Another day, another example of how quickly a skill can be learned when you are ready for it and are excited about it.

With very little help from me, but lots of studying the instruction booklet that came with the kit, she taught herself the fine art of cross stitch and worked diligently on it over the past day or so.

If only we could harness the energy of proud, learning children!

Paper dolls after dinner.

Actual conversation from today:

C: Do you think this is an appropriate show for me to watch?

M: I think it’s okay. Was there something about it that made you feel like it might not be appropriate?

C: I’d say it’s about 50% okay and 50% maybe not.

M: Oh. Which parts are maybe not okay?

C: We’ll… there’s a lot of \*bang\* \*slam\* \*pow\* [with accompanying body motions]

This little one has a much better sense of her own presence than I have skills in photography.

There are worse places to spend a morning in the company of friends.

Sometimes you have a perfectly lovely and the only photo you have at the end of the day is just this one of two kids playing each other’s video games.

A week’s worth of craft fair preparation. Ten little berry hats in a clementine box.

Five kids, all dressed in blues and greens, explore “Egypt Rock”.

We had a busy time in the woods today with some hiking buddies. It was a snake spotting, rock climbing, weed pulling, ‘soup’ making, stream sourcing, bridge crossing, knee skinning kind of day!

Waterfall selfie!

Here we are, decked out in our “50s” getups for Uncle Tom’s “Happy Days” themed birthday party.

We already owned most of our costume pieces, I only had to buy my white kicks and Peter’s sweater vest. Sewing the Pinky on Esme’s jacket was a bit fiddly, but not too awful to do in the long run.

It was a beautiful day here in Pennsylvania. Friends, family, cute kids, great DJ, costumes and lots of fun!

“Saturday, what a day, groovin’ all week with you(s)!”*

*The local version, based on the speech habits of our lunch waitress 🙂