Halloween 2009

26 October 2009
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This year, Miss Chief wanted to be Ariel (ar-ee-elle, not air-ee-elle). I sketched up a few ideas for her and we decided to go with this one:

The mermaid tail instructions came from Burnouthappy on YouTube.

Mr. B wanted to be a Water Dragon. I sketched this up for him:

And here’s a collage that links through to [...]

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Make Some Paper Pumpkins

11 October 2009
Paper Pumpkins.

Look at these beautiful Mod Pumpkins from Vicki! For the directions, just click on the pic.
On Friday, the children and I were at the playroom on the Oncology Floor at our local hospital. We created some kits of with one piece of brown, green and orange construction paper. Then, we did a quick demo for [...]

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Time for a Little Sewing

5 October 2009
Miss Chief's New Pants

The weather has been asserting its influence over our daily habits. We still spend a lot of time outside but it is time to swap out the summer clothes for the winter-y ones. As I was going through the kids’ closets, I realized they don’t have much in the way of long sleeves and pants [...]

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Hopscotch, Greenhouse & Concrete

27 September 2009
Hopscotch on the Patio.

Colorado has “interesting” weather. I’ve always called it bipolar, as in the manic/depressive type and not the north/south type. During our first year here, my father-in-law came for a visit. We went out for dinner and were wearing shorts. Upon exiting the restaurant, it was snowing. Truly, the temperature swings up and down like a [...]

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An Excellent TED Speech on Rainforests & Orangutans

15 September 2009
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Despite weighing in at just under one half hour, I was hanging on each word Willie Smits crafted into his speech. Imagine being offered an orangutan at the market only to find it on a garbage pile. Mr. Smits started out saving the orangutans and ended up saving much more.

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