I can't believe Summer is almost over! Around here from May-August it is a succession of birthdays for us. May for David, June for Sienna, July for Forest, August for Mama. And then, just like that it's September, our anniversary month (7 years, this year). This year our anniversary happens to fall on the day of our homeschool orientation and picnic.
August has been filled with some short day trips with Nana, exploring new parks, home projects, harvesting so much goodness from our garden, making trades with a neighbor friend, mornings with my portrait artist, 1st grade homeschool planning and organizing, and impromptu estate sale shopping,
Forest making his "I'm afraid" face for Sienna at Gere-a-deli in Anacortes.
Nana at Gere-a-deli.
A photo of herself.
Mama and Forest.
Forest, Sienna & Bigfoot in an Anacortes alley.
Portrait artist, Sienna with her colored pencils in her pocket.
Drawing my portrait while I sit on the sofa.
My portrait. The colorful oval in the front is our braided rug and the smaller brown one is Sunshine's dog bed.
Tomatoes all lined up on our kitchen windowsill ... and there's still plenty more in our garden.
David & Sienna made a trade with our neighbor friend, Steve. Some tomatoes and zucchini from our garden for some pears, flowers and knitting needles.
Sienna's homeschool basket. I will talk more about homeschooling in some future posts.
On our way to picnic and go to the park, we stopped at an estate sale on our old street. I filled a bag upstairs in the attic for $5.00. Some of the books smell a bit musty and/or moldy. They are in our garage. But these two turned out to be okay.
I also chose 3 handmade shirts from the closet in the attic to put in my $5.00 bag. A sailor inspired one.
A pretty embroidered one.
And, a gingham farm mama shirt. I'm not sure if they will fit me or not. I'm waiting until I wash them to try them on. I think they are all from the 1970's. I also got some Pyrex mixing bowls for $10.00, which are in the dishwasher right now. I will share these soon!
Nana finished painting Forest's dresser. When we bought it, it was a lavender color and now it's a creamy white with new knobs. It looks amazing now!
I'm doing a woodland/forest theme in his room.
David planted grass seeds in this part of our backyard, which is just dirt right now. This is to the right of our sliding glass door.
This is right out the sliding glass door. Hopefully, we will have grass before it is just muddy out there. Sunshine likes digging holes in our yard, as you can see. But, she doesn't dig to get out. She just digs to find herself treasures!
So, those are the things that I am loving right now, in August. We have plans to make homemade granola later today when Forest takes his afternoon nap. Tomorrow, we will be making bread (and pizza dough, of course) for next week's lunches, as we begin our new homeschool rhythm. I will be back soon to share a little more about homeschool. I hope you are soaking in your last days of summer sunshine, too before the next season arrives.