Saturday on the Homestead

This past weekend was the last weekend of our winter break & it turned into a fun one. Saturday a friend invited the fam to meet the newest additions to her little homestead : THE cutest mini potbelly pig & 2 super cute mini donkeys. In addition to her little fat goats, fluffy bunnies, chickens, mini soccer playing donkey Gheppeto & four doggies I couldn't stop screaming
"HOW CUTE! OMG!!! I WAAAAAAANT YOU!!!
It was too much fun! I tried to limit the pix but it was so hard.

{wintercrafting}pinecones

A few weeks ago I took the crafting supplies I purged from my crafting closet to our homeschool coop & let the kids have at them. They had so much fun!
*so weird i posted this today, but it posted it Dec 11, 2011 & my posts in my dashboard are all wonky...hope Blogger isnt having more major hiccups.

December 29, 2011

warm winter wishes from sunny so cal ;)

...speaking of girls with power tools...

Speaking of my girls & their love of power tools

We have an un-landscaped area outside our front courtyard.

I came out one day & called Him on the phone to ask

"Ummm...are the girls SUPPOSED to be using power tools (alone)?"

He said 1 kept calling him during the day asking

"where are the the 3 inch nails, the screws, the wood glue...etc...?"

THIS WAS THE REASON!

Girl-made shelters for dirt clod wars!

 They built them entirely by themselves & they have been using them mostly everyday since!

I LOVE THESE GIRLS!

{wintercrafting}wood projects with Daddy

He bought the girlies these neat little wood crafting kits. Each of the girls got a different kit :

a bug barn for 3,

 a treasure chest for 2

 a catapult for 3.

He & each of the girlies did them together one on one. These girlies LOVE to build stuff & work with tools so it was a perfect way to spend special Daddy/Daughter bonding time.

Happy Daddy...Happy Daddy's girls.

*i'm fully aware that i'm lagging on my winter crafting posts...well all my posts...BUT i'm thoroughly enjoying my time with family & friends right now :)