Three Months

 

How did that happen? I blinked, and suddenly Naomi is three months old, full of smiles and lots of coos. We have the sweetest little conversations. She has a lot to say. It's almost like she just lives for our little talks. And the milk too, of course.

Winding Down in the Garden

Still no hard frost here, so we are still pulling tomatoes out of the garden. These Amish paste tomatoes I simply peeled, chopped and put in the freezer.

And one final look at the garden fort! The morning glories are what really filled it out (look closely, and you can see the morning glories are even climbing the tree!). And finally my confession: the kids never played in the garden fort! It was really fun to watch it grow, but they didn't like being inside it. In the above photo, Millie is collecting dried beans to save for seed, but all summer this was the only time she was actually in the fort, enticed by collecting seeds. Go figure.

Wear That Baby

Mothers tend to be, by nature, quite pragmatic. And I'm no different. There are many things that I choose to do because they make my life easier.  One of those things is babywearing.

Naomi entered the world basically needing one main thing: me. And the other little people in my house still need me too.  The good news is that if I've got Naomi happily snuggled with me in a carrier, I can still fix meals, help littles get dressed and go to the bathroom, clean up the kitchen, fold laundry, and help my 7-year-old with a math worksheet. All while the tiniest member of our family is safe and content.

Besides making my life easier, babywearing is good for baby. And good for mama too. Mothers have been carrying their babies for centuries, and I like parenting techniques that have a proven track record.

It's International Babywearing Week! And also, if you'd like to share about wearing your little one, you can link up at Adventures in Babywearing for the chance to win a Sakura Bloom sling.

Marigolds

The marigolds Millie planted...

and the seeds she collected. I've decided that a child's gardening experience is incomplete until they've seen the cycle all the way through and have seeds in hand.