I'm doing things with my hands though, which is good for my soul. I'm making little dolls like this in abundance for the upcoming Christmas party/Winter celebration and the dolls will be gifts for purchase with Pocket Man.
It's a dark picture, but we're getting ready for the Christmas. My dad brought the potted pine from his neck of the woods (Oregon).
The dollies aren't growing much but Olivia is now 38 1/2 inches.
Running around and dancing in garbage bag suspenders (with supervision!) made for good rainy day play.
Our lovely feathery ladies have begun producing! 5 eggs every two days. Last week I was making a cake and in the middle of it I realized I didn't have eggs--I hate that!- and scurried looking for substitutes, which I use quite often. Sour cream? Banana? Applesauce? Then I remembered we have chickens that are actually useful for something now. And lo and behold, they did have two eggs out there for me. Hoorah! I stepped in poop in the coop, but whatevs!
Here's a picture from my phone. Attempting to take more "everyday" pictures that tell about regular parts of the day. This was lunch. (We don't always have cute bread, but we always have soup!)
About 3 miles away is a park always populated by deer & babies this time of year. We've been going at least once a week since October.
I let Olivia stand in the front seat once we get into the park (safety first!) and we brought hot chocolate since its cold here.
This is something I made lately. Actually, just a couple days ago. Ive been trying to think of a way to resolve my conflict: we don't have a place to hang artwork nor do we have an advent calendar. Then all in about 3 minutes it came together. We had chalkboard paint since I thought of a project in Maryland but didn't do it, and Dave had scrap wood in the backyard from the chicken coop. Bam! Two in one! When Decembers over we'll just use it to hang art. I like it.
Tomorrow I'm hosting a book club for the book dickens wrote. A Christmas Carol. You should come. Id love some k&j time! Leave now!
