Detour

I love quiet, and having children makes it challenging to find that elusive, but much sought after, quiet. Friday afternoon was spent doing school work with Isabella, which included drilling addition facts. Talk about tedious. If you want to torture yourself (and your child), do flash cards. Walter didn't survive math fact time, so I had to take over. I have an easier time empathizing with those who do not easily grasp the concept of numbers, or anything having to do with numbers. The key to homeschooling = PATIENCE, or, you will go crazy, and donate your child to a friendly person at the grocery store.

Anyway, this post is not supposed to be about homeschooling, or math, or donating children, which is illegal, by the way.

After math, I set out for the grocery store, but then I realized that I was really hungry, and I have to eat the minute I feel hungry or I get really grumpy. The more I thought about how hungry I was, the more I realized that I also needed my afternoon cup of coffee. And then I pictured myself sitting in a quiet restaurant  reading, eating, and drinking coffee all by myself, and I just had to make that dream come true. So I did, and it was fabulous.

When I finally arrived home from the grocery store, Walter said, "did it really take you that you long to get the groceries?" "Well, actually, I was really hungry, so I had to stop and eat something, and I'd brought my book along, so I read a chapter." Thankfully, my husband knows that I like to be by myself, and didn't care that I took a slight detour on my grocery shopping trip. After all, I did rescue him from addition flash cards.

I couldn't resist, these daffodils looked so happy at the grocery store, and I love seeing them every time I walk in my room.

Time to go. I have a killer headache, and have questioned multiple times why I am sitting in front of the computer working on a blog post, but there you have it. Good night.

All you need is a little bit of pixie dust...

Once again, blogger put my pictures in the wrong order. 

I wanted to do something special for Isabella for Christmas and I also wanted to give her a gift that would be something we could work on together. The idea to create a fairy garden came from my blogging friend, Susy Morris, over at Chiot's Run. It seemed like the perfect thing for Isabella. She really enjoys arranging little things and spends hours in imaginative play, so I knew a fairy garden would provide the perfect setting to let her imagination run wild. I was also very excited to spend time together, creating a little space for fairies. It is also conveniently doubling as an herb garden (minus the little tree with lights, I'm not sure what that is, but it was cute so I included it).

Her eyes lit up Christmas morning when she opened the parts and pieces belonging to the garden, and then a few days later, we had a wonderful time assembling it and putting pots and stones in all the right places. Oh, and pixie dust. We cannot forget the pixie dust. There is no doubt that the fairies in our house, are high on pixie dust. 

Spreading pixie dust

Showing the garden to Isaac. Remember, my pictures are out of order. This was a mommy and Isabella project.

Sharing some pixie dust...

This is an ice skating rink...you guessed, made out of pixie dust

Introducing the garden to Periwinkle and Tinkerbell...

If you'd like to purchase your own fairy garden kit, you can click on this link to find a retailer near you.. Now I officially sound like a commercial.