I didn’t want anyone to worry after my last post. I don’t completely deny my kids the pleasure of the pool during the summer, and here’s the proof!
Author: Scarlett
Handmade Necklaces for Two
It’s summer here in Texas and boy is it HOT ! It’s so hot I’m driving my car with two fingers! Every summer it’s a challenge to keep small people occupied inside during these scorching summer months. Having visited a dermatologist regularly for so many years when I was younger, I’m […]
I Heart Faces “Teen” Challenge
Photos-“Black Swallowtail Butterflies”
The butterflies finally came out!! Our two plump parsley caterpillars we caughton our carrots emerged from their chrysalises. Isn’t she pretty? It’s amazing to me that the only markings that remained from her caterpillar costume were the yellow spots on her body. The first one hatched when we weren’t paying attention, so we checked […]
Wax Paper Bird-seed Packets
My kids and I watched “Mary Poppins” recently and even my 3-year-old has been walking around the house singing, “Feeeed the birds, toppins a bag…toppins…toppins…” With this in mind I created these little bird-seed packets. They are made of pieces of wax paper, folded and taped along the edges with double-stick […]
Photo-‘Ruby Red Flip-Flops’
Just a quick post today to tell you how happy my feet are this week. Aren’t these the prettiest flip-flops ever? I LOVE red! You see, the owner of this certain pair of awesome red flip-flops is currently out-of-town. So I’m looking after them for her, making sure they are […]
Photo of the Week-“Favorite Berries”
‘Bird is the Word’-ATC cards
Here are my ATCs for my first online swap. The only rule was that they had to have a bird on them and the word ‘bird’ somewhere on the card. It was just me, my two hands, and my pencils for these, but I had a lot of fun drawing them. My […]
‘Cruncher and Muncher’, or, This Week’s Science and Art
Those are the names affectionately bestowed upon two colorful caterpillars the kids found nibbling on our garden carrots. We looked them up on the Texas A&M online insect field guide and identified them as ‘parsley caterpillars’. We gently relocated them, along with plenty of carrot leaves, to our bug tent so we could […]