Wild Mother Arts

I ordered these and they came in the mail yesterday. Check out the artist's site for your own.....

A soothing bath concoction for a mother...

The girls and I made a soothing bath concoction. We are planning on giving it to a very special mother that we know. The bottom layer is sea salt. The second red layer is dried geraniums. The third layer is Epsom salt and the top layer is dried lavender with a drop of lavender essential oil for extra umph. The whole thing is supposed to be added to a single hot relaxing bath. Oooo, I think I am making one for myself next!!

Lemon Balm Tea

I had to work this morning but when I got home we spent some time outside. There were a lot of thunderstorms last night and some tornadoes. Everything was fresh, clean, and wet. We checked out all of our newly planted flower, herbs, and vegetables. Everything made it through the storm OK. The sun was bright so we decided to make some lemon balm sun tea. Lyn collected fresh lemon balm, mint, and stevia. We  bruised the leaves and put them in a large jar. We added a fourth of a lemon to the jar and let the sun do its work......

Every mom keeps this many toys in her trunk, right?

I was ready to play outside and eat chocolate when I got home. Ben helped me with both. For my job there are times that I need all kinds of toys for children under three years old. I was playing outside with Ben and Eliot and I opened the trunk to get some toys out for Ben. Eliot took the chance to just climb in the open trunk and play with EVERYTHING at once in there. She really enjoyed herself. Of course I was right there so there was never any chance of her being left in the trunk. Ben is growing up so fast. Of course I can't help but evaluate him all the time. His communication skills are very well developed. Honestly, I know I am biased but the boy is really smart!

My baby's E

Look how well my 3 year old can write her Es. She is doing so well recognizing letters and words in the environment.

Bunny Giveaway...

Just in time for Easter. A friend of mine is raising funds for the adoption of her daughter. Check out this link to enter and win!!!!

My little spider monkies

Evan and Eliot have put a new definition on the kids are climbing the walls!!!!

Making homemade paint

The kids and I made some homemade paint. Lyn has been working on a lot of different art projects lately and wanted to try some natural pigments. We used crushed annatto mixed with oil for the light orange. The yellow was from fresh crushed dandelion. The dark orange was from crushed red clay mixed with water. I used my finger to paint with. Some kids used brushes or paint brushes. I want to add a natural  green tint when everything dries. I am not sure what the end product will be. Who knows.....

 

Bless This Child

I bought this book to use in child dedications and frankly just for inspiration to express myself as a mother. The author is well know within Unitarian Universalist (the church I attend) circles. The publisher publishes a lot of books geared for the UU congregations. I shared this book with a friend of mine. She is in the process of adopting the wonderful special little girl seen on the sidebar of my blog. Please take a moment to click on the text below her picture (grab this) to go see the mother's blog detailing more about Sharon. Or just click directly on her picture to see her and other children available for adoption overseas. Or you can check out the group facebook page for Sharon to learn more about helping her reach her family. Comment her if you want more information on how to help bring Sharon home.

Here is one of the quotes from the book......

Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!

Lydia Maria Child

The stars of the show!

Lyn is seen here holding Seamus. He was the youngest of my friend's kids and still breast feeding so he was along for the ride

I am so proud of my daughter.  I will add to this post..... OK, I am back. All last week I drove from Birmingham, Alabama to Columbus, Georgia every day. A friend of mine and I completed our formal training to become Certified Lactation Counselors. (Well, we took our tests and I am sure we passed.) So pass the word around if you are local and are in the need for support breastfeeding or are pregnant and just have questions. My friend has a website that you can go visit. Mother Nurture is it's name. I can be contacted through this blog if you need support.

Lyn was amazing. She learned a lot by listening to our training. She also grabbed the attention of the employees at the conference center. Of course everyone thought Seamus was her little brother. His mom has long red hair and honestly, Lyn fits in her family really well. I have added a slide show on the side bar to show off our week long training. take a look at the pictures if you like.

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