speaking of crafty

Sophie decided to go minimalist on her Singing Sisters choir girls Sculpey creation.  I thought it turned out great!  I think they'll live on my dresser and not in the Christmas box in the basement!

And Julia has been going to town with her Rainbow Loom bracelet making kit (all the rage at school, don't you know).  She's been watching online tutorials & has created these beyond-the-basics bracelets.  She'll be the big hit when school starts up again!  My favorites are the Honeybee:

 and the Rose Garden:

 

Whew...busy bees at my house!

crafting

Usually 2 out of 3 of my children can sit and happily craft for hours.  This year, all 3 got something crafty from Santa.  This was the initial response to the craft challenge:

 But upon successfully creating one pair of beautifully hand-crafted earrings, the non-crafty kid got much more chipper.  Maybe she'll be a crafter after all...(and she even sat down to make another pair of earrings from her kit this morning!!)

holiday party

Party on

Merry Kissmas!

Sophie's First Concert Ever!

She's in the last row on the left--2nd girl in (behind the girl in red)

In case you're tired of seeing pictures of frost on snow...

Julia's school had assessment day today so after her early morning testing, we headed over to the Butterfly Pavilion  to soak up some warm, humid air & watch flying bits of spring...instead of snow!!  A tropical day 2 weeks before the winter solstice...ahhhhhhh

free at last...free at last...

The day they went on (1/24/12)...

The day they came off...woohoooooeeeeeee (11/4/13)!!!!!

 

 

 

 

Julia Medley Relay-Backstroke 10/26 Meet

Sophie Freestyle 10/26 meet

one more concert song...

Emma's Quartet Performance 10/22/13

Rosie the Riveter

WE CAN DO IT!

One guy recovering from a night of parent-teacher conferences & the other guy recovering from surgery.  At least the latter guy got some drugs to deal with his ordeal.  Sleep it off, guys.

from beauty to...the beast

Our late season pepper was giving us the stink-eye when we cut it open...Halloween is upon us!

can it be?

Can't believe I'm the mother of a girl getting ready for her first Homecoming dance.

#twilightzone

#woah

#somebodypinchme

Ponder Point Pizza Picnic...Perfect!

what's that?!?

Just looking at Gettysburg pics again tonight & noticed the little light in front of the big tree in the background (in the field to the left of the tall skinny monument...not the moon).  I took this photo on our evening in the Rose ("Bloody") Wheatfield close to sunset.  I made it big & zoomed in on the light so I can look at it on my bigger computer screen at work. So...this post is for my own paranormal investigation.  Ignore my weirdness...unless you see what I see...doodeedoodoo doodeedoodoo (hum Twilight theme here). 

I would think it was a firefly, but there were thousands of fireflies around in the field & weird that would be the only one caught by my camera.  Mwahahahaaaaaaa...After all, that is what we were there to see as we hung around all alone after dark...

Peach from Palisade, CO

 Peach from King Soopers

 Not all peaches are created equal. 

 So what did I do with a day off and a box full of Palisade peaches?

Yah I did.

Love-All

As in...that was the score in yesterday's Team Darcy vs. Team Chandelier Championship Tournament

But we gave it the old college try...!

back to school II

ready for the first day of school (yesterday)...most of us are already counting down to next summer. And by "most of us," I mean me.

10

Happy Birthday, Sweet Julia...

Happy Birthday to you!

Back to School

One to high school. 

One to middle school. 

One to rule the school in 5th grade. 

 

What's a mom to do?

farewell summer!

On the last day of summer vacation today, we declared that we weren't going to mope around & complain or sit around and be nervous about school.  We decided to head out and find some adventure at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs.  And what a day of adventure it was!

Bird is the word...

creatures...great and small

Some creatures in the animal kingdom I just wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley...

 ...but others would be just fine

summer stuff

Sophie had some teeth pulled today so it was a nice evening to relax & recuperate & hang around the yard before school starts.  
                                          Beet!

 Trying to think of how I can varnish these beet stems...and make something out of them...they're too Christmas'y to ignore!

 Hi, Biscus.

Do you know what that does to your teeth?!?

One-eyed wonder 

 baby peach...

 grapes hanging high enough that they might not get eaten by the dog...fingers crossed