We had a beautiful low key day today. Simon was still under the weather so just Talia and I went to church. As always Talia attempts to undress herself as much as possible during the car ride to church. By the time I got there she had taken off her shoes and forced all 5 of her toes on her...

You would think that after last year I would be a pro at producing vibrant natural colors. Truth is I still have  a lot to learn. I had intended to do many many experiments with egg colors this year but due to illness this is it folks! Both Simon and I have been so so sick. We caught the flu...

We added 5 more chicks to our flock and the kids are having a blast with them.  Ivy and Olive came over last week to play with them.     Talia is REALLY into this. She quickly learned the work “chick” and the sign for “bird” and stands at the garage door...

I have been meaning to do this for awhile for the kids. In fat the bottles of tonic water have been sitting in my pantry for months, tonight we finally got around to it. The invitation All you need to do this is a couple of black lights (you can get long florescent plug in ones at Walmart for...

This morning I had the privilege of photographing a beautiful home birth.  Scarlet Ophelia Rollins was born at 5:47am. Her mother and birth team worked beautifully together to bring this little lady earth-side. Big Sister Bella made sure everyone knew that she was going to be the one to...

11/15/11 Went in to check on Talia and found both kids like this – this makes my heart melt! My Portfolio | Contact Me | Follow Me @emilyWbrown | "like me" on...

12/28/11 This is what I did with the rock salt from our advent wreath… I dyed it with food coloring and placed in a pan for Simon to play with. This kid loves sensory play so this was a huge hit with him. The invitation after playing with it for awhile he went and got some matchbox cars...

12/9/11 For baby’s first Christmas ornament I have taken both of my kids to have their hands imprinted in clay.  I love these little ornaments and next year I promise to take a photo of them! For successive years I have let the kids paint an ornament. This is a fun little tradition, which I...

One of the fun things that we did lately was get a light table. This was based on the recommendation of play-at-home mom that has done so many awesome blog post on great activities with a light table.  After seeing all their photos I knew we had to have one. And I found a cheap used one on...

Simon decided months and months ago that he was going to have a “dragon birthday” and that the cake would be a “pink chocolate raspberry cake” and he came up with all of that on his own! I went looking for a dragon cake pan because I am not a very good baker and I need...

I have been bad about taking photos of Simon’s lunch. I realized that it’s just too much effort to dig out a cutesy piece of scrapbook paper and photograph them so a lot have gone un-photographed. In addition for most of November and December I got so busy that I didn’t have...

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