Archive for November, 2008

So excited for the Beehive Bazaar in 4 days, here I come!

No not Facebook and MySpace, did you know there are Social Networks for children as young as three?
Whyville.net

“Whyville is a virtual world where boys and girls from all over the real world come to chat, play, learn, and have fun together. You design your face, earn clams by playing games, hang out at the beach, and [...]

The winner of this giveaway is Laura who said, “They seem to be having a baby shower right now, with a bunch of deals! One that I love is the Happy Green Bee outfits. Thanks for a great giveaway.”
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED
Baby Steals is hosting this weeks giveaway and will be awarding the winner [...]

I knew there would be something I did not get to for my Handmade Christmas and jewelry making was it. Thankfully I can buy beautiful handmade jewelry items through Etsy. Here is what I was planning on trying to make but found on Etsy instead

Fisheye Gemstone Bracelet by Jonessa Jewelry 30.00

Calm and Cool [...]

Joy that Mr. Lucas has brought to my baby sister in proposing…

Joy that my baby baby sister has been called to go on an LDS mission to one of the dearest places in my heart, New Hampshire (with parts of Maine and Massachusetts). Get ready this girl is a hoot.
 
I am Thankful for all the joy [...]

Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul’s
The little old bird woman comes
In her own special way to the people she call,
“Come, buy my bags full of crumbs;
Come feed the little birds,
Show them you care
And you’ll be glad if you do
Their young ones are hungry
Their nests are so bare
All it takes is tuppence from [...]

Hopefully I get to sit down and watch this movie today, we are the Browns after-all, we must.

Hope all your dinners turn out fantastic.

And all your wishes come true.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I promised I would post our first project we completed from the book Great American Artsits for Kids by MaryAnn Kohl and Kim Solga so here it is!
We chose an artist from the seciont Early American Art named Mary Cassat who loved to paint pictures of mothers with their children. The girls enjoyed listening to [...]

Over the past few months I have received quite a few questions relating to motherhood. Asking how to stay inspired, how to stay grateful, how to stay happy, how to make sure you take care of yourself personally, how to ”provide yourself with meaningful, intellectual, stimulating activities while still being the world’s number one mom.” I wanted [...]

This week I started our “Number of the Week” with number one. I do not spend to much time on this, just work it into the week by:
-On our walks we stop when we find the number one or when I see something by it’s lonesome.
-We make the number out of materials, for the #1 [...]