Merry in the mud!!

Mud Pies and Other Recipes: A Cookbook for Dolls

mud creatures :: 5 Orange Potatoes

mud bricks :: All The Little Things

shadow drawings

The inspiration for this project came early one morning when some particularly beautiful shadows of trees were splashed onto our walls. Later that afternoon, we went outside with a few friends and traced them so we could make some simple, fun paintings.
If you keep the pallet basic (two colors per painting works wonderfully) the pictures will always turn out great no matter how experienced the little artist is!~Imaginechildhood

Homemade Sidewalk Chalk

Mad Maggie Designs has a nice tutorial showing you how to make sidewalk chalk at home!

Multnomah Falls in June

Summer Fun So Far

Monday... Writing class @ Julie's. Great class! Lot's to learn.

Tuesday...Nature Journaling @ Chelsea Anderson Park. Made "solar prints" (they didn't last) I need to learn more about this. Also painted/sketched/drew art. Ate great cookies from Julie. Ended with free time on the park toys. Next week I think we will go to 4H garden near BG.

Wednesday... Worked on writing for class. Home inspection and cherry picking at Uncle Jon's possible new house. (water in crawl space and incorrectly installed sump pump).

Thursday... Cosmic Bowling with Briana, Jillian, Vaughan and Wesley. Had a blast. Black lights, strobe lights and disco balls, loud pop music, 2 games, shoes, pizza and soda for $6 per kiddo! Such a deal.

Friday... Piano class, games at Round Table, maybe a movie...Transformers 2???

Nature Journaling

Links to explore

Charlotte Mason Tripod
Penny Gardner's Charlotte Mason Website
At Home Science
Indie Fixx
Unplug Your Kids
Nature's Way Learning
The Snail's Trail
Blue Yonder
Camp Creek Blog
Children & Nature Network
Restoration Place
All about Birds
The Magnifying Glass

Acorn Naturalist

Smithsonian Animal Cams

Celebrating Wildflowers

Exploring Nature

California State Parks

Gale Lawrence

Greenridge Chronicles

Green Hour

Farm School