Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Pressed Flowers

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One of the wonderful gifts that Grace recieved for her birthday was a flower press (thanks to Sarah, Ben and their littles). All the girls in attendance at her birthday celebration wanted to see how it worked, so they gathered flowers, grass, clover, leaves and other bits of nature and we put it in the press. Two and a half weeks have passed since the bits of nature were first put in there so we decided to open it up and see what things looked like.

After they were done admiring how beautiful everything looked they decided they wanted to decorate the two wooden pieces of the flower press.  They headed to the table and got right to work.
The press looks so beautiful now that the girls have decorated it with the pressed flowers.  This is truly the gift that keeps on giving and will clearly be enjoyed for years to come!

 

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Preparations

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Yesterday, the girls and I finally had a chance to start our garden preparations.  Between all the wacky weather we have had this season and how busy life can get we had not had a chance, as either a trio or the whole family, to get into the garden space and prepare it for the new seedlings.  With super hot weather predicted for today and tomorrow it was pretty much then or never.  So, we gathered the needed supplies and headed out. 

(The photo above taken by Emma.)
I love that they noticed all on their own that the bucket was full and needed to be emptied!
Grace did a super job finding all the rocks in the garden!
When we were about 90% of the way done we began filling up the pool.
We were done by the time the pool was full.  And after all their hard work, what better way to relax?!
Wow, did we work hard! The three of us were totally wiped out after all that weeding and rock collecting.  After they were done playing in the pool (while I lounged and read my book) we headed in where it was decided that a movie was in order.  Em quickly fell asleep, and who could blame her?!  That was alot of work for two littles! Later this morning we're off to Russell's to buy this years seedlings.  Then it's up to David and the girls to get them in the ground.

 

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Nature Girls

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On Sunday, Grace and Emma were invited to Sweet William Farm for a friends birthday party.  It was a beautiful day for just such a party, and the location could not have been more perfect!  We had been to Sweet William Farm once last summer for one of their summer concerts, and it was nice to be back after such a long time away.    We arrived, the girls were greeted by a very excited birthday girl and they went off to explore. 

The moment they laid eyes on the stream that ran through the grounds they were in heaven!  As if it was not exciting enough to have been included in the birthday fun, the birthday party location had the stuff that their dreams are made of!  They spent the good majority of the free time at the party investigating the stream, imagining things, asking questions, learning, dreaming and having fun!  It was due to this stream that they discovered they could control the flow of water by simply placing a foot in the flow (or removing their foot).  It was fabulous to watch them experience that and get excited each time the speed of the water flow changed!  There is nothing like kicking your shoes off on a 70+ degree day and doing some hands (or rather feet) on exploring! 

 

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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Beautiful Flowers

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