why?

why isn't this movie coming to any theaters near me??

on a happier note,

 boys

 

have i told you how much i love those doorknobs!??!

isaac was a cowboy and ezra was his horse for halloween

(how did it take me this long to post this?  oh right, my life is on hold right now)

all of my stuff is packed away(except the yarn!)

corn

 

i love this boy and his love for leaves

 

 

holly and isaac

 

a bit of yellow for you

 ...and also some briars

bella

 

 andrea found the cutest wetbag with owl fabric.  this is my favorite.  i am jealous.

house update

so thursday we put an offer on it, friday we were straight up denied, saturday someone came and looked at our house, sunday we looked at other houses, monday we put a second offer on it, and today we found out someone else put an offer without a contingency last night.  UGH!

the times they are a'changin

i know this sounds like i'm going to whine, and i'll admit i do kinda want to, but i will refrain in hopes that you won't turn away right now and move on to more interesting reads.  last night we put our house on the market.  tonight we put in an offer on a house we've been eyeing(contingent on us selling, of course).  we've spent a tiresome 2 1/2 weeks getting our house ready and it's finally official!(and also frighteningly real)

it's quite a fix-er-upper(which we like) and huge and beautiful and next to a good school and accommodating(we want to grow a bit and have chickens and goats eventually) and has great doorknobs(important!).  i am trying really hard not to move in emotionally, can you tell?

isaac has already told me(unprompted) he wants the green room to be his.  shocker.

an oldie but a goodie

i am self-admittedly an enormous fan of Amanda Soule's.  her creative, nurturing spirit has been a tremendous encouragement to me as a woman and a mother.  her blog, SouleMama is an uplifting and intimate window into her life and work as a mother of four.   on friday, she reposted an old entry from 2005 in which she beautifully expressed a lot of the same sentiments i have had about being a mother.  i read this post about a year ago and it resonated very deeply.  the charting of a new path as a mother, the isolation, and the gentle and respectful way she has chosen to raise her children are beautifully articulated and i hope it will lift you up as it has me.