10/52

 "A photo of my little man, once a week, every week, in 2014"

A trip to the the Ontario Science Center this week found you having fun with all sorts of things Reece. It was your first visit there, you had a great time and can't wait to go back.

Joining Jodi for the 52 Project

{This Moment}

{this moment} - A 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're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. Inspired by Soulemama.

Birds

Birds! We do love them around here so when Mud Puddles to Meteors decided to host a bird mobile exchange we jumped at the chance to participate. Reece was partnered up with a lovely five year old boy in West Virginia. A few weeks ago we sent off our birds and last week we received the birds from our partner.

There was just a little bit of excitement as he opened the box full of  birds. So much fun! A few days later Reece and Justin sat down and put the mobile together, and it now brings some colour and fun to our living space.

Thanks Dawn and Annie for creating fun swaps for our little people.

***I am guest posting over at Mud Puddles to Meteors again today, please do stop by and say hi.

Creating Storage

As many of your know we live in a small, one room schoolhouse. It was built in 1878, and is my dream home. When we found it 17 years ago I couldn't believe it. We put an offer in right away, and the rest as they say, is history.

I am assuming when they built this schoolhouse there was no thought given to storage, okay I don't have to assume that, I know that! There is no storage in this place. We have over the years created two closets which store seasonal decorations, camping gear, clothes, my craft supplies and the odds and ends you gather over the years. My biggest issue is that my craft supplies were stored in the closet in Reece's room, which means if I get the urge to create once he is in bed and I haven't gathered my supplies ahead of time, well you get the picture...I end up waking him up and my creative time is spent snuggling a little one back to sleep.

I have been trying to figure something out for quite some time and just last week I suggested to Justin that a little cupboard above my craft space would be perfect. It would allow me a little bit of storage for my stuff and it would be accessible without waking my little man. Justin loved the idea and pretty much got right to work on it.

To say I was more than pleased when I saw it would be an understatement, I love it! We had not planned to put doors on it, instead I was going to make curtains and secured them top and bottom with rods. However, once it was up we both knew it needed doors. Justin whipped those up and then we added the fabric to finish them off.

So now pretty much everything I need is either in the new cupboard above or in the one below. I still have a stash of fabric in the closet in Reece's room, there is just no way I could get it all in this space, and really that is perfectly okay with me. For the most part anything I could possibly need is handy and ready for my crafting adventures.

Morning, Noon and Night

Morning, noon and night...three little peeks into my day yesterday.

Morning, 10:45am

Noon, 12:15pm

Night, 9pm

***There has been a lot of interest in this post idea, so I thought I would host a little link up. I will post every Tuesday, if you would like to join in feel free to post on whatever day works best for you and then come back here and leave a link in the comments. Looking forward to seeing little peeks from your days.

***I am guest posting over at Mud Puddles to Meteors today, stop by and say hi.

Our Weekend

It was a good weekend around these parts. More snow fell and the temperatures dropped once again, but the sun was shining, and that my friends, is a good thing. On Saturday morning Reece and I took a little drive with some friends to attend a kindergarten morning at the Halton Waldorf School. I was happy to hang out in a Waldorf classroom for a few hours and Reece was happy to bake some bread and play. We hit a lovely vegan restaurant for a late lunch before heading home for a quiet, cozy evening.

We hit the woods on Sunday morning with some friends. It was cold, but we managed a bit of time in nature, and witnessed some woodpeckers doing their thing on the trees. Then it was potluck time with the same friends. There was good conversation, really good food, and lots of fun play for the kiddos. I am so grateful to have connected with these like minded families, people who get us and the journey we are on. It makes this path we are following that much easier to move forward on.

Back at home there were some paper airplane races, a little preparation for the week ahead and then a quiet evening that included a little letter writing and knitting.

How was your weekend?

Joining Amanda

9/52

 "A photo of my little man, once a week, every week, in 2014"

Reece, as I looked back at the photos I took of you this week there was a theme...your little hands busy creating. Within each photo a calmness as your hands worked quietly creating little treasures, some of which you have chosen to keep and some you have put aside to share with others. Working alongside you, creating, sometimes sharing our thoughts, other times lost in our own thoughts; these are moments I will hold close to my heart for a very long time.

Joining Jodi for the 52 Project