What did your kids do yesterday?

Well, mine took all of the cushions off of the sofas and added pillows from their rooms and created....... OK I am not sure what they created but when I asked the responses I received were... a castle, a tunnel, a pillow fight, and  a horsey ride (that means they piled them all up and "rode" the pillows till they fell of).

You just can't find those games at the store and it is hard to play them without at least more 3 children running around. If you do not have at least three kids of your own I highly recommend borrowing a few (with permission) from your neighbors to get the full effect!!

A visitor

A black widow spider was visiting our vegetable garden. daddy moved it to the drain spout. But this is one itsy bitsy spider we can do without. Daddy moved it out of our yard. I have heard that there have been a lot of black widow spider sightings in our area.

Remember slip and slides?

The kids wore themselves out. Thank you Grandma for sending it home with Evan and Eliot. Ben would not slide but he enjoyed playing in the water.

The wild flowers are doing well....

We didn't plant as many seeds as we should have. But we did only spend a dollar on the box. I think we got our money's worth.

Ben said, "They are all mine"

My poor baby...

Poor Ben got either bitten by something or stung by something on the playground this evening. It may just be an ant bite but I am not sure. His finger started to swell and turn red. We went home and I put him in a cool bath with powdered chamomile and a drop of lavender essential oil to help sooth his hand. After the bath I rubbed some oil infused with calendula and arnica on this whole hand. It did not seem to be bothering him so I hoped all my TLC helped.

It is a Sunflower!!

Now, how did it get there. I didn't plant sunflowers right next to the porch. After a bit of introspection i do believe I know where the mystery sunflower seed came from. Annika received a single starter pot with a sunflower seed in it. It sat on the rail of the front porch for a few days and then it fell off. She didn't bother to set it back up and tend to it. Well, it had a mind of its own and decided to grow where it fell. I must say, it is the best accidental sunflower I have seen.

Eliot found a corner.....

I was making bead bracelets and Eliot joined along with her beads. Evan wanted to play WildCraft. All was well with the world. Evan is getting really good at "reading" the cards. I do believe I have a sight reader on my hands instead of a phonics reader.

About to bloom...

Now I am not sure what kind of flower this is.  I thought it was a fire poker (heliotrope). It looks like a sunflower. One more day we will see.

Wildcraft, the coolest board game for all ages

I have had my eye on this board game for a while. Well, it went on sale and I ordered it. That was like 2 days ago. It came by FedEx today. It is a game that teaches the uses of common healing herbs embedded in the game. It is easily adapted for kids 4 years old. Eliot had no trouble keeping up though at 3 years old. Instead of it being a competitive game it is a cooperative game. And it is just plain fun to play! Check out Learning Herbs website for more information on it and other great items.

A cool drink on a warm day......

Such a great alternative to kool-aid or juice all day when it is hot. Herbal apple chamomile iced tea is just what the kids needed after playing outside in the heat.