At Home

This has been such a busy month! While it's fun to have so many things going on, it was nice yesterday to have a quiet day at home, too. We finished reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the morning and spent the afternoon in the backyard. Inspired by some faerie toys in a catalog that had come in the mail, we made faerie houses around our little pond. We also played on the swings, hammock, and trampoline; and the kids flowed from one activity to the next, imagining:

• Speaking and understanding "chirp" with the backyard crickets


• Communing with pretend apes


• Being and/or running from goblins


• Being moms and dads and babies


• Being and/or caring for unicorns


• Voldemort vs. Unicorns


• Sword and gun battles


• Faeries


• Monster truck shows


• Amusement park

Earlier this week, we made melted crayon sun catchers:

Here's Riley's

Seth's

And Maya's