Off on an adventure

When you can quietly observe your child at play and unobtrusively follow them you get to witness some of the sweetest play time you will ever see.

The other morning my sweet 4 year old was watching TV, when very non-chalantly he reached over and scooted Marigold our Fig and Me doll into his arms.  And I thought how sweet does that look, hurry where's the camera!  Quietly, he mustn't know you have the camera!

So sweet sitting there watching a TV show and just hugging and fidgeting with the bow on her head.

Of course a little boy never sits still for to very long, so when he hopped off the bed, I followed, I was very interested to see what they might be up to.



Hmmmmmmm not getting far, a sit down on the front porch, to check over Marigold's very interesting yarn hair.  I love watching his little hands at work!

Off again, The little dude that has joined them is His buddy Lemon, Lemon likes to go places upside down, for a different look at where he is headed.  And where is this group headed?

Ahhhhh yes off to the Trampoline!  Of course everyone loves a good bounce.

Wow an action shot, I hope nobody gets dizzy!

Everyone is having a good time.

Okay I did finally ask him to hold still for a second so I could get one nice pic of all of them, what a happy cute group!

Marigold

Posting some pics of our Fig and Me Doll Marigold!  Later this month, she will be joined by another Fig and Me!  In the mean time Marigold is wondering if she needs a new wardrobe?

The two littls misses both felt like wearing butterflys today!

One is getting a little tired and is going to take a nap.

Good Nap, see you when I wake up.

So then what happens when Fionna is napping, does Marigold just wait?

Or does she go off and check out the boys maybe do a little gardening?

Everything is looking Great from the swing set.

Lounging on the Deck while the boys swim for a while

Of course Marigold had to see the garden Marigolds!

A Very Pretty Marigold

Sitting right amongst the flowers

Of course the Petunia's are worthy of a visit too!

Done just before dinner time!

Just around the Garden

The Beginning of June!

Love how this pot is growing!  Great colors, buttery yellow, pinks, purples, black and mini sunny flowers starting in the back!  I am going to enjoy looking at this pot all summer! 

The kiddos pumpkin plant                   

 Chives, have got to be the easiest Herb ever!

 First Rose!

 The Gnome with his pal Frog stand at the entrance to my boys shrine to pet Kermit a Firebelly Toad, he was lovingly  layed to rest under this stone monument.

   

Thank You

A Small Walk Around the Pond

Today was a good day!  It is always a good day when the boys find a frog to hold onto for a bit! 

I do believe this Frog is smiling!

Hey little bother meet Mr. Frog!



Really if you look super close and super carefully you can see some of these in the pond!

Tadpoles

 The hands of little boys love to explore and observe everything they are not afraid to pick up anything!

Look who we found sitting in a pine tree

A Baby Robin

We weren't sure what he was doing all by himself sitting there, but we hope everything was going well for him.  By the end of the afternoon, the boys reported on one of their trips to check on him he wasn't there anymore.  Hope that means could things for the little bird!

Pond Flowers

Who is Crazy enough to make a doll with cotton balls?

If you know me, don't answer............................but look at this how inspiring!

http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2008/11/make-a-waldorf-doll-dollar-store-style/

So after giving this a look, it seemed like a fun challange.  I am not sure though maybe I was just in the dentist chair for too long :)  So I left the dentist and with a few dollars (maybe that is the part that makes it so plausible) stopped by the Dollar Store and grabbed the things that were listed.  Everything but yarn, they didn't have any, not quite the right season.  Not to worry, I have some floating around here.

Okay I improvised a little they didn't really have any onsie that would work, so I got the bib instead, to cut up and turn into shoes (I hope).  And there were no pink tights, but I got pink socks!  And cotton balls?  I am not even sure how to roll a Waldorf Doll head out of wool!  How hard could it be to roll one out of cotton balls?

So having no idea how to do this, I just jumped in!  I don't know, we'll see how it looks in the morning, ummmmmm maybe more cottong balls or maybe not....................

It is a very dense ball of cotton, versus's one little fluffy cotton ball.

Will the doll look anything like these lovely ones?



Starting with the cute Gnome and then traveling around counter clockwise, Gnome is by Pinecone Gnome, next to him is Fi's snuggle bud by Pink Petunia Cottage Dolls, Magic Rainbow Handmade Dolls, Teething Gnome, by Pinecone Gnome and finally Leafala, by Pinecone Gnome.

 Just to give everyone an idea, here are some of our smaller dolls.  I can't decide how my cotton ball head compares to their lovely wool heads.  Once again, just going to have to look at it again in the morning!  I feel maybe a little bigger, but honestly not so much fun unwinding the cotton balls, so I can rewind them as tightly as possible around the bunch!

Enjoy a good laugh at my experiment!

My Sewing Space!

This weekend my dad finished readjusting the wood box cover to fit over my sewing machine, to keep the dust away from her when she is not in use.

He did a great job, thanks Dad!

So today I am working on organizing the little space where my sewing machine and sewing table are, very exciting, for me!  Tomorrow I hope that the doll making supplies that I have been waiting for arrive. And I want to be ready to lay them out and see what goes in to one of these Waldorf inspired dolls.  So excited!

I have, what I would modestly consider some sewing skills.  I always say we won't know what I can do and how it will come out until after.  In highschool I took a wonderful sewing class for all my years in highschool.  It was a clothing class and all we did was make clothes for ourselves, we picked everything at the fabric store and the teacher taught and helped us based on individual projects.  My high light was making my own graduation dress. 

Also have a natural predisposition for sewing, my grandmother both did it and were very talented.  I was lucky to learn some from my one grandmother years ago, before she was gone.  And it is her machine I use now.

Back to getting everything ready, more later.