deep in the heart of autumn

{our leaf pile}

{calvin's tree: a japanese maple}

{planting tulip blubs, which hopefully will keep their promise and bloom in the spring}

oh how i do love autumn.

maeve's bird mobile

i used this pattern. it was so easy and she loves it! and i love it. we spent quite awhile yesterday just staring at it, twirl round and round.

i also spent quite awhile staring at these striped legs. the tights are hand-me-downs from a friend's chicken costume. i find them hilarious and so, so cute.

handmade halloween

i know halloween was a few weeks ago, but i never posted about these great halloween decorations that calvin made. we shaved some old crayons with scissors, calvin sprinked the shavings on waxed paper and then i placed another sheet of wax paper on top and ironed them. once the wax melted, we cut out pumpkin shapes. calvin drew a face on each one and then we hung them in the window. we also did bats and leaves but i never got pics of those unfortunately. this was a super easy, use what we had on hand project. i love how they turned out!

martinmas!

these are the lanterns we made for matinmas this year. we just used jars, tissue paper and glue. it was very easy and calvin actually did 90% of it. he has carried it around everywhere since we made them. i overheard him singing "this little light of mine" today as he was playing with it. i only wish i had a video camera with me.