les messieurs

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i am a pinteraddict (real word). last night i decided to pop on & quickly check for organization tips. a real need to find ways to organize papers led to a possibly less real need to find ways to make the ordinary more fabulous. 

eleventy billion hours later & i was digging out the fancy paper tape that my darlingest tinker bought for me in seattle this summer. i hadn't the time to sit down & craft, but i had, had, had to give this a go.

how utterly fabulous is this ordinary binder clip now?! (please ignore the rumpled up end of the tape. this was quickly done.)

i am thinking that a certain elfling will be going to bed early tonight, so his mama can spend some quality time with messieurs tape & clips!

~peace.

live!

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bring down the house lights. cue sappy music. enter gushing mama, stage left. spotlight on.

my hobbity teen's photo blog is now live!

A Year With the TARDIS

One teen, one camera, one TARDIS, one year

thank you.

gushing mama exit, stage right. thunderous applause ensue.

photo blogs are cool

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thehobbit is about to begin a year-long photo blog based on one of his most favorite things. the subject of his photo blog? one guess.

~peace.

of tubes, tapes, & toddlers

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my obsession with pinterest is not limited to amassing photos of things that make me smile. i also have been looking for ways to enrich my children's lives. sometimes those enriching moments also need to keep a certain elfling happily occupied, so mumsie can get a few things accomplished. this last bit is what i wanted to share with you today.

i found a wonderful cardboard tube activity (pinned from how we montessori) on pinterest, & quickly set up a mini version.

as i was working at the dining table, i taped the tube to the chair next to me. just another reason to love blue painters' tape! a drinks tray was set beneath the chair, to catch the crayons (the tube was ridiculously skinny) as they fell.

he love, love, loved this activity.

until he saw that i had left the tape out.

i lost count of how many times he tripped himself, bonking his head on the table & chairs.

this has become a regular thing at ye olde belfry: i set up a lovely activity, that all of blogland has assured me will be the wee beastie's most favorite thing to do ever-ever, leaving me with time to breathe! & within minutes he has found a way to require more of my attention than before.

le sigh.

~peace.