Tuesday, December 25th, 2007 « A Mother’s Journal

What shall this be in the doll house?

By Lynn, on December 25th, 2007%

We had a delightful day today with family. We went to see grandma and grandpa who live in the perfect little log cabin in the woods. My sister and her husband and my niece were there. (My niece and my daughter are only three months apart, so they love to have time together. )

I have the best mom in the world. She just falls in and supports me and my sister when we decide to do something. A good lesson for me in raising my own daughter.

She found these cute little bottles and wrapped them up for my daughter for her doll house. She knew we’d find something to do with them. She also found a set for my niece. Of course she got the girls other gifts, but it’s the little things like this that were specially found that are so much fun.

The clear glass bottle looks like a great base for a doll house lamp. I am not sure about the other one yet. It looks like a lovely vase for foliage on a doll house hearth.

Lynn

Merry Christmas

By Lynn, on December 25th, 2007%

Merry Christmas to all my friends and family who visit me here.

Safe travels. Be thankful. Have hope. Take joy.

Remember to see things through the eyes of a child.

Lynn

I am the mother of four delightful children: a 23-year-old son, a 20-year-old son, a 17-year-old son, and a bright and bubbly 13-year-old daughter. I share an apartment home with my 17-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter. My little home on the internet is called Rose Cottage because of my love for gardening, roses, and all things romantic and Victorian. Welcome.

I'm a North Carolina girl and I love sharing North Carolina links and information. I do medical transcription from home. My hobbies include making sweet little dolls from clay who are named and have their own stories to tell. I also make old-fashioned brooches. These are for sale in my Etsy shop.

For 13 years continuously, I homeschooled some or all of our four children, but the time came that our homeschool had to be closed. It was the end of a beautiful chapter in my life. I will always be a strong supporter of homeschooling and I will continue to review books and maintain my homeschool website, The Healthy Homeschool.

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
William Henry Channing
1810-1884