Friday of Career Week at school is dress up as your dream profession. My little star gazer and dreamer of the big open sky couldn’t wait to wear her Astronaut gear. Wristwatch included! She frequently tells me that she will fly herself and a crew in a shuttle to find far away planet systems so they can moonwalk and build cities on new planets. Her dreams are big and exciting and all involve space and what the Universe has to explore. Unlike any of my daughters before her love of reference books are serious. She sleeps with her copy of National Geographic Kids Space Encyclopedia. She tells me she keeps it close because it lets her look at outer space any time of day. Today she gets to be an Astronaut looking to the skies dreaming of her future in space exploration. #lookoutnasa #nasafan #nasa #careerday #astronaut #futureastronaut #womeninscience #futureastrophysicist #futureastronaut #girlsinscience #nationalgeographickids
Having a little afternoon tea party for two with the sweetest unicorn princess in the house. Things missing according to Lady J: balloons, streamers, more flower bouquets, cake, tea pots (wots and wots of dem), aprons, and a serving robot. #teaparty #imaginationplay #raisingdaughters #teapartygirl #mamaofgirls #momofgirls #girlmom #preschoolerlife
Our sweet gals. One born in every season. Boisterous, jubilant, and everything nice. #girlmom #mamaofgirls #fourgirls
I can’t get enough of sweet rose topped baby hats. Goodness the adorable-ness! The Marian shrug is a pattern that had been in my queue for a while and I finally had a reason to make something special for a dear friend’s expected first daughter. 💕 A quick and very easy knit gift to make. I added a crochet picot edge for the hem because I felt it needed a sweet feminine flair. Knitting for babies is such a delight. #babyknits #babyhat #marianshrug #infantknits #handmadeknits #knittersofinstagram #knitting_inspiration #knitrose
Remember all those egg cartons? We turned them into 3-D Last Supper displays to coincide with Holy Week. The students colored their Disciples, cut them out, and then we glued each one to the carton. I had a big variance in results. Some children were very determined to color those Disciples carefully. Others decided to use a single color, or sports teams colors, and then a scant few just decided that simply cutting them out without color was the best way. Every year this makes me laugh as I see the excitement and interpretations each child shows. #ccd #ccdcraft #holyweekcraft #eggcartoncraft #catholicmom #artwithkids
I could use a nice warm Palm Springs night right about now. #warmnights #palmtreemoonlight #palmtreenight #palmsprings
While in Palm Springs you have to stop in to Shields. A little taste of vintage roadside attraction and a gorgeous garden. #shields #datepalm #palmsprings #palmtreesandsunshine #shieldsdategarden #california
Over spring break we hiked around at Joshua Tree National Park. Plenty of rocks to scramble and funky trees to count. My gals made the scrambling look easy. #joshuatreenationalpark #joshuatree #nationalparks #nationalparkgeek #nationalparkvacation #skullrock #oasis
