Owls, Bears and Bunnies (oh my!)

So, I’d been gabbing about the little owl from Think Geek that' I’d been eyeing. I finally got one. I’m trying to upload the video of it on Facebook, but Facebook is being silly so we’ll see.

I love hooking it up to my laptop. It’s the cutest little thing, and it keeps me company as I work on the computer. :-)

 
(I got the white one. *smiles*)

I’ve been working on crocheting Brooke’s pink bear from the Planet June pattern I told you about recently. It’s turning out really well. I’ve been brushing the pieces as I make them, and having ‘real’ stuffed animal eyes and noses makes it so much more fun to make it! :-)

 
I can’t wait to work on Jaycen’s. His will be yellow.

As for homeschooling, it’s going better and better. Brooke is paying attention, she still gets distracted sometimes depending on what we’re reading about, but she was able to recount two stories we read last week just as well as she did right after reading them. She also sat down and taught Jaycen some math this morning…and picked out a Beethoven song on the Classical Music station this morning, comparing it to ‘Eroica’.

(Brooke’s last pencil study of ‘A Young Hare’ by Albrecht Durer) 

In case you’re wondering, we went without the schedule today. I’m getting a sore throat and have been really ‘heady’ today. It’s hard to teach, or have patience to teach, when your head feels like it’s under water. I hope I feel better tomorrow! :-)

I hope you’re all doing well with fall in full swing. It’s starting to feel nippy here…winter is on its way! I hope it snows this year. :-)

(hugs to you)

The cat stole my wallet…

Okay, you are all going to think I’m weird. Well, maybe not. But I can’t resist the cuteness. First little owls for your computer, and now this! I found this kitty bank on the website where I hope to purchase a USB owl from, and this is just the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.

I want to get one for the kids. I won’t even tell them about it. It will come in the mail and steal their coins. I can see it now – they will just crack up!

Here’s the video from their website…

See you next time!

Teddy Bears, Art & Playmobil

Okay, I just can’t resist teddy bears. I really love the plush, soft, floppy ones that say ‘hug me’!

Yesterday at Blockbuster, Brooke and I spotted a sweet little movie-star bear with eyelashes, a dress, a beauty mark and sunglasses. I got it for her – it was just too adorable. Brooke hasn’t set her down since!

(Of course Jaycen loves his puppy as much as Brooke loves her new bear!)

Today I hope to start crocheting a teddy bear pattern I bought the other day from Planet June. I ordered some eyes and noses from her store too, and I can’t WAIT for those to come in the mail.

(Here’s a picture from her site of the pattern I purchased…)

 
It’s amazing how such simple things can make me smile! Yarn, stuffing and bits of plastic can make the CUTEST things.

The kids have been doing lots of art lately. I got them some fun Crayola kits a week or so ago, and they taped a bunch of their Halloween crafts on the door!

 
(A Vampire bear with a bat friend!)

…and of course, with my stamp designing I do every day, Brooke loves sitting down and using one of mommy’s older Micron pens to do her own designs. :-)

(Little witchy cat with a spider on her hat)

…but some of the most fun we’ve had so far this week is a re-enactment of the story of Julius Caesar and his ventures against the Britons. I pulled out the kids’ Roman & barbarian Playmobil toys and built the white cliffs and beaches.

Check out this little army of Britons…Rome doesn’t stand a chance!

   
(Brooke had to throw in the lion and tiger, lol)

That’s it for now…I hope you’re all having a lovely mid-week!

(hugs)

Time flies!

There aren’t enough hours in the day! My mother used to say that and now I believe her. I’ve been doing so many things…I am trying to set up a few places on the web to further share my stamp designs, I have been getting into crocheting/knitting again, and homeschool is in full swing.

 
I feel homeschool is sort of so-so. Maybe it’s fine, but it’s hard to tell. We all tend to watch movies and stuff in free-time, but Brooke is improving in Narration (depending on the theme of the story) and copywork. I am determined…I’m not going to give up!

Back to the crochet thing, I have this big itch to make cute teddy bears and scarves and sell them on Etsy (check out PlanetJune to see what critters I’m thinking of making!). I just love the idea of having my own shop again there. I’ve never tried to sell stuff that I crochet, so I don’t know how well it will do. I also focus so intently on my artwork in every venue, that I am not sure where I would talk about my crochet! But I suppose I could share some here as I make things. We’ll see. :-)

Anyway, here are some cute pictures…

I taught the kids how to sew a week or so ago. I think Brooke is pulling the box of supplies out again as I type this!

  
Jaycen made ‘sleeping bags’ and pillows for his two favorite stuffed animals!

Rex being irresistibly cute…

 
He’s taken over the kitty bed that we got for Bolita. Took him some time, but this is just too darn cute for words!!

As much as Rex gives Bolita a hard time, I think they do love eachother. Cats are funny like that…

Bolita is such a lovely little girl. She’s becoming ‘plushy’!

Now for some more pictures…Halloween fun and homeschooling!

Brooke’s glittery picture of a House Sparrow!
 
 
Making some fun Halloween decorations…

 
…and of course, I’ve been working on my stamp designs.

I’m really grateful that I have this as a hobby-turned-business. It’s a huge blessing.

 
Sorry I’ve been behind on posting – I hope to get in the swing someday soon before the world ends! Lol, sheesh.

Night Owl (and the CUTEST Thing!)

I am a night owl.

So much so, in fact, that I cannot seem to find enough hours in the day and so I stay up so incredibly late that it’s invigorating until I have to wake up in the morning…at which point, I feel like a grumpy bear waking from hibernation.

My brain doesn’t even TURN ON until the evening, folks.

I envy cats for their cat naps and owls for their daytime slumber fests.

Mr. Owl, can I join you in your tree?

Now, for some unbelievable cuteness. I found this when I googled for owls. Beware, if you are a compulsive buyer of things that are adorable, then call the shop-a-holics hotline, because this is SO cute that it should be banned.

(…at least in my opinion)

I actually found myself looking for spare USB ports on my laptop, and thinking of ways to make the cats go without cat litter so that I could afford this little guy.

*sigh*

Oh little owl. You tempt me so.

(…as for today’s homeschooling – icky symptoms kicked in from my usual night-owl-ism, so we listened to Beethoven, did some practice reading, and did our normal temperature chart for the day. I should show that to you sometime. *smiles*)