SOMETHING IS VERY FISHY ! Here are the fish bags for the family gathering. In the past I have made regular drawstring bags for each child to drag around and keep track of his treasures. This year I started early and made these bags. They were EASY. I made …
By the time I finished making these squishy velcro balls, I was really, really good at it ! It is good to learn to make things by hand. We can become used to short-cuts and I am here to tell you that I learned patience while making these. …
journal entry: This activity was a hit at our recent family gathering. Brett is the King and the slack line belongs to him but there were many who were ready and almost able to knock him off his pedestal. ( or knock him off of his line ) You would have thought that …
journal entry: How many memories can you pack in a suitcase? Can memories fit in your pocket? Can they get dusty on a shelf? Can they be pressed between the pages of a book? When you say “oh, I’ll remember” . . . do you? “My memory …
(cousins) journal entry: As I have grown older, my heart has inched its way into my throat. That old phrase refers to watching something that gives a person great pause . . . I think I am the only person in the group who has to work at staying calm while my grandchildren are …
journal entry: It is easy to see why children love to dress-up. It is a chance to pull the faces their mothers tell them not to pull and to look really scary and tough. I wonder what these cousins will think when they are grown and look back at these …
CLOTHES MAKE A STATEMENT. COSTUMES TELL A STORY. journal entry: Our family gathering is over for this year but the dress-up fun remains in photographs. Thrifted over many months, everything was goofy, bright and funky. Our grandchildren spent hours choosing their clothes, embellishing, prancing around and looking in the mirror. If you want to see unexpected personalities give …
journal entry: Our row of poplars needed to be thinned. As I saw the long branches fall to the ground, I had a thought. It was the kind of thought that Grandpa wishes I wouldn’t have. It was the kind of thought that often means work for him. “Whatever you …
CROC ULTRA WATER PARK Rented for the week-end with a Shaved Ice Machine. Worth it’s weight in gold. Hours and hours of fun in the sun and relief from the heat. Enough noise for the whole neighborhood to know we were having a gathering. Easy pick-up, set-up and take down. …
Party Animals. That’s what we were. Doing a million things over many days. Four of us had July birthdays and so it was fun to celebrate with the whole family together. Animals from the playroom. Tutus made from sparkly net tied around hair bands. A large, yummy, Costo cake which easily …
