoolers!  Nothing like spending a morning creating all sorts of wonderful little things from recycled materials.  Even better, when she's done playing with it she can close the lid and keep everything inside! What will Miss Emily think of next?!  



Grace and Emma Create Art!

A few weeks ago the girls began attending a wonderful art class on Friday afternoons.  The Recylced Schoolhouse (red, of course!) and Miss Emily are the things of dreams! Everything about our Friday afternoons is just enchanting!  The first day that we arrived for class Miss Emily and her wonderful Polish Hens greeted us on the porch.  We had attended the Old Fashioned Noel here in December so the girls were familiar with where we were and remembered meeting Miss Emily back then.  Her welcoming spirit and sweet ways made the girls feel comfortable right from the get go.  We then went into the schoolhouse to get settled and wait for the rest of the class to arrive.  While we were waiting the girls explored and I just soaked in the beauty and magic of this place.  Every nook and cranny has something wonderful in it!  The vintage feel to this place is just our style and the mellow vibe is totally our speed.  She has even set up a cozy area for the parents to read and relax while the girls are in class (should the parents choose to stay that is).  Once all the girls have arrived for class, they gather over on the polka dot couch where Miss Emily chats with the girls and then reads a story to go along with the project that they will be working on.  And then the creating begins!

Week 1

Week 2

After their snowman project was finished, Miss Emily had the girls gather around the sewing machine. She introduced them to the parts of the sewing machine and explained how it worked.  After the tour of the sewing machine was over she began to sew each girls mitten purse (they each got to choose the fabric).  The girls were able to help her sew their purses by stepping on the foot peddle.  What a fun way to introduce little ones to sewing!

Week 3



Miss Emily has quickly become quite beloved.  The girls spend all week looking forward to the arrival of Friday and their time spent with Miss Emily on Meadowbrook Farm.  So many wonderful memories have been made already and I know that there are even more to come!

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)!