Days of our Day Care: Fall

Fall has fallen in the main playroom at the day care.  I decided to take down the dinosaur bulletin board painting and replace it with a scene more fitting for Fall.  It is plainly water color on freezer paper.  I also printed leaf templates for the kids to color.  They used crayons and scribbled all over the paper but when the leaves are cut out they have vibrant colors of autumn on each leaf.  So, we strung them and hung them from the ceiling. 

 

Next we will start working on our scarecrow and outside display.  I already have the pumpkins for that one and last week we gathered the cornstalks leftover in our garden.  I like when they have a hand in helping, especially in the garden.  Which was totally mowed down yesterday.  Except for the zinnias which my husband so lovingly did not cut down.  It's nice to have someone who understands what I love. 

Goodbye September

My blogger is broken.  Sometimes, even though I feel great, or maybe I don't, I have ideas and take pictures and write down titles and even write blogs.  But they never make it here.  Wouldn't be a scary world if there was a chip that could be installed in my brain to telepathically blog for me?  On the scarier side, it could probably happen one day.  Just think of all the things that have come about in the last 100 years!  Lord have mercy, for a thought to automatically post, to know what people REALLY think.  There would be a lot of hurt people and happy people.  If the compliment on the lady's sweater in the elevator could just come on out, don't you think it would make her day? 

Here's a few pictures of September.  Of which I am glad the month is over.  Too much bad news to handle in one month.  On the other hand, we lost my favorite chicken Nutmeg this morning.  So October isn't coming in with a bang either.  Poowee... let the rain end and the sunshine begin... please.

1 & 2 My sister's big sale "Junk NR Trunk" girls.  A great success. 3. stock barn pad beginning 4. tobacco as seen on the way to the most fantastic pumpkin patch ever in Crossplains 5. such a long tail on this butterfly 6. the oldest at the DC sharing her homework reading with the little ones 7. Just to show that something was beautiful in September... the cosmos

Shotguns Angel

Announcing my new Etsy shop Shotguns Angel!  I am so excited to finally take the step in selling my slightly morbid finds and items.

 

As you already know, I am a nature lover.  I take lots of walks, during all seasons, here on our farm.  I am a finder of feathers and odd natural things which I do not quiver in picking up and putting into my bag.  If you visit our home and look around, you will find cool rocks, feathers of all kinds, fossils, flint, owl pellets, and the occasional animal bone.  It may sound odd to you but I love it and have decided to sell some of my finds to others who have the same interests or need them for any use they wish!

 

My other Etsy shop, Peppysis, will still feature homemade items and vintage finds.

 

Here are a few of the new items in my new shop, Shotguns Angel.

 

 

 

I chose the name, Shotguns Angel, for my shop for a reason.  Anyone who has known my husband for any considerable amount of time, knows that his nickname from childhood is Shotgun.  It's kind of an Elmer Fudd thing.  Sometimes I can tell how long a person has known him just by them calling him Shotgun.  And, my being his Angel, gave me the idea for the name of the shop.  Awe.

 

Have fun and let me know if you have any questions!

xoxo ~Shotgun's Angel 

nature bracelets

While playing outside or taking a walk outdoors with your child or children, consider adding a sort of nature hunt to the moment.  Which I am all about!  Today, the day care kiddos and I, broke out a roll of masking tape.  I stretched out a length for each child and taped it around their wrist, not tight, with the sticky side up.  Sticky side up is the important key here.  And you need to act quickly and get to the point of the craft across with the smaller ones or they will want to take it off and the fun is over. 

Grab a piece of grass or small leaf from the ground and stick it on the tape to show the purpose and general idea.  The kids here went to town with it!  Picking up fluffy feathers, tiny rocks, leaves, flower pedals and clovers.  It is really fun and especially handy if there is a certain item in nature that you are teaching such as bird feathers or colors. 

Parents, it's also not a bad idea to carry a small roll with you to any event held outside in which you may have to keep your child's attention for a bit.