Yesterday, Charlotte celebrated her eighth birthday…seven was heaven and eight will be great…so says my girl!
Here are a few pics of the birthday girl and her favorite gift: a handcrafted family of Forest Fairies and their very fine dwelling. The boys did a wonderful job gathering natural materials and helping in the assembly of the furniture. We used acorn caps for dishes, shagbark hickory for the table and shutters, dried sunflowers and other assorted wildflowers for adornment, twigs, walnut hulls and milkweed pods for the rocking chair. The gnomes and fairies have been playing together happily for most of the day!
And now, preparations for our visitors. The Grands will be here on Friday and we are excitedly preparing. Prayers, please? My energy level is seriously diminished and there’s much to do…thanks!
Blessings,
I am a traditional Catholic homeschooling mother of 9 children, married for 30 years to the most patient and sainted man. As converts to Catholicism in 1991, our family has only recently discovered the beauty and full expression of our beliefs in the timeless liturgy of antiquity, the Extraordinary Form also commonly referred to as the Traditional Latin Mass. An avid knitter, I also enjoy gardening, reading and immersing myself in the everyday graces of my vocation.
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Kimberly, We really do have to get together — Peach would so love to play with Charlotte. What a little sweetheart she is!
8 is great.
and she is a doll.
those fairy houses are just darling.
we picked up a cute fairlyland book from the library today. it has the most beautiful illustrations.
one was of a fairy king who needed little minions to hold his super long beard!
i absolutely love re-discovering all the wonderful joys of childhood with my children and i think you do too judging by the looks of those fairy homes!!
blessings to you dear kimberly.