Tie dyeing

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Hula hoop weaving

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Sick days and Snow days are for photo shoots

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Wooden toys

Eily and i finally finished painting and sealing the wooden helicopter and tractor we bought a year ago. Kinda makes me realize why they were so cheap unpainted.

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A New Year

A calendar with Eily's pastel pictures:


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January

International month of organizing


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Eily's playfort

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Hand sewing

Eily has been making pictures with fabric from my scrap pile, doing piecework to plan out projects (like a scarf), and collecting fabric for his own scrap bin.

In honour of this recent delve into textiles, i introduced him to hand sewing today. He's making a star ornament which we'll stuff and gift to the grandparents.

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Animal masks

Coming soon, with colourful play capes, to the shop....



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Superhero pants

Or, as we like to say around here (thanks to french class): "Su-pear Ero!"  

Which is best when yelled out while running around the yard. 

The gift

A few years back i gave Brett the gift of the never-ending coffee mug. If it broke, i'd make another. And it did this past summer.
The first one was hand built, then glazed. For the second, Eily and i went to Luci's Mudhouse where he painted a pre-made one.

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Treasure hunting

A treasure hunt for a rainy (but mild) "Mama-Eily-Gabe" day. Why not dress up too!


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It was a farm party....for anyone who knows Eily, of course!  Here's some shots taken specifically for the invites.

Eily's bucket list from the summer has seven things crossed off.  One of the remaining un-crossed off items was "make a cake" which we saved for his birthday party.  We had drawn a picture of what he had in mind.  Turned out to be really helpful in making the finished product.

Grape juice

Yesterday Eily and his cousins made grape juice, by pressing grapes they found in the schoolyard. When i went into the kitchen afterwards, these tools were out.





By the way, the juice was actually pretty good.

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Ms. Eggplant Head

Bunny Funeral

Winnipeg

Painting on canvas at Art City: a farm of course!

Welcome Summer!

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