A Little Loft Sleep Space

Just a slightly premature share of a little space redo:

A few weeks ago, in the throws of losing a lot of sleep trying to wean our little Bear, I decided to turn our Loft Play Room into another Sleep Space.  

Really, It's been quite a simple endeavor.  I ordered a Japanese floor mattress on Amazon.com along with an additional wool topper, had thrifted some cool vintage daisy sheets, and found a pretty awesome rug in the back corner of Tuesday morning.  After rearranging a few items from around the house, we have this sweet little cozy space where the boys and I like to read book and spend down time together.  I imagined that I'd sneak up there in the wee morning hours- when the family bed seems to feel the most crowded, (and the threat of waking our little ones for the morning is red alert) but that hasn't happened yet.  

I think it's coming along quite nicely, and can't wait to share it with overnight guests.

Little Boy Riding Hood (Goes to Target)

 

Lou loves his cloak (made by my friend Betony @makeitbetony)

I paid the boy $5 to let me take some photos of him in his "cape," around the yard. 

Lou doesn't always having his photo taken.  

He does loves getting paid.

We then went to Target, a place that my boys love to patron. They ask to go all the time, I'm indifferent, and find it stressful to meet everyone's needs (eh-hem- my needs) when we visit the ole Bullseye.

Target is fun with two kids- IF you surrender to their desires and spend 1.5 hours touring four toy aisles. We took 2 bathroom breaks, stopped in the book section, which I quite love- especially the sticker books. I tried to get the kids interested in spending their Target allowance on Kimon Books.  No go. 

All was well until I remembered we needed lunch and started to feel faint, and couldn't get the guys to exit the Toy Department. That's when I knelt down and clench-jaw growled, "I'm never brining you to Target again." Both boys' eyes widened. I was hungry, and quickly recoiled, playing it off like I was fooling around. 

Lou found Star Wars mini figures a la little plastic Army men, which were $4.99. They each handed the lady at the register their 5's and she handed them a single bill each back.  Even though that wasn't the right math- it was a fun exchange. 

All in a Wednesday morning.

      

I Liked that Field Trip

Sunday, family day, was relaxing and lovely.  

We took a drive out  to Lake Weddington.  

There was a goose, which we mistook for a swan.

We played sand volleyball with a Walmart Hello Kitty ball.  

We played frisbee.  

We ate a snack-picnic of pistachios, seaweed, and lemonade. 

It was hot in the sun, and nice in the shade. 

The clouds, the clouds were a dream. 

I snapped a photo of my "Heisenberg" Shadow (last weekend I finished Breaking Bad)

Loukas said, "I like that field trip," the next day, and uses the phrase "when we were in the meadow," in reflection.

Monday, we watched Ace Ventura on HBOgo. 

We fast forwarded through much of it, forgetting how inappropriate it is for small kids. 

Loukas said, "this movie is so A-barrassing."  

We baked pumpkin bread which did not throughly bake because I got the recipe wrong.

The oven door had to be pulled off of the face of the wall because the hinge busted and it was quite dramatic.

Even ill-executed pumpkin bread is delicious with butter and ginger spread.

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Make it Betony

My friend, Betony, makes things.  My friend, Jessica, makes adorable children, and I... well... I take photos.  We three mamas spent the morning last Tuesday collaborating on a little photo-story:

Betony has been making things as long as I've known her- which has been a little over a decade.  We met while both waitressing at an independent family-run restaurant and even then, she was full to the brim of creativity and always happy to share and inspire.  She moved away for a couple of years, and when she returned I was so happy to see her around town again.  Our lives have run parallel courses over the past decade and I've continued to admire and have much love for this lady as we have both become Mothers, and are both finding this outside that role that fill us up and satiate creativity.  Betony has started honing in on her sewing talents and eye for quality and practicality and is making gorgeous cloaks and accessories out of thoughtfully selected materials!  I'm so excited to get a cloak of my own for the coming fall/winter!  Look for more from Betony on her Instagram account and hopefully at the upcoming Little Craft Show.

Jessica's adorable daughters and her own chic-classy-East-coast sensibilities really added to the photo-shoot.  I loved the black and white that her daughters wore with their little silver shoes and am always so smitten with how this trio of Mom/daughters are so adorable together.  Jessica moved here a couple of years ago, a transplant from Brooklyn, and her family is such a wonderful addition to our community.  I have yet to meet a more hard working mother!!!  I kid you not- this lady's ethics are sky high as far as the devotion she shows to raising her two girls with enthusiasm and energy and intelligence.  Plus, she's hands down one of the funniest and kindest people around.  She is a neat lady!

It was wonderful to spend the morning with these lovely souls,  and capture it all with my little lens!  

xo