Attached

I am a huge fan of attachment parenting. I nursed each of my girls for 2 years - weaned them only
when they were ready and by 2 actually they were. My youngest didn't have "real" solid food until she was 1 and that was really only because she took pizza out of my hand and began to eat. Literally - I guess she really wanted that pizza:)
They co-slept in the bed with us for about a year and then slept next to us and didn't move out
of our room until they decided. My eldest decide one night when she was 3 that she wanted to sleep in her own room in her own bed and just did it .. No looking back :(
I never carried them around in a car seat - never - unless it was from the house to the car or vise versa. They were sling carried for YEARS - only until they got too heavy and until then the stroller was used more for our "stuff". I even home school!
But ever since I've gone back to work part time at a library last year my 6 year old has been having serious
separation issues. Luckily though - not with my husband. Won't go play at friends houses with out me there, won't spend the night at Grandmas (which she used to do ) .
But yesterday I helped a friend fix some electric fencing in the middle of a horse pasture and since we didn't want J coming into the pasture/herd we left her at the fence. Mind you she could see us, talk to us and hear us, but that didn't stop her from standing crying at the fence for the 20 minutes it took us to put up the fence! She followed me around for the entire 7 hours we were there.. sitting on boxes while I cleaned stalls, calling me constantly if I walked out of her site for an instance.. you know - to go to the bathroom...
Even yesterday morning she was waiting outside the bathroom for me after I got out of the shower.. I know that this just a phase and that it too shall pass but has anyone else had these issues for a 6 year old?! I'm trying very hard to be patient - but my lovely girl - momma has got to have some momma time ! :) So in the weee hours of the morning I'm enjoying my momma time here starting my blogging career :) with coffee. and I will take many deep breaths throughout the day and hand out many hugs. Thanks for letting me vent a bit...

On a lighter note - this the skirt I just added to my etsy shoppe..
CirclesandDotts... right now this is the only thing I have but I hope to have more soon - right after I finish our Renaissance outfits :)
It's roughly a size 5/6.. J wears a size 5 pants and this skirt has elastic in the waist.
It's great for twirling and J has a least 3 others she HAS to wear when she dances. :)

Enjoy the day!

Tuesday

Another day. School in the morning and I have got to finish 3 renaissance costumes by
Saturday!

The girls and I are volunteering in our second year at the Greater St. Louis Renaissance festival this year.

http://www.stlrenfaire.com/index.html

I have a Rowan Hood, a Fairie, and a Merchant's wife (me) that I have to finish.
I doesn't help that I took mine completely apart yesterday because I could not figure out how to attach my bodice to the skirt without it looking awful. So now I've started over with my bodice - which really only takes an hour or so to finish - and no boning support this time I think.

This year my girls are the ONLY children in our group. I think this is going to be our make it
or break it year. No fun for me if they're not having fun too...

Tomorrow we get to go to our favorite barn - Avalon Horse farm and then again on
Friday where my friend and I will offer our co-op class. Hiking on the trails at Avalon.
That is if the rain stops and it's actually dry enough to hike. We'll see.

Pictures to come..
Have a great day!

busy, busy, busy

I saw this really neat guy while waiting to go into work the other night.. Very Cool!
He or She was eating dinner. I'm glad I didn't get a picture of the meal! I think she' a red tailed hawk but don't take my work for it.
I'm certainly not a bird expert!










Today we picked up sticks out of the back yard





So we could cut this very long grass!



And we found this Robin's nest in our car port. I looked up and was staring right into a georgeous birds eyes. I said "hello" and she promptly flew away frightened.. I hope she comes back.



And the girls cleaned and "sanded" this cute little table I found next to the road (about a year ago) so they can paint it with the colors left over from their rooms.. Pink and Blue.




Today we're off to our FAVORITE barn run by a friend.
Avalon - don't you love that name! where we will clean stalls, play in barns and secret passages and ride ponies and horses! We are so lucky to have this in our lives... Every one needs a barn to play at and be a kid in I think..

Enjoy the day! It's supposed to be in the 70s in Missouri today...

Busy Weekend

Wow - I had a busy weekend! These weekends completely throw me off.
I rarely have time to sit at home and breath! Friday we had our home school
co-op - Daisys for the little one. My big one could not find anything to suit her
needs or wants this year. Not even fencing, which I tried very hard to push.
Saturday was work for me and this Sunday was the one Sunday this month
I worked. I'm a library clerk. Simply put, I put books on shelves. You'll
usually find me with ear buds :)
Then, with the girls, immediately off to a party at our favorite horse boarding
barn :) Horses and Simon says.. What could be more fun to watch!
Home School meeting this afternoon and work again this evening.
Luckily tomorrow we get to stay home! We'll work on school work,
watch some school related videos, read, hopefully it will cease raining enough
so we can get some yard work done. Between raining, work and everything else
I've done little else than start my starters. Then art projects, dinner, violin,
reading on the couch - what could be better.

Happy Monday.

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