Spring Walk

We have discovered a wonderful place to go on hikes. There is a Civil War Battle site near us and they have created wonderful trails and markers that share what happened during the 3rd battle of Winchester VA. It is so sad in many ways to think of those poor men struggling so. What an awful experience. But oh how lovely it is now, its hard to imagine a war having ever taken place there.

They do have some nice resting places along the way which we did take advantage of. We are in need of some wonderful sunshine and exercise!

Here are my dear five children.

I am really looking forward to going back to this stretch of the trail and seeing what it will look like when all the leaves are out on the trees.

I thought this little picture turned out so cute of our littlest sweetheart. I just had to share it.

I also enjoyed this lovely home that you can see from the trail. They have a Marker sharing that it was built during the Revolutionary war by British and Hessen war prisoners. It is really a lovely home.

Oh how I love spring and the beautiful spring blossoms that are all a bloom!!!

Picture by Marjolien Bastin

"When your home is to your soul’s liking, you’ll find something to sing about more often."

Shelter for the Spirit How to make your home a Haven in a Hectic World By Victoria Moran

Happy Easter Day

Hope everyone is having a very wonderful day.  Going on our second head we have finished our Egg Doll!  : )   Challee had fun drawing on her face and then designing her clothes.  My job was to bring the sketches into fruition.  

            Happy Easter

 

A special Easter doll made from an egg.

My oldest Daughter was looking through the Handy Book for Girls and found instructions for making an egg doll. In the book  they just made a head and decorated it but Challee wanted to give her doll a body.  So we decided we would try.   : )

First we blew out the inside of our egg by poking holes at both ends of the egg with a needle.  We stuck a thin piece of wire through our egg and twisted it at the top so it wouldn’t be able to slide back through.   Then for the arms we covered a pipe cleaner with embroidery floss and then wrapped it over our wire.

 

 

Challee used some of my watercolor pencils to add a little skin color to her face by lightly coloring her with orange and then using a brush and water to go back over it.  Then she drew on the  face with a really fine black pen. We then added wool roving as hair and just hot glued it on.  For her body we used some stuffing and then needle felted it so it would stick together and form her body.  Our next goal is to give her some clothes for Easter.  : )  I thought that I would go ahead and post what we had done so far.  It’s amazing what you can do with a simple egg : ) I am interested to see how long she lasts. 

Here is another Planning Page,
I decided to redue this one and have the week start with Sunday : ) When I tried to use it with Monday as the starting day it was just to confusing to me. : ) I hope this hasnt been a problem for anyone.

I am hoping this will help me on my adventure to become more organized. Cooking for my family is such a challenge, but Im finding if I have a plan, then when five o’clock rolls around its not so overwhelming for me. I hope you enjoy it also : )

A Spring Garden

My Miss Challee had a wonderful time on the first day of Spring creating these moss gardens with her Grandfather. My parents were here from Missouri visiting with us for a couple of days. It was so fun to have them come.

This one is Challee’s Garden

and here is Grandpa’s : )

To build your own moss garden you just need a firm base, they used a slab of rock and a piece of wood. Then you go and collect some different kinds of moss that you might have in your yard, and other natural items to decorate with. When your done putting it all together just sprinkle with some water. I have been having Challee sprinkle her gardens with water everyday or so. Its probably best to do in the morning time especially during the summer months. Over at Five Orange Potatoes blog she has a wonderful activity that Im excited to share with the children. She created a terrarium with moss. They were studying the carbon cycle. Its a wonderful post. Hope you enjoy and if you make some gardens share with us how they turn out we would love to see them!