While on our Church Retreat this weekend a number of us hiked up Belknap Mountain. A great way to spend a morning in fellowship and fun!
I love the photo of the whole group, but one particular pair of faces caught my eye! I couldn’t resist pulling out a thumbnail. Cuties!
For two years now we’ve been living in a multi generational, multi unit, you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours situation with my parents. We talked about it and planned it for several years before that.
And this morning’s 3:30am run to the airport is exactly what we had envisioned during all the planning and moving and settling in.
Okay, so maybe driving at 3:30 am isn’t my dream situation but living together and sharing skills and expertise and resources definitely is. We spend more time together, share meals together, work on each other’s cars and computers, share tools and equipment and, on occasion, make inconveniently timed trips to the airport.
Many people have asked me about our experience with living communally- how it’s going, how it works, what love/don’t love about it. For us, at this point in all of our lives, it is just the right thing for us. I’m always happy to talk about it to anyone who is interested. It might not be for everyone, but is definitely an option worth exploring for many.
Thanks to a new, wider backseat and to one kid graduating out of her carseat, we now have room for a friend on our adventures! Fun was had by all, happy as well since we were able to find the cheapest car insurance companies uk to help us out with this vehicle. Car insurance can pay to repair your vehicle after an accident depending on what coverage you select, you will have to talk to your accident attorneys to find out the privileges that you will be eligible to. A vehicle is often a major expense and you want to protect it. Comprehensive and collision each offers coverage for physical damage, which comes with a lot of rules regarding what is covered and what is not.
Happily spreading the sewing love to some young friends with my Grandma Lowe’s 1950s sewing machine!
Quite surprisingly, this did not end with one, or both, girls crying.
It was a muddy day for several young explorers, today, as we explored the Allyn Cox Reservation in Essex. After several boots were nearly left behind, half buried in the mud, Catherine planned and executed a way to walk over the mud without sinking in.
Her theory was that if she spread the dry hay clumps across the mud her weight would be better distributed and the straw would act like a mat, keeping the mud from coming through.
Gingerly she made her first few steps out onto the flats, as seen in the photo, and once her pals saw that she hadn’t sunk down they started to pitch in, collecting straw and tossing it down to her. It was quite the construction project.
It was cold and soon the wind chased us from the point and we had to leave the straw bridge behind before she could get out as far as she’d wanted. But there was satisfaction in solving the problem-even if she didn’t totally finish the project.
I can’t even.
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An afternoon spent crafting pumpkins for tomorrow’s pumpkin contest on the common. I love their creativity and their growing independence when it comes to their ideas.
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A quick, pre dinner game of pick up sticks. She’s a determined and enthusiastic opponent.
A very proud day for this sweet girl and her mama. Her first real attempt at riding a two wheeler turned out to be her first real ride on a two wheeler. Incredible!