Understanding Laura

I am a crunchy oddball with too many ideas and too little time. Do you get me now?

Saturday, May 02, 2009

Happy Happy, Joy Joy

Grandma Ruthie is coming our way!

It's official! June 12th - woohoo!!

On other happy news - What can ten bucks buy you?
An awesome summer picnic table!
(Sorry the picture is so grainy.
I took it from our kitchen window - which has a screen.)


In Kellie's favorite colors!
(That's Kellie's smile when you ask her for one.
Not her real smile. Her cheesing-it-up smile.)

Friday, May 01, 2009

A Girl and Her Lovies


Kellie's bamboo blankie has become a little worn-looking. This afternoon, after her nap, I asked her if she'd like to "color her bamboo blankie" to help hide the wear and tear. To which she replied, "Oh I'd love to! Let me go get it!"

I asked which color she'd like her blanket to be. Her immediate response was "yellow!" I asked her to pick two more colors out of the assortment of dyes I had handy from prefold dying days of the past. She picked yellow and orange and blue. We worked together to dye her blanket and a little one for Delia. (Kellie chose pink and purple for Delia) After seeing the yellow and orange set, I knew blue wasn't going to turn out very pretty (it's a matter of order. If I'd dyed the blanket blue before the orange, it would have turned out fine.) so we compromised with red.


Isn't it pretty??


I think it looks like a Big Stick popsicle.