Art Project: Picnic Basket

We recently picked up a copy of The Little Hands Art Book, and I think this one's going to be a winner. The first project was making picnic baskets out of paper bags. We had a blast.

Toothless

He's starting to get some teeth, so it's time to document those adorable toothless grins.

Classical Homeschooling Carnival #14

Well, it's been one heck of a month, and as a result the carnival is about two weeks later than planned. Sorry about that! We started the month with a puppy that I admitted I couldn't handle after about two weeks, right about the time that my husband and I compared notes and realized that she wasn't really distinguishing between the baby and a chew toy. Yeah. Not at my house. Then we all got sick. Including the baby's "beginnings of pneumonia." Then we played catch-up. Thus the carnival is slow. I will try to do better in February! So. Here's what we've got for this edition:

Pamela presents Just Like Ma Ingalls posted at Blah, Blah, Blog.

The California Homeschooler presents The Culture Notebook posted at The California Homeschooler.

And that's it! Short and sweet! Thanks to those who submitted! Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Classical Homeschooling Carnivalusing our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Focusing?

Monkey's been pretty distracted tonight, and as he was (sort of) getting ready for his shower, my husband asked him to focus. Pretty soon I hear:

♫♪"Focus focus focus on getting naked..."♪♫

Woah, BUSY!

So, I have all these things I want to post. Like pictures of my new haircut and the work Monkey's been doing and the cute baby grins we've been enjoying. And the puppy. Isis joined us December 27th.

Oh.My.

Puppies are way more work than babies!

I've got pictures. I've got thoughts. What I have precious little of is time on the computer. I'm already seeing how it's going to get better, but it may be a bit before I really catch my balance here!

Fix-it Friday #81

Used primarily Nelly Nero's "Poisoned Peach"



This one is more my own, rather than relying so much on downloaded actions, though there are still elements of Poisoned Peach in there, and Pioneer Woman's "Dim the Lights" really made it pop. But there's a lot of my own touches as well.



Here's the same thing, but I added ShadowHouse's "Difference Maker" texture. I can't decide if I like it better with or without the texture...

Weekly Wrap-up: Nearly Christmas Edition

It feels like most of forever since I last managed to do a Weekly Wrap-up, but we've been doing pretty well! We're putting the finishing touches on our Christmas gifts, and generally enjoying the season. I love Christmas! Oh, and we're counting down the days to when we get our dog on the 27th. Gotta love that!

Here's some of what we've been up to:

He earned himself a kid camera a while back, and it looks like he's still enjoying it - and learning to view the world through his lens, something I picked up from my Dad.

Oh, and I'm giving away these adorable Nativity Tags, so you should go enter to win.

What Are You Doing New Year's, New Year's Eve?

There's so much beautiful stuff on Etsy, it just seemed natural to daydream about what kind of money-is-no-object New Year's party you could throw, built around this week's "inspiration item."

(Don't forget to enter the giveaway!)