{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. 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.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. 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.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. 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.

March to April

March marched on, and winter had a hard time letting go. On many many mornings, snow swirled all around us. It would promptly stop, melt off of the ground, and leave behind ample mud. But in the cold mornings it was beautiful.

Large puffy flakes came down in bounds. We have had our fill of snow this season, and we're happy for that. We love winter, and we loved living here at our homestead for our first winter with all the glorious snow. But as is the norm this time of year, spring fever is settling in to us all. And it seems like April is going to give us all that we are craving.

I believe that we can finally say that we have the last snow behind us, and glorious sun, warming days, and flowers ahead. Bella has begun the great daffodil count every day. She came in the first day, over a week ago, so happy for 32. Then in days she was amazed by 146. Today, she and Helena counted 461.























And it is just beginning. Apparently March snow brings April flowers. Might not have quite the same ring to it as the time-honored saying, but this year it works. Thanks for the snow, March, and the appreciation of sun. Now bring it on, April. Bring it on.

Tuesday PLAY!

Tuesday PLAY!

THIS is a farm jungle gym. And this is how WE play. How about you? How do you play? Let us know by leaving a comment, or leaving a link to YOUR way to play!

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. 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.

Feel free to join in and share your moment in the comments of this post. We would love to share a moment from your week with you.

Finally

I've been waiting for this day for a long time. To walk out of my home to let out my turkeys and be serenaded by Phoebes. Welcome home turkeys. Welcome home Phoebes. And welcome home ME.

Super Morning

It's a dreary, rainy, superhero kind of day around here. I find these pre-spring, rain-when-we're-wanting-one-more-snow days are perfect superhero days. There are serious superhero meetings, and entire towns of villains being vanquished. Thank goodness. Now if I can just convince them that putting away their laundry is just as important...

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. 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.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. 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.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. 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.

{this moment}

FINALLY, as we're cozy near the fire at the farm, living here, with internet again (!), I can begin again to share...

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. 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.

{this moment}

A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. 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.

Milestones

Oh so many milestones have been happening lately with our little Sylvia. Her first camping trip will, sadly, have no photos any time soon, because the few that I did take are stuck in my broken camera. Hopefully they will be able to be retrieved. Until it can be (hopefully) fixed, I am borrowing my niece's camera, so the next milestone of playing with the much-loved bowl and wooden spoon while Mama cooks after crawling from the living room to the kitchen was photographed. Phew. I love these baby days.

The War

There was a battle this evening. A full on war between my Max and Helena. Such a shame, really. But the fight was well worth it. Helena was crowned the winner, as she was the first to get Sylvia to laugh hard enough to get the hiccups after dinner.

Although Max put in a valient effort, Helena won because, well, she started first. It doesn't take much to get this girl rolling.

It's a cruel world, but someone has to fight these battles. And some hearty thumb sucking takes care of those hiccups, so no worries about Sylvia's well-being. She's no worse for the wear.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. 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.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. 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.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. 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.

Raising

Raising:

The future of baby-wearing super heroes, one child at a time.

Overdoing It?

We have been quite used to sunny, humid, hot days. Yesterday it was in the high 60s and cloudy. This was the result: