Mark The Calenders!

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A Favorite Book About Love

February is here. It rolled in ferocious and not to be missed. We hunkered down last night with a blizzard blowing strong outside and sat by the fire enjoying some of our favorite Valentine books. On the top of that list is this book:

Love Is...

{Adapted from the Bible by Wendy Anderson Halperin}

It is the words of Paul from 1 Corinthians 13. That's it for the written word part of this book.

But each page is filled top to bottom, left to right with pictures. Lots and lots of pictures. Each definition of love takes up 2 pages. On the left page is pictures of what love is not (for example: not being kind or patient).

On the right is what loving someone by being kind and patient could look like.

The pictures are so good for kids and key for "getting" what real love is. And showing them that love is a verb, an action word.

This book is not to be kept on the bookshelf all year long, only to be pulled off for Valentine's. It is a book to be referred to often.

{Click on the links above to get a few peeks at the book}

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Will You Join Me?

Will you join me for a book club here:

Where we will be reading this book:

Hope to see you there!

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Merry Christmas From Our Home To Yours!

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Photo Shoot

Here's a favorite pic from our Saturday morning photo shoot done by NSMPHOTO!

(Can you tell we like our boots in this family?)

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For The Kids: Homemade Gnomes

Look who we found living on our back steps!

Four little fall gnomes apparently moved in and set up house.

We decided to make a few gnome dolls today after school. What you need is simple:

1. Felt
2. People shaped wood turnings. You can find these in the unfinished wood section of craft stores. Or here.
3. Thread
4. Needle
   

You will need to cut your felt in a triangle shape for the hat. Just make the bottom of the triangle big enough to go around the head. I cut out a trapezoid shape for the cape and curved out the top a little to fit around the neck.

We sewed our decorative designs on the felt first. Then I did a few stitches to secure the cape. For the hat I sewed the opposite sides of the triangle together, leaving the bottom open. That's it. VERY easy-in fact my almost 6 year old did the decorative sewing on hers (the yellow one).

You could glue the hat to the head if you wish.

All the kids need to add is their imagination and bits and pieces from nature. A great way to spend a fall day!

If you're curious about the houses: here's a link to where I purchased them
Gnome Sweet Home

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Happy Halloween!

Hello all!

Are you ready for the trick-or-treaters?

Our "Beggars Night" was Friday, so we've been there and done that!

I thought I would share a few pics. And here are the pics from last year!

We're almost done with my husbands office space, and then I can get back to projects for our home. So hang on, I hope to be back in a little while with LOTS to share!

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