Delight-Filled Leaves Art
These two little creatures are ready to populate our woodland nursery. I didn’t realize how quick it would be to do these paintings. Usually, I do watercolours that cover the entire page so more time is required for each stage. … Continued
My daughter loves to paint, and over the years I’ve learned to let her paint along with me sometimes, although I am naturally quite solitary when I’m working on creative projects. I had seen a cute painting of a fox … Continued
Next idea for our room was to paint one of the grey walls turquoise. We’ve had this paint for a couple of years, so we thought this would be a good colour for a feature wall for our surprise baby … Continued
Up until now, we have been gathering things for Baby 3 (due in February), but haven’t put much thought into things like a nursery. Part of the reason is that we’ve run out of bedrooms, so Baby 3 will be … Continued
Yesterday we made a family trek to the Vancouver Art Gallery for my birthday. I’ve always wanted to go on a Sunday when they have family activities to engage our kids better. The main exhibit right now is “The Forbidden … Continued
When we moved from Vancouver to the Fraser Valley almost 5 years ago, I remember asking a friend who lived here what moms do out here with their young kids. I was trying to find similar entertainment for myself and … Continued
My daughter enjoys having her birthday parties at home, so in the midst of a fairly hectic August, we sat down one day for just a few minutes and looked at pinterest to brainstorm a few ideas for a “fairy” … Continued
This is another ode to the summer that was, the epic, endless summer of 2014 in British Columbia where the teachers’ strike added an extra 5 weeks to summer. Now that is all over but I haven’t quite caught up … Continued
One of the fun things we did this summer was to take a road trip to Oregon with my husband’s brother’s family. It was wonderful for our kids to be able to make memories with their cousins, and for all … Continued
What can I say? I am way behind on blogging, but I have a few good excuses. The main one being that I can hardly keep my eyes open by the time I get home from work. It recently took … Continued