Author: sarah14carlson

  • Crafts with leaves

    Crafts with leaves

    Fall is such a great time to use leaves as a craft supply. And the best part is going on a walk to collect them. One leaf craft we made last year was leaf bugs. Basically you just glue or staple leaves to a piece of paper and that is the bug body. Then you…

  • Lego Stamps

    Lego Stamps

    I love doing crafts with my kids. We have a whole corner of our kitchen that is a dedicated craft area with a craft table (that is covered in paint splatters) and shelves for their supplies and all their creations hanging on the walls. I love seeing them get creative and expressive. And I love…

  • Penny twirling

    Penny twirling

    After church one Sunday, Penny was twirling around our house in her skirt and it was a fun moment I wanted to capture. I had her walk out to the side of our house and let me take some pictures of her. I caught some fun ones that I will definitely cherish. She’s getting older,…

  • rock-a-bye

    written 22 abril 2024 My turn to feed you tonight. The bottle I pumped the night before. You recently napped so aren’t as tired as usual. Half the bottle down No sign of drowsy You want to play. Your hands reach out to touch my face. Grabbing my cheeks, my lips, my nose. The tiny…

  • any day now

    written 20 abril 2024 I haven’t been able to give them away yet even though we need the space. To make room. Things are moving ahead in our house. There’s roller blades now. Taylor Swift. Dog Man. Chromebooks. 3-6 month clothes. My babies are growing. I see their faces changing. That tooth is hanging by…

  • a little less little

    written 21 marzo 2024 Most of the time I don’t feel it. I’m just going. But the smallest things will stop me in the quietest moments. Folding laundry and noting how small the socks are. Are they too small now? The little clothes in the donate pile because they’re just a little too little now.…

  • the world’s best frog catcher

    the world’s best frog catcher

    Milo loves catching frogs. No, let me rephrase that- Milo lives to catch frogs. It is a regular outing we go on. Even if we are just going on a walk or a bike ride, he will find places along the way to look for frogs. And more often than not, he will actually find…

  • Lois 4 months

    Lois 4 months

    Just some pictures I took of Lois when she was about 4 months old. I noticed some beautiful light coming in through the window into our living room and had to take advantage of it. I love how these pictures highlight her strawberry blonde hair and eyebrows and her peachy perfect skin.

  • fairies

    fairies

    We call Annie and Lois the bitty babes since they are the two littlest girls in the family. And we’ve had these fairy dress up wings for a while and I had a vision of the bitty babes playing in them in a beautiful green garden. So one day while everyone else was at school,…

  • the bow series

    the bow series

    I took a series of pictures of Lois wearing all different colored bows. I loved all the patterns and colors of her various swaddles and outfits and I loved coordinating it all. It made for a very fun creative project for me (this is what inspired me to buy a camera) and I love the…