Telling Time...

     I just checked in to see when I published my last post...March 3rd...whoa, what happened. I've been thinking about posting quite a bit but the sitting down and typing got lost in time. It seems that right now as a mostly-stay-at-home Mom I tend to see time a little bit differently than I used to. I don't mean that I don't know what the date is or keep a calendar on my fridge (because I do, a very detailed one at that) but time seems to be "coloured" in my brain a little differently.

     It has been 26 days since my last post or...5 family birthday get togethers, one friend birthday party (first one ever for my sweet girl), two weeks of being sick, two weeks of spring break (the same two weeks unfortunately), eight days with 4 kids under 5 in my care, one Pinterest book nook project and lots of other little adventures in between. Oh and mail - there has been mail going out too (of course)! Maybe, this is how we should all be measuring time - adventure by adventure!

It was a Lego party.

She had a great time.

Her penpal even came!

   

     We are in fact, just wrapping up our last few days of spring break and trying to squeeze a thousand things in - get the snow tires off, cleaning (everything), book nook, marking (for hubby), seeing friends and family, working on birthday thank you notes, a House Freezing party (yep, you read that right, it's a housewarming party but we are going to watch Frozen, drink tea and eat ice cream - how rad is that), making work lunches and writing some blog posts (haha). Can anyone else relate - do you see time this way? Or is it just crazy me?

 Lots of thank you notes heading out to friends and family - thank you for making birthdays so memorable for both my kids (who are now 2 & 5 - Oh my!) FYI that's a peace sign and a high five. Also, filling out a store receipt feedback form for Samantha at the Lego store in Lynnwood for finding the super cool Lego birthday kit (for half-price to boot) - it was exactly what I was hoping for (and maybe, I'll send her a little personal note too).

It's been a busy 26 days. I'm looking forward to a little bit of down time so I can sit, read, drink tea and write some of you lovelies some letters that I've had on my mind lately (they are in my head, just need to put pen to paper). Here's to telling time, adventure by adventure and letter by letter!

753/1000 Appreciation is on its way with 25 pieces of mail...

A Little Art to Start the Day...

My daughter was lucky enough to hang out with her pen pal last week - makes the letter writing a little bit more real when you are 4 to see the other girl every so often! And it is definitely our turn to send some mail her way.  So we are on it today (after Van Gogh art class - Yay, Piper is going to love it).

We are able to walk to the 4Cats Art Studio by our house and it is her first class there (other than a splatter birthday party for her friend Andy - which she loved!). Carlen, the lovely curator, is such a wonderful person. She gave Piper a very warm welcome this morning.

We like art. And we like to send art to our friends and family via...you guessed it...the mail! Such an easy thing to do. Any paper (new or recycled), any writing instrument, a little time and off it goes to brighten someone's day and fridge! And while we are in the midst of summer (an amazing summer so far for us) I've noticed that school supplies are starting to creep into the stores bit by bit, aisle by aisle...and as much as I don't want summer to end (it really has been wonderful)...I love the coming of the school supplies - new notebooks, pens, highlighters, post-it notes...it is quite an event (this might be the secret reason why I wanted to become a teacher actually).

Here is a little art piece my daughter did not too long ago. And here is the description she gave me to explain what it is:

A Dibbledop - It cleans up the mess on your floor instead of a vacuum. It never stops until the mess is gone.

She doesn't always scribble but she does seem to get a lot of enjoyment out of it. And seriously, this is a product I could get behind. I particularly like how it really, "never stops until the mess is gone." Love the imagination!


Today I am using my Stella and Sam stamps! Couldn't resist picking some up!

This past month I've had readers from: Canada, US, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, France, India, Japan, Norway, South Korea & Macau! Thanks for reading my little blog - I love that it reaches people far and wide...just like letters finding their way around the world.

403/1000 sending out some thank you notes and other fun things!