in the kitchen with gramma

Pizza for dinner! 

a new collection

One of my favorite things to do of late is to pop into a thrift or antique shop and search for treasures.  This usually happens when I have a few minutes between working out and preschool pick up... it really wouldn't be very fun to take the boys into these precarious tiny places stuffed to the gills with poorly placed breakables!  While I am mostly smitten with the vintage kitchen wares, occasionally the boys benefit from the treasure hunt.  This week we started a new collection of old children's books and school primers.  They each have inscriptions from an aunt or children's names and handwriting and doodles smattered throughout.  I just love the sweet, nostalgic stories and find them to be so innocent compared to the more current book offerings.  Our new titles:
1. The Tale of Solomon Owl by Arthur Scott Bailey.  "Tuck-Me-In Tales" c. 1917
2. Elson-Gray Basic Readers Book One.  Which belonged to Tommy from district 44 in Northridge California.  c. 1930
3. Friendly Village.  "The Alice and Jerry Books" from the Public School Library in Red Lake, Minnesota.  c. 1936

snapshot of a tree

@ the pediatrician's office.  Instagram by Wally.

two thumbs up

imagination

And just one week after all that beautiful snowfall.... A warm afternoon with all kinds of imagination play on the back deck.  Sans pants, of course.  

In case you are wondering, those are army helmets/backpacks.  

a boy

 Snow sun bathing after a long play.

 Sweet  and...

Sour!  

sweetest snow girl

Please, please play.  One more time.

 Yum, nose snowflakes.  

snapshot of temporary accomplishment

@ the front porch walk.  

snapshot of backyard menagerie

@ outside our window at least 3 times a day.