Walk through the woods

I know its just another walk through the woods, but I thought I got a few really cute pictures in there. Our goal was to collect acorns, however, we never found any. We had a great time anyway.

felted acorns

K and I are taking a parent tot class at one of our local Waldorf schools. We are right in-between two Waldorf schools so we have now taken a class at each of them. We are loving this one! The school is beautiful, they have chickens, a little shop, a huge garden, and a wonderful homemade playground. Anyway this past week we made felted acorns. K insisted we make one pink.

Well shoot. I ended up loading this directly onto blogger from my computer but now I can't tip the image. Well anyway it is a tiny preview of the advent calendar I am making for K this year. This is pre-felting of course. I still need to find some bubble wrap to finish the job. My plan for the calendar is pretty elaborate and there is no way I'll finish it this year, but I want to have the advent pockets hang below this winter scene. In each pocket I will make a felt woodland animal that can be added to the scene as the days progress. I'm just hoping to get the scene and the pockets done this year. Then I can just add animals as time goes on.

Sheep and wool fest.

We have a bunch of Sheep and wool festivals around our area. We try to get to at least one each year as we always have a great time. I was able to get some curly wool, skin colored wool (for doll making), and some beautiful beeswax candles in the shape of a pinecone and an owl. Our favorite part though was watching the dogs herding the sheep. K was enthralled the whole time. The last picture is he and his grandma crawling through hay bales. :)

Corn Maze, pumpkin patch, and farm

We've been visiting lots of farms, orchards, and cider mills recently. Sorry if my post have been really heavy in our travels. There is just so much to explore in the fall! Especially around here where we have corn mazes, pumpkin patches, and cider mills. We spent that day out at Three Cedars farm where where K had a ball. They just added the "corn box" this year which is a sandbox filled with corn. Even all of us adults enjoyed it! Great idea.

We drove out to our nearest Organic apple orchard today. It was quite a trek! We bought two bushels of apples and are hoping to make lots of apple sauce and apple butter. The farm also had lots of animals which made K really happy. Hopefully I'll be back soon with pictures of our canning.

My first craft fair!

I entered my first craft fair. Myself, and a few other natural parents pooled together to have a booth at the Do-it-yourself Fair. I've been crafting madly to make gnomes for the fair. Here is the funny thing though. Not one of my new gnomes sold, only the gnomes I'd already made. We're thinking of going in together for a few up coming fairs. I'm excited as the fair was actually quite fun. Here are some pictures of our booth and my gnomes on display.