Crafting in the family

What a beautiful day!
Though the children all have some nose-ear-throat troubles.
So we decided to stay in an turned the table into a real crafting studio (read: mess!).
I started to make little claybird-beads in order to make springtime mobiles next month.
Oooh it is still freezing cold but I am looking forward to meet the Springtime Fairy.

warm feet

Last weekend I bought new Giesswein mules for the oldest two. In school they all seem to have the same, they wear them inside instead of shoes.
So I needed to personalize them and needlefelted some decorations. Custommade pimped giessweins according to the severe wishes of my beloved toddlers!

Now, dear husband wants a pair too! What wishes would he have?

Happy New Year!

New year new opportunities, though I have to accept that blogging will be something special to me. Some of my little spare time can be spend.
The rest of this small piece of me-time will be used for crafting, my mobiles, knitting and learning how to crochet those lovely flowers and granny squares. Also I made my first Waldorf-doll for little Robin.
Now the other two would like to have one of their own!

Mientje

Another year full of ideas with only little time. But the middlest one just turned 4 and is in school now and the youngest will go to 'peuterschool'  in March.

First snow!

For Robin it was the first time she could walk in the snow herself. Last year she was too small. Now she really felt like discovering the snow with all her senses...

Brrrr little cold hands.

 A miracle these little campanulaflowers...

I wish I could find more time to put messages and pictures on this blog.

Homemade applesauce

Yesterday we felt like peeling apples! Our backyard harvest was waiting for us in the cellar. The children already took a bucket full to make applesauce at school. Still enough left for us!

Most of those fresh green apples would end up in a yammie applesauce too  The rest in our mouths...

And for all those birds we love for their cheerfull singing we left some apples in the trees. (And for some tiny little worms who seem to like apples too.)

A large pan full of applepieces to start with.

We just added some cinnamonsticks, sugar (everyone a couple of spones, not to much) and a hint of salt.

Mmmmmmmmmmm delicious!

Getting colder

As long the sun is shining everything outside is so beautiful. Sun thrue colorful leaves in the trees, partly blue sky even the birds are still singing. But when the sun is gone... I feel it's getting colder, brrr and getting up in the morning in the dark. I always have to get used to that and find it hard sometimes.
But in the weekends a late and lazy breakfast when the sun is shining.... Wonderful!

Still, the fall is a beautiful season with a lot of temperament and nature preparing for winter, protecting small animals and seeds with all those leaves and time to go inside. Inside the house, inside yourself.
In front of the fireplace... With a book, unless you can't wait till you're inside :-)

Herfstbos

It was beautiful this weekend, sunny weather, blue sky. We collected bags full of chestnuts and made fun with all those leaves.

Our oldest  (on the left with strawberry cap)

made some beautiful pictures (below)

She's got the eye of an artist. She walks around with this camera between her eyes and the world around her and she just takes pictures because she likes what she sees. And that's what we see when we look at her pictures. She lives in a beautiful world. And we are happy for that!