happy birthday kendal

we had the best day celebrating our niece/cousin kendal. my mom started the party with painting faces with pippi longstocking inspired freckles.

then we had some water fun, and hopes of finding frogs. 

i made kendal's birthday dress, and it was great to see it come to life with her fun little personality inside. 

after pinning mr. nilsson on pippi, the kids played bean bag toss. 

kendal was happy to be the winner on her birthday day. 

this kid really knows how to have fun, and she makes me laugh just like pippi.

happy birthday number three, kendal!

xoxo

for adam

watching this for the first time.

traveling

the program adam made with issue press for wake up weekend 2012 was invited to be shown at the kunstpublikationer 2012 show at overgaden in copenhagen. this was part of the personal and political risograph publications, the works were selected by jessica wiliams from nsew press. i recommend spending some time with these links. so nice!

canoe

HFD

today we celebrated fathers! we spent a lot of time thinking of our grandfather, who we miss so much. he grew the best avocados and citrus in his yard, our favorite. i am thankful that he has influenced adam to be the best father i know. 

we had a nice breakfast in bed of berry yogurt and corn muffins. we read some of adam's books from when he was young.

suki made him two drawings, and i made him a few things too. i altered some of grandpa's cosy sweaters to fit adam perfectly, and made him some summer relaxation shorts and a wallet.

we also gave him a couple new accessories for camping.

a lot of the day was spent reading books, and staying close to home, but adam did have a nice outing in our new canoe, and we had a fun lunch with dear friends. 

we ended the day with some french stories, and songs.

adam you are EXCEPTIONAL!

beating the heat

my mom suggested this three dollar sprinkler as a fun hot day activity. at first i was against the idea because i was concerned about being wasteful with water, but then i came around to the idea. the water only needs to be on a very low setting to still be fun. 

suki and beedle played with the water this way for about five minutes, and when they were done they felt cool and happy. the ground probably enjoyed it too, after no rain for many days. 

after years of letting our yard exist, and be what it wants to be, we are finally starting to care for it. you can not tell yet by these photos, but soon i will be able to share some results. yay!

my mom gave me one of these fun popsicle makers! i have not yet mastered the art of making the cool designs the machine is capable of, as they are more difficult to make than the website makes it seem. even still i am excited to keep working with it, and i hope to make some popsicles with fun faces soon. if you have one of these, do you have any tips for keeping the shapes apart when the liquid goes in? 

garden of your mind

have you watched this? my friend matt shared this video with me the other night. it is wonderful! mister rogers was one of my favorite programs growing up. i am looking forward to sharing it with suki at some point.