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July 20, 2009

i don't always have it….really i don't.

but this day i stopped and debated but threw it in my purse last second.

and look what i found just driving along.

i am 5'7" so i thought i would show you how tall these flowers are…

i was wearing a shirt…i promise.

and i did get my hair cut and colored since you've seen me last.

but stop looking at me…LOOK AT THOSE 6 FOOT TALL FLOWERS!!

so awesome.

i wanted to cut them down and sneak away with armfuls of sunflowers.

can't you imagine me wearing a big poofy skirt running through a corn field

with loads of sunflowers in my arms?

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i am off to the post office to ship every Etsy order i got…except amy jupin's.

i still need to make your gumball tee.

then i will ship yours too.

happy monday.

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donna - I have a friend (Sundrenched Moments) that sent me this blog of yours last year because she knew I love, love, love sunflowers. I go to it often to get a sunflower fix. Earlier this months I had the opportunity to go to Topeka for work and I asked where I could see some sunflowers. I was told to go west to Junction City and I should see some. I didn’t see any! I want to see a field where you see sunflowers that go on forever. If I have the opportunity next year to go back can you suggest to me where I can see a field of them?~donna

Amy @ Living a Blessed Life - Just found your blog from a new friend’s sight. So glad she linked to yours. Your photos are incredible!!! You sure have a gift with the lens. I gave my husband the link as he loves photography as well and loves to learn from others’ perspective.
Sweet blessings,
Amy in OR

Jodi - I absolutely love your photos, you are so talented~!! Your blog and photography is delightful!

Elisa - The thought of you running through the sunflowers topless brought a smile to my face 🙂
But seriously- those pictures rocked! Great job!

Sarah - Oh wow! They are gorgeous. I live in the city and would have to drive far, far away to see something like that, if it even exists in VA. I have never had a desire to visit the Midwest until reading your blog. The fields are beautiful. Can’t get that on the East Coast.
Thanks for sharing!!!

Magchunk - Just want to tell you how much I looooove your blog. I seriously just read the whole thing in only a few days, laughed out loud, cried (I’m as bad as you on the weepy thing), and printed out many recipes. And I made my man read (ok, he only made it a few months, but he usually reads techy blogs, so it was a start) and he’s obsessed with Waffle.
Would you do me a huge favor and email me (maggie {at} magchunk.com)? I would love to do a little Q&A on my blog, magchunk.com.
<3 Maggie

Cate O'Malley - Such happy, cheery pictures! Makes me totally want to visit Kansas!

traci - beautiful!!!! i love sunflowers.

Karla - LOVE LOVE LOVE the sunflower pics… so glad you took your camera!

Tracy - BEAUTIFUL Sunflower pictures and LOVE your new haircut/color – makes you look like a STAR with your shades on! :O)

Heather - So beautiful! We were recently driving through central CA and there were fields of sunflowers . . . on the way down, they weren’t quite in bloom and the way back, completely blown:( These are wonderful pics. Makes me happy on an early Tues morning to see them!!!

Chasity - good ole kansas…

cynthia - i can only imagine seeing that!
how beautiful…

Kathy - OMG Amazing! I love where you live! Great photos!

kate - Dear Meg,
I am dropping by to say I love your blog very much. It is a very happy blog and is full of bright, cheery colours.
You take really good pictures!
And…I want to say that I have nominated you for the Kreativ Blogger Award!
Do drop by my blog for the details. 🙂
Cheers,
Kate
from http://www.theleftlook.com

Laura Phelps - you are taller than me. a whole lot taller.
and please, put that skirt on already…

Nancy - i have to tell on Amy. she called me today and said, ‘i am a super star, Meg mentioned me on her blog’. so, i tried to log on but the connection was slow at work. so, i ran to her desk to see.
we LOVE your blog….thanks for making our day!

Genn Hass - Hi Meg. I happened upon your blog through a friend’s blog (Definitely, Maybe). I love to read yours and look at your amazing photography, and I just wanted to let you know. Your pictures are so beautiful. I am a mom of two and newly interested in photography. Not professionally, (I am a hairdreser in So. Ca), but I love taking pics of my kids. I can’t stop. Just wanted to say hello.

jerusalem - amazing! sunflowers are in my top 5 fav flower -they are always just so full of hope and brightness!! can’t be sad with sunflowers around. amazing pics!!

Rebekah - I love the closed ones. And the open ones. 🙂

amy - no worries mate (why am i quoting finding nemo?)
can’t wait to get our goodies when you finish up anna’s gumball tee.
the new hairdo is super spiffy! do you have a hard time putting pictures of yourself on your blog? i do! it’s so hard! 🙂
the sunflowers, oh the glorious sunflowers…i swear i can see them actually smiling in these pictures!
thank you for sharing. perfect summer happiness!

Jill Jones - I adore your blog. Period. You take beautiful photos and you have a way of making the ordinary absolutely stunning! Thanks for making me smile on a daily basis. 🙂
By the way, your Salted Ash color was so different than it looks in your pictures. Still very nice, but not at all what I was expecting! Thanks again for your help.

Sarah Beth - I think sunflowers are my favorite flower. I decorated my room as a teenager in them. I think I went overboard though 🙂 I would love to photograph a field of sunflowers one day. They are just so happy!

Allikayes Mama - I am suprised there aren’t little bugs in your close up pics! And those are p-r-e-t-t-y! You are visually stimulating! hehehe

Vera - This post made me happy!

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Gorgeous!! Gotta love sunflowers. I would have paid to see you running through the field carrying 6 ft tall sunflowers…that would have been so funny:)

Mary Elizabeth - The sunflowers are awesome! I planted some {Late of course} and can’t wait for the m to bloom! 🙂 Your new haircut looks great!!! 🙂

Angela Henrie - What a beautiful surprise!

Mandy - That’s the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in a long time! Now that’s summertime in pictures!
Lovely.

Sally Pepper - Beautiful! So…you need to take your camera with you EVERYWHERE!

pve - Those sunflowers knew you were comin….they look so perky and you do to. I am so thrilled that I am going to be getting an etsy package from you…my daughter will love her shirt….
pve

Meredith - So glad you had your camera with you. Thanks for posting these happiest of flowers. Hair is looking fab! Meredith xo.

Sarah W. - Sunflowers make me delightfully happy! And those are such pretty photos 🙂
So does your pretty hair cut and color. So beautiful.
I wanna frolic through a field of 6 foot tall sunflowers!!
thanks for the compliments btw. 🙂
I wish I was back on the beach…. it was so great to get away for a bit.

Lisa - YOU CUT YOUR HAIR, IT LOOKS GREAT!!!
BOY YOUR TALL, SO NICE. I’M 5’1. YIKES!
GREAT PICTURES!!!
HUGS FROM MAINE

sarh - now that’s a field to play in!

Kate - Oh wow! Amazing! Great pics and they made me smile! Thanks!

Secret Mom Thoughts - I love when I see cool stuff and actually have my camera with me. Great shots.

Dana D @BoysMyJoys - LOVE the sunflowers!
LOVE the hair!
LOVE that I could FEEL the sunshine thru your pictures!
ps- I’m baking a ‘practice’ rainbow cake from your post tonight. The husband and kids will devour it! Then baking another one for my dad’s b-day this weekend. THANKS for the INSPIRATION!!!

Amanda - Awesome! Are those on 24th street? I found a sunflower field there a few years ago and got some good pictures, but definitely not as good as these! Kansas is lovely.

Erica - i don’t know if i have ever seen a field of sunflowers. that is pretty cool. i tried to grow some this year… yeah… not so good. I remember you had some in your backyard in dp right? Very cool pics.

Staci - Man oh man do I love those pictures!!!! And I love your new hair too!!!

Erin - Beautiful photos and Oh yay my pillow is coming! 🙂

lisa - Awesome, incredible pictures!! Love the hair cut, so cute

Keri ~ ForeverFoldingLaundry - Love how the sunflowers are always standing at attention, looking at the sun. Gorgeous pics!
And cute hair, too!

Tonya - amazingly beautiful!!! love all your KS images…i’m in ne ks.

Lori - The pictures are breathtaking. Really. And your hair style looks so cute! Thanks for sharing some more great photos.

Anna Marie - Beautiful photos!
Love your hair, btw! 😉

Michelle - Wow. This set of photos just blows me away. So absolutely perfect. I love how you find the beautiful in what lots of people would just drive right by. Stunning pics.
Have you ever shared what kind of camera you use? I would really love to know cause I’m in the market to buy my first “real” camera and move away from my trusty point ‘n shoot. How about a post on that?
~Michelle

Kelly - I’ve been thinking of sunflowers lately. I want to plant some in my backyard next year. I got a great tall galvanized pail at a rummage sale this weekend just for putting sunflowers in. I probably would’ve taken off with a few had I been you. 🙂
Cute hair too!

Jess - beautiful sunflowers. you. crack. me. up. your hair is totally cute. i’ve been ready for a new do for the past year and can’t get myself to just do it already.

erica - wow those are awesome! beautiful pics 🙂

Michelle B - Love the sunflowers! So pretty! And your hair – very cute!

Dina - beautiful!! I adore sunflowers!!

Suzanne Green - Love the sunflowers!!!!! They are amazing!!

Renee - LOVE the hair! Sunflowers are very pretty, too. Can you tell us more about your camera??? xoxo

Flower Patch Farmgirl - We have them popping up everywhere, too, and I cannot stop taking pics of them! Yours look completely illuminated from within. Lovely!

TRACI - LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUV the sunflowers to pieces but ya know Meg….you DO live in KS where there are PLENTY of sunflowers.LOL
People say Ks is boring…HECK NO!!!!!

Becky - before i even read the lines, i thought “ooooo, mama had herself a clip and colah!” very cute. and the flowers (and photography) are insane.

Amanda B - TOTALLY cute hairdo!!! You look adorable, although you did before the new do too!

Sandy Toes - so glad you did..beautiful.
sandy toe

Chiot's Run - I love sunflowers. I keep planting them but the chipmunks keep eating them.

pam - i love your hair. i can see sunflowers any day. loved seeing you! 😉
but really, awesome pictures capturing kansas sunflowers. i could buy that cool camera but the pictures would still never be the same. yours rock.

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a promise

July 19, 2009

i promised talby a photo shoot…with her pettiskirt and pigtails.

i picked a field that was full of queen anne's lace and wildflowers.

then it rained and rained all week.

one evening when it was clear we took off..20 minutes past when i was hoping.

we stopped for balloons….another part of the promise.

the woman at the floral counter was……..S.L.O.W.

we first asked for 10 balloons but settled on 6 because she was soooooo SLOW.

then we went to the car and two popped…because she'd over filled them.

but we were losing light so we left with 4.

we drove the 10 minutes to the perfect field….

and it had been mowed down.

we drove on to find another but could not find wildflowers

so we settled for corn and the sunset.

then another balloon popped.

and yet….the pictures are still lovely.

(click on this one.)

sweet annie was there too…of course.

sigh……….

i want to skip in a field with a poofy skirt too.

i really do.

these girls are my everyday.

i love them.

i love being their mom.

i love our everydays.

especially the days that we end up in field with (only) 3 balloons at sunset.

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carol sue schoenfeld - Hi, Meg! I just love your pictures of the sunflowers at my “ole home” in Peabody! Wished we’d had those sunflowers when I was growing up, as they would have totally enriched my life, although I loved the wheat and still have some in our home in Manhattan Beach, Ca. Love the pictures of your absolutely darling children! They are the cutest, hanging out in the sunflowers! Thanks for stopping by. Carolyn called me yesterday to tell me about your blog and Becky is here visiting us now and we are loving and chatting about your exquisitely beautiful pictures!! Enjoy!!

Wendell Gard - Meg: Wonderful pictures and a great web site. Thank you for posting the sunflower pictures. Carolyn is my sister-in-law. She told me about the sunflowers and of people stopping by to look and or photograph them. I live in Oklahoma and would have not been able to see them had you not posted them here. The house next to the field is the one my brother Jon and sister Carol were raised in. Jon and Carolyn decided to move back there several years ago and make it their home. The three of us were adopted from different families but wer so fortunate to be raised in a home full of love and Christian values. Before the highway was re-routed around the north side of the house, there was a grove of mulbary trees where they imported silkworms to make silk. There is some samples and additional history at the public library. Our family homesteaded that land in 1865 after leaving Gard’s Point, Illinois, traveling by covered wagon to that location.
Your photography is just great, so keep your camera handy at all times. I carry my still camera and a video camera wherever I go and have obtained some outstanding photos and videos.

Patty - Perfect.

Kate - i love everything about this. have been “stalking” your blog since Baby Cora (we must have some mutal friends somewhere along the line). i love it and check it almost every day. love your photos, your creativity, your house, your dog, your stories, your new porch living room, your family.
-love the one of Talby in the chair looking up at the balloons.
-love that you brought a chair to the field. genius idea.
-love that poofy pink skirt. i would have been beside myself over that skirt when i was a kid. BESIDE MYSELF. I was obsessed with skirts that twirled and shoes that “clacked”.
-love the balloons
-love the magic hour light
-love the whole idea
love you share so much of yourself, your talents and your world with the blogosphere for “stalkers” like me to enjoy and be inspired by.
Nice to “meet” you!
kate

Melissa - The skirts are adorable – I was also wondering if you made annie’s and if so what pattern was it (we are big time into skirts at my house)

alyssa - very sweet.
I wish I had your camera…
and your talent…
and those skirts!

The Countess of Nassau County - I just love looking at your blog.

Holly - You take such pretty photographs! Your girls are very beautiful!

candice - The one with Annie looking up at Talby, it actually made me cry right now! I think they are perfect in there own imperfect way, and the story is even better, what beautiful girls and loving sister you have.

Laura Phelps - you should skip in a field in a poofy skirt.
I would really like to see that.

Steph @ Problem Solvin Mom - How heartwarmingly perfect, even though it wasn’t what you planned!

Ashley - Precious!

misty - these are great! I wish I wasn’t all the way in Oklahoma!

Elisa - Oh Meg these are perfect!

Kathy - Now that is a perfect Mommy day in my book! Noticed the teen wasn’t there? I would have to rent a few kids to do that my teen would die of embarrassment ….I mean what if some one saw her! Great photos! Your girls are so adorable.

Kelly - Captivating shots! I just found your blog, and scrolled through the pictures of your house (incredible, by the way!). I have a question about all the amazing trim in the house… because our new home also has incredible oak woodwork everywhere, and I’m not sure about painting it. I really love crisp, white trim, but am concerned about painting the windows shut, and also about leaving some oak and some white.
Just interested in your process:-)

Aubrey - those are sweet pictures. and sweet girls. you’re such a cool mom. apparently i’ve been such a bad one–much worse than usual–my daughter asked my husband if i could move away.

dawn - I wish you could photograph my girl. 🙂

Sharla - Like so many others, I love Talby looking up at the balloons and Annie looking up at her. The skirts rock!

Sarah W. - Gorgeous!

Cate O'Malley - Love the one of Talby looking up at the balloons and Annie looking up at Talby – stunning as always!

adrienneK - GUSH!!!!! so sweet!!!

Sheryl - Oh, what beautiful pictures! I think all women should be able to run in poofy skirts, too! You can just feel the life in your work. Thank you for sharing.
Sheryl

Marie - Hello Meg – oh my, I have really enjoyed your photos over these last few months! I especially like this photo shoot. That pink skirt is too fabulous! Thank you for sharing.
I’d love for you to join me for an “Heirloom Party” over at my blog on July 31st. Please stop by for details!
Blessings,
Marie

Dana Maize - Oh, I LOVE them. The little chair is the coolest idea.

Angela - I love Annie’s skirt. Did you make it? I love the picture where Annie is looking up at Talby like, “She is so cool.”

Kate - So beautiful! Great job, Meg 🙂 So perfect!

kat - I love these pictures!!! You are such an incredible Mommy and inspiration to us all. I wish I knew you in real life. For now, I’ll settle for knowing you in “reel” life. (I have been on vacation for two and a half weeks and yours is the first blog I checked because it is my absolute favorite!!!)

Renee - Awesome pictures. The one of Annie looking at Talby is heartbreakingly sweet. Wish I could take pictures like you. xoxo

Sandy Toes - precious.
sandy toe

tausha - BEautiful-like always. Thanks for sharing your talents. You really are one fantastic lady!!
Love to come here every day-you make me smile!!

Nadia - These brought the most incredible amount of joy to me today! Gorgeous shots and gorgeous girls. You are a sweet mama!

Brooke - Your girls are too adorable. Love the pics, especially the one of the two of them on the chair together. 🙂

Vera - Great pictures – LOVE the light through the balloons on the first one and #6 is just priceless!!

renee - great pics, i just love your blog

Jess - LOVE

pve - 🙂 this made me cry happy tears.
oh my word, just the pop of each balloon, made me cry.
but then those smiles and poofy skirts made it all better.
you are a good Mom.

Victoria - What precious photos! I love them. Also love the junk idea in your last post and last year’s junk man! Great ideas.

Lacey McKay - These are gorgeous! I love the close up of her with the balloons and grinning. I love the one of Annie looking up at her, and I really, really love the one of her running alongside the road! I feel like I was there! Great job!

alice - these pictures are great! i love the way the sun shines through the balloons. your girls are beautiful 🙂 and you have some great photos to remember your day by – balloons aplenty or not so many :O)

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - My oh my! You are so good. Do you ever get tired of hearing that? I love the time of day…you caught it just right.

Nina - beautiful pics Meg….might seem like a dumb question but how do you get the background sky so white looking??
thanks!

kris - beautiful meg! and so sweet…! sigh…

traci - so sweet. i love the photos of the girls together. you can just feel the love.

Georgia - I love these photos, they are so CUTE!!!
You have two very gorgeous young girls there, i love the photo where Annie is looking up at talby, its like ‘i wanna be like her one day’
Well done! xxxxx

Emily - These pictures are so beautiful… whst lovely ladies! -e

Lisa K in FL - These are great – and I enjoyed the story behind the pictures 🙂

erin - you have two adorable girls!

Amber - Beautiful!!!

colleen - Love the one of Annie in the chair looking up at her big sis. This photo shoot took perserverance. Sometimes our best plans have to be altered and we have to just go with the ebb and flow of it all. End result – fabulous!

Mary Elizabeth - Love em!! I want to move so you can take Maddie’s pictures and so she can play with your girls! 🙂

Karli - These are awesome. Totally captures a little girls dreams. I Love them. Every girl should own a pink tutu I think. =)

Michelle B - amazing!

Kelly - I love the one of Talby sitting in the chair and looking up at the balloons. I also love the one of Annie sitting in the chair and looking up at Talby. GREAT photos. Kelly

Andrea from Orlando - You’r family is so blessed to have all your wonderful photos to look back on. You’r a great photographer, makes me want to live in Kansas.

se7en - Oh look at those girls and that skirt is too darling!!! Love your everyday!

Jess - so cute…i love the one of annie looking up at her big sis…priceless. your girls are precious! they are so lucky to have each other…and for you to capture it…perfect!

Dawn - What sweet pictures! Your girls are adorable!
I wish I lived close to you so I could have you take pictures of my children!

princesslasertron - Talby looks so much like you. And I think the sunlight looks perfect. <3

Sophie - Awww! Such beautiful pictures, and such bneautiful girls. (:

PaiselyJade - I want to wear a big poofey skirt as well! What amazing shots – you have such a gift (I think I say that every time I comment!!)

Donna - My favorites are the 2nd and last…and of course the ones with Annie! Adorable!

Iman - A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E
I love the one of Annie looking up at her big sister.

Amy Purvis - THESE photos….are the best you’ve ever shot!! I love them!! Your little one looks adorable and happy…and loving life! Regardless of balloons…the smile says it all!!
LOVE these pictures!! The second is my favorite!!

emily :] - 🙂 this made me happy.

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junkywood.

July 17, 2009

after several hours of all my children within 10 feet of me today

i shouted at my kids "YOU HAVE CABIN FEVER!"

to which annie asked "we're sick?!"

i kicked them all outside.

i had had enough.

they played for awhile…enough to give me a slight teensy break and then i was ready to make crafts.

i brought out the box of junk we've been saving for a year.

literally junk.

trash.

things i would find on the floor and if i remembered…i would stick it in the junk box.

soon the junk sculpture became a city.

talby made a sign and gave it a name.

junkywood…not hollywood.

details…details…what do you see?

this is all talby's creation with me in control of the glue.

sean ditched us and went out on his own.

he wanted his own time with the glue gun really.

do you know how much kids love glue guns?! they do!

it's low temp and i was trying to guide him. totally worth the risk i think.

he made his own "world's largest _______" museum.

largest joke (on the popsicle stick)

largest brain (made from the packaging of a watch and pink pom poms…i love it!)

largest feather (as big as the sky scraper next to it.)

good stuff.

talby filled her bottle with goodies before capping it with a marble.

Abby Reed…do you recognize those red marbles? :)

a little free advertising peter.

the bald footless disney princess (thanks waffle) could swing around the strings to the buildings.

such a fun project.

free.

recycling.

creative.

you definitely have the supplies right there at your house.

go for it.

we got the idea from ms. kristin of course.

here is what we made last summer.

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business-y things:

thank you for all the goodies you bought from the shop yesterday.

the postman and i are nearly best friends by now.

i love all you bloggy shoppers (and bloggy readers non-shoppers too)

THANK YOU.

AND my next few weeks have opened up a bit for photos.

if you were thinking of having some pictures taken…how about now?

we have a lot of fun.

email me for details at cdduerksen @ yahoo . com.

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lauren - you are a rockin momma. your kids have definitely been graced with your creativity and imagination! so much fun. looks like a great home to be spending long summer days at.

Kameron - I think you should do prints of some of the amazing photos you take in your etsy shop! I’d buy some for sure!

Laura Phelps - I live in Hollywood, and dare I say…it IS a bit junky!

Holly - that is such a neat idea. love junkywood!

carissa... brown eyed fox - I had to send you a “hiiiiiii… woo hooooo… wave wave” as we drive through Kansas!
smiling big & thinking of you!
hugs!

seleta - This is both precious + priceless. What a great idea. Love his title “junkywood not holleywood.”
Thank you for sharing + inspiring this mom of four.

Nicole - What an awesome idea!!

The Countess of Nassau County - You are a rockstar

Sara W - I love this idea. I am constantly throwing away ‘treasures’ like these items.
And I LOVE the sunflowers on your header! They make me smile.

Christina - I think you are one of the coolest moms ever.

Abby - Ahh, the red marbles! Glad you found a use for them, so sorry he did that!!
We will have to start a box once we get settled, I can imagine that I will have plenty of broken bits and pieces to add over time. 🙂
Can’t wait to see the pictures, thanks again for the photo shoot – you were right it was way better than “that other place”

Erica - Peter wants to know: what was that?
And thanks for the shoutout! 🙂

wendy - Great idea! So creative and green. I will file it away and start my junk collection ASAP. As always, thanks for the inspiration Meg.

misty - i missed out on the etsy treasures! =0( I am so disappointed!!! do you do custom orders?

Katherine - Hi! I just found your blog (I know, I’m so late)…i love it! Your photos are fun and I love the pillows & shirts you make. Thank you for sharing! Oh and I wish you were local ( I live in Long Island, NY)!..so you could take photos of my baby! http://www.Kariselle.blogspot.com

CherryTreeLane - Love it–great idea!

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - I wish we lived close I would have you do our pics in a heartbeat!! Love your Junkywood idea. You have so many of those;)

Rachel / cREaTe - i love the “worlds largest ______” museum. soooo creative!!! and i totally noticed the business card & thought “free advertising for someone!” before i even saw what you wrote. 🙂 ha cool cool cool. thanks for sharing.

juliann brenner - Oh how fun! My kids (I should say Luke) love to collect things to make 3-D sculptures out of…. He will love looking at these pics and will, I am sure, be inspired!

Melissa - Hahaha, this made me laugh because it’s just the kind of things my brothers and I did as kids. Love it!!!

Aubrey - That is a really awesome junk city. Your kids are so creative–it will be fun to see how that develops as they grow up (in a really long time of course).
I wish we lived closer or were doing a road trip RIGHT NOW to have you do our pictures. One day, we will take a trip through your town on purpose for a photo shoot.

adrienne - way cool kids! way cool buildings!!!

Jocelyn Stott - GREAT project. There is so much goodness going on here: creativity, recycling and innovation.

Keri ~ ForeverFoldingLaundry - Creativity at its finest – love it!!
Now if only I could find any junk laying around my house…. (ha!)

cally - genius.

Dina - what a great idea!!! thanks for sharing 🙂
love your blog (and shop)!!

danyele - how fab!!! i can’t wait to do all this stuff again soon with b and jk and s. paige use to create all the time…
my fav, by the way, is the feathers with the bottle caps…ingenious!

Courtney - I love this idea! I would totally have to hide it from my husband though, I can just see him coming home and trying to pry something off saying, “I might need this!” 🙂

Chele - You just keep giving me awesome ideas for my kids! And the junk we could use up! 🙂 Thank you for sharing once again!

Karrie - You’ve got CABIN FEVER??? I’ve got it TOOOOO!!!!
(Love this clip!!! Found it on YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6lY-EQrdA4

Ashley Ann - Simply great…I totally love this idea and will store it away for a year or so until at least 2 of mine are ready for it. Super fun…

Amber - Love this! I actually have an “imagination bin” that is filled with odds and ends and “junk” as you say. It’s a big rubbermaid bin, and I’ll pull it out every now and then and let the kids go to town. They love it.
You are so inspiring, by the way! I love your blog! I’m so going to try the shaving cream thing with my kids when they get a little older. I’m not brave enough to trust my three-year-old to keep it out of her eyes!
Thanks for sharing!

robyn Beckley Vining - I have a junk box/drawer like that, too!!! We put everything in it and are waiting for our special day that we make such a city! We call it the re-purpose drawer, and one day it will find a new purpose in being our entirely recyclable city one we make it 🙂
fun!

kristin - oh, i love it. i need to do this. my favorite is the bottle filled and capped.

the wild raspberry - that looks like awesome fun….i love the little purple bear in junkywood and of course hello kitty~she is always a hit!
keep this ideas comin…loved this one.
chasity
sam bush will be in olathe for a free concert tonight…roadtrip!

pve - so glad you found the time to craft (cause I think your etsy shop got bought out) I wanted to buy the bubblegum shirt, darn, it is already gone.
glad your kids found something to keep them busy too, they do have a lost in space sort of look, I hear that happens in Junkywood, just beware when they start asking for “plastic surgery!”
I think you are the best Mom.
YOu make me feel like the worst Mom!
pve

Penny - Oh this makes me remember all the fun times I had with my girls when they were little. My oldest had a group of friends 3-5 grades and they formed the Sunshine Club. I let them meet at our house on Monday’s after school. They did things like this. We ordered sweatshirts with their names embroidered on them and put everyone’s hand prints on the back. They had so much fun! I would make snacks and we would do a craft. We took field trips and had camping trips. It was much like Girl Scouts but we didn’t have to sell those darn cookies. Those were some wonderful times. Thanks for making me remember that! You have some lucky kids!

Lori - I sooo wish I lived close enough to you that you could take my daughter’s senior pictures. You have spoiled me for the studio ones that look so fake to me, so overdone. So if you ever come near Richmond, VA, I will drive to meet you! I am on the lookout for someone local.
Great junk art. And it kept them busy for a while – bonus!

princesslasertron - love this! we made so much junk art when I was little…it was my favorite because it was SO FREE. None of that stuff is “for” anything like crayons are for coloring and legos are for building…
I want you to take pictures of me at silver bella!!

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open.

July 16, 2009

well…i finally got my Etsy Shop full again.

it's open!

let's go shopping.

email me if you have any questions at cdduerksen @ yahoo .com

without the spaces of course.

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Vera - I want that red pillow SO bad!! We’re taking our Monterey Peninsula vacation this month AND have all the expenses of attending my brother’s wedding there, so my pillow budget right now is… zero. Hope you have some items left (or new ones) next month!!!

emily :] - i wish i read my comments before i posted them so they made sense.

emily :] - so i would totally loveeee (& order) a peace sign shirt if they were happen to be in a big girl size 😉

Elisa - Looks like you are going to be doing a lot of shipping 🙂 So cool!

Sandy Coppertone - Any pictures of the Cora Paige playground? How’s that progressing?

Jill J - Oh my gosh! I so wish I had little girls to dress up! I love the number tees; adorable!

danyele - great…another place where i can spend lots of time oogling the products on etsy and buying them and then getting in trouble from hubs! jk…yeah!!!

Christa - So sad that it looks like you don’t ship to Canada… You’d make exceptions for people who really like you though right????
Christa

alyssa - the gum ball tee is adorable. very creative!

Erin - My husband will hate you for that. I just bought a pillow from ya! Adorbale!

Jenn Thomas - I think London needs a gumball shirt

Patti - yay! yipee! whoo hoo! hooray! you rock!…truly.

Aubrey - Wow, you’re SO SO SO talented. I was surprised you only had one page of stuff, until I realized you’ve already sold 7!! Go Meg!

amy - love it all.
bought a couple F-U-N things.
def. sending you an email request for a gumball tee. my 5 year old squealed when she saw it!
still love the sunflower pic from last summer.
great new header!

adrienne - just took a look…. all cute, way cute stuff! i always love those whimsical flowers. polka dot rainbow, A-dorable!

Kelly O. - yay! Absolutely LOVE the gumball shirt!
you. are. so. cool.

adrienneK - omg omg OMG the bubblegum shirt is awesome …too bad i deleted my pay pal account 🙁

Wendy - Meg, I just love all of your stuff. You have an eye for color and pattern. Just coming to your blog every morning makes the day seem that much brighter. 🙂

Chele - Beautiful stuff lady! I love all the bags, well because I love bags and those are very creative!! 🙂

Anna - LOVE your stuff!!!

Ana - beautiful stuff! you are so talented!

misty - wow i want EVERYTHING!! if only I had a money tree in my backyard ha ha

pve - just stop it, now.
I am sick, you blow my socks off.
pve

Anya - Wow you have been busy, it all looks great.
Do you ever ship overseas?

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nine.

July 14, 2009

sean has grown up much too much this year.

he had another birthday.

i miss my happy chunky baby that would giggle non-stop.

he had a party with 3 friends and 3 of his siblings.

he had it all planned out and helped prepare everything.

sean is meticulous and a thinker/planner.

175 water balloons.

rainbow cupcakes.

balloons.

water guns and launchers.

the lego center.

pizza, hawaiian punch and watermelon.

the bonzai falls…thanks again russ and jen.

annie shouted something like "this is AWESOME!!" or "YAHOO i LoVe tHIS!" every single time.

jumping from the trampoline into the pool.

a water balloon fight.

and opening presents.

sean said to me in the middle of the craziness…"this is the best party of my whole life!"

just what i wanted to hear.

goofballs.

on his actual birthday we kept him happy too.

donut breakfast.

a movie.

when we got there i found out it was 3D so it cost more…i said "you are so lucky it's your birthday mr."

he picked what we had for dinner…and ate with a glass plate.

ice cream cake from dairy queen…his choice…he always wants to be different.

opened presents after cake.

(two of things i gave him… out of four…he already had. UGH! everything looks the same to me!)

nine.

can't really believe it.

his hugs bring me a feeling that i don't have with anyone else.

love that kid.

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becky Gard - feel free to e-mail me back if you’d like. beckydoesdye@hotmail.com

becky Gard - Hi. My name is Becky. My mom is Carolyn. She has been so excited about the people stopping by to see her sunflowers. She made me type your link in and look up the pictures…I haven’t made it out to see them yet…but they are gorgeous. She just thought it was the best that you came by that day. She is telling everyone about it. Stop by again the next time you are that way. You should check her garden out at the house too. She has a lovely garden. take care. Becky

Jen - Now that is what SUMMER BIRTHDAYS are all about!!!!
♥ Jen

Dana D @BoysMyJoys - Happy Birthday Sean!!!
Meg~ Being nosey again… how is the boys’ room coming along? I’m having decorator’s block trying to re-do my boys’ room! Seems that what I want and what they want is quite different! I’m trying to find the fine line between commercial/cartoony they like, and comfy/cozy that I like! Got any words of wisdom on keeping mom and boys happy when decorating?

Rebekah - Can I copy that exact party for my birthday next month? Is 31 too old for water balloons and Legos? 🙂

Deputy's Wife - Mine is turning nine on Sunday. I have been reading your blog for such a long time and now to think that we were pregnant the same year, same months (June and July were extremely hot that year I remember)… weird huh!?! Or maybe I am… HA!
We are having a drive in movie at our house for his birthday. I borrowed an LCD projector and we will be showing Ghostbusters on the side of the garage Saturday night. Can’t wait!!!

Renee - LOVE this post. Our oldest is turning five in a few weeks, so of course, I’m planning and rethinking everything. I suddenly realized looking at your pictures and reading the captions, the ONLY thing I should be planning are things that bring him pure joy and happiness. Thanks for the wake-up call. xoxo

Amber - Dang you! Now I want cupcakes and cinnabons. 🙂

Aubrey - That LOOKS like the best birthday party ever. I envy people with middle of the summer birthdays who get to have fun outdoor parties. End of Feb birthdays would only be fun in Hawaii. I beter work on moving there. I think it’s reason enough. What a nice big brother for letting his little sisters hang out too.

Trish - Umm, is he available to plan my next Birthday Party?? 🙂

Trish - What a fun day. Your summer is looking like so much fun!
My Addie has the same skirt that Annie has! It is her favorite, because it “dances” if it’s clean (or dirty) she wants to wear it 🙂

se7en - Ahhh! Naughty Nine – I hope he has a fun year!!! The photos make me yearn for summer… yearn!!!

Amber - What great party plans! Everything just looks like so much fun. I’m wanting one of those rainbow cupcakes right now. 🙂

rachel - Happy days – looks like its a superb birthday for sean 😀
my ‘giggling chunky baby’ is going to be 9 in October which makes me happy and sad all at the once!!!

Secret Mom Thoughts - Looks like a wonderful 9th birthday. Happy birthday to your guy.

alice - well a great big happy birthday to your son!
i love your blog – it’s always fun and entertaining and full of love 🙂

Jamie Sampson - so cute, so fun, you are the best mom. Love it, love it all.

Amy - What fun!!!
I am dying to try the rainbow cupcakes…haven’t yet.
I have a totally unrelated question for you. What color did you use on the wall in your master bath and what white did you use for the vanity? I am putting together an idea board for my bathroom and I am terrible at picking the colors. Yours are great. Very vintage and serene at the same time!
Amy

sarah w - Happy Birthday to him!
Looks like so much fun 🙂

Sally Pepper - so……are you going to share the rainbow cupcake recipe on your sidebar?? 🙂

Michelle B - I have a little boy with a birthday on the 14th. He turned 3. Can I make him stay that age forever? They grow up too fast! It looks like you had a wonderful birthday party for Sean! Its fun to see what type of parties I might have coming to me in the future 🙂

Notesfromthegrove - Oh my gosh, the picture of all the kids with their waterguns–PRICELESS! That’ll be a favorite of all of theirs for years to come. I have one like that with my brother, sister, and the neighbor kids all lined up on a couch. I just love that photograph. Good job with the party!

Dawn W. - I have a quick question…Did you put all six colors of the colored cake batter in each cupcake and if so how much of each? I have made the cake but never thought of doing cupcakes and I like the idea of cupcakes.

julie y. - how did you frost your cupcakes and make them look so pretty?? did you pipe the frosting?? super post! love all the pictures, so colorful!!

misty - what a lucky boy! I love all of your pictures, they’re so inspiring!! I can’t wait until my little girl is old enough to help me plan her birthday parties =) that’s so sweet.

Jocelyn Stott - Perfect. Summer. Birthday.

Cate O'Malley - He sounds like such a great kid and it’s even better when they appreciate everything so much like that. My oldest turns 7 in two weeks – where the heck does the time go?!

Dawn W. - Looks like he had a great day. Love the rainbow cupcakes. You did a great job!
Dawn

Laura Phelps - your cupcakes look beautiful and the party is simple, colorful, and spectacular
thank goodness for home made, few friends, family fun in the yard
I can not handle another invite to chuck e cheese
expensive parties
wasted money
lots of plastic junk coming home in a plastic bag
this is perfect
as always
you got it just right
happy birthday to YOU mama
this is your day, too

Diane - Summer birthdays are so much fun! Great pictures! We just had a birthday party for my 12 yr old daughter. We did treasure hunt and camp out. I wanted to follow the teams around the neighborhood on the treasure hunt with my camera but it was just me, so …

purejoy - wow everything looks so delicious and colorful and fun and i wanna be a 9 year old guy at that party. i want to go see ice age, and i’d pay extra for the 3-D!!
boys are such a blast. i have a 19 year old and he’s still a hysterical bucket of fun. i love that kid.
happy birthday!!

betsy - how fun! he looks so much like Craig in that last pic.

angela conklin - You are such a fun mom! (Or you look like you are!) What a great party without breaking the bank! The pictures are GREAT!

adrienne - i can’t imagine my life without my little boy! at first i couldn’t imagine what i was going to do with one… now i just feel so lucky to have both a boy and a girl! great party and i love the lego station!

CherryTreeLane - I love the LEGO center!

Staci - What a party!!!! I’m just curious…I LOVE the lego center idea….but with all the other fun water activities…I’m just guessing the legos got overlooked a little??? I love it that Sean helped with all the planning 🙂 He’s a cutie!! And sounds like a keeper 🙂

Mallory - What a great photo diary of your family! I feel the same way about my family and can’t believe how fast time flies!

kristin - oh, sweet sean. happy birthday again.

kasey - adorable.

erica - those rainbow cupcakes look like so much fun! my oldest is named sean and he is also a very meticulous thinker/organizer (at 2!). looks like a super fun day!!

Flower Patch Farmgirl - Those “Surprise” 3D movies are a tough pill to swallow! Same thing happened to me last month. Argh.
What a fun b-day party. Those cupcakes look heavenly!

Chele - I love ice cream cake too and it was always what I picked growing up! 🙂 The ideas for a birthday are great too! Thank you for sharing your son’s special day! Made me smile! Oh by the way, I did a shout out on you today! I really do enjoy your blog!

Theadora - Looking at these pictures was quite a treat. I love the “goofball” picture. I am a third grade teacher and this age group is so fun! Thanks for sharing your family with us…they are beautiful!

Regina - What a fun party! And…it looked like the gift he was opening was Mancala. 🙂 Our kiddos have loved that game for years and were just playing it again yesterday!

Starnes Fam - What a sweet message to end the post with. Love to see a pic of you, too!

Jess - Happy Birthday to Sean! Looks like an awesome time. My oldest turns 12 next week. And she’s already entered the grrr stage.

Toni :O) - The goofball photo was my favorite! That definitely looked like tons of fun and you did good obviously. The lego center was very cool. I love this blog…it’s definitely one of the coolest ones I frequent (stalk in a good way!) daily!

rebecca kriner - What did he pick for his birthday dinner?

Elma Riedstra - Love this post!! What a beautiful day for you all!! The cupcakes were really nice and I love the lego center:) Don’t our babies grow up waaaay to fast??? Have a wonderful day.

pve - my nine year old will be ten in august and i wish you were here, or for that matter, sean seems like he might be just the man for me.
these parties and birthdays just come too fast.
my girl is planning a “sleepover” -ugh.

Cara Kapp - Hi, my name is Cara and I started reading your blog about a week ago (had to go back and read everyone!) – I enjoy it so much!! I’ve got a little boy (2) and a girl (6) and live in Kommetjie (it’s a little village close to Cape Town, South Africa). I really enjoy your creativity – I love to make stuff but always have an excuse why not to make something – normally the kids is my excuse!! Our 3 week winter holidays is ending on Monday and then I’m going to start making stuff. Thanks for the inspiration.

Sandy Toes - Looks like fun! Happy Birthday~
sandy toe

Meredith - What a lucky boy – lots of brownie points for Mum & Dad! That lego centre is a fantastic idea. What a happy, happy day for your precious boy (and for you too). Well done Mumma. Meredith xo.

Keri ~ Forever Folding Laundry - Looks like a perfect day!! (And is it just me, or does he look just like your hubby??)

elizabeth - happy birthday — what a cutie, and the day seemed like a blast!

Kate - OH, so happy! What a great birthday! Great job making memories!!

Heather @ Cookie Mondays - i love the lego center! nice touch 🙂

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it’s HOT.

July 12, 2009

it was time to cool off.

this was a great way to beat the heat.

the funniest part of these pictures was just as we got our changed into our swimsuits….

another family showed up.

a very large man and his two children.

his kids would NOT keep their clothes on…

and the MAN was walking through all the sprinklers…IN HIS CLOTHES!

fully dressed in pants, shirt and even his socks!

so in every photo i had to walk around making sure the big soaking wet man wasn't in my shot…

or his naked kids.

not quite as pretty now is it?

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Chasity - how refreshing….

donna - Hi Meg awhile ago you told me what photo site you used to change your pictures sizes, etc. Since then I had a computer crash and lost everything. Can you remind me of the site you use? thanks

Ashley Ann - I love splash parks! The last one where your son is reaching the bucket makes me a little sad (and excited). It seems like it will be forever before any of my boys would be able to reach one of those buckets, but I know that day will be here before I know it. Your kids seem so fun…

Anne Pearson - So FUN! What neat pictures of water!

misty - do you have an etsy account? I love all of the crafts you make and want to buy everything for my own home- I am crafty at all…
can you email me at misty_tharp@yahoo.com

jessica leigh - these are great. we went to the water park just like this the other day, and my boys wouldn’t even get close. they are so silly! love your sunflowers at the top! gorgeous!

carissa... brown eyed fox - woooooo hoooooo… WHAT fun!
the BEST eye candy!
just had the best time scrolling through all i have missed the last few weeks!
big ‘ol smiles here!
have i told you lately… that i love you… oh wait… AND how flipping creative you are!
SERIOUSLY… how many socks will you knock off… :)!
congratulations on Eye Candy AND Country Living! that is SO awesome… not a bit surprised but… so happy for you! so happy!
you have been having quite the summer… FULL… lots of goodness!
big hugs… lots of love… mucho happiness!
btw… your sessions shots are amazing… just amazing! so wish we were in your area!

Kirsten - Well…I’da loved to at least see the man in his clothes…and I flashed back to my visit to Garden City, Kansas…long about 1976???or so…they claimed to have the largest outdoor cement pool, lol. How ironic that here in the Northwest we’re wearing sweatshirts and drinking hot tea.

alyssa - nice visual…thanks! your pictures would have done just fine.

Jill Jones - So, I have an email ready to send you, but for the life of me I can’t find a way to contact you other than leaving a comment. 🙁 It’s funny and everything. What do I doooo?! :0/

Secret Mom Thoughts - Great photos. Too funny about the wet man and the naked kids.

kasey - must be kansas!
lol.

CherryTreeLane - Love the pics and I am IN LOVE WITH YOUR NEW HEADER!

macy your niece - cool sunflowers. I’m wondering if any of the kids that were naked were boys?if they were that’s freaky grosssssss!

Angie - Hi Meg,
I have been reading your blog for sometime. I found you on the Mac’s blog. I love your pictures! You are so talented. I was wondering if you could tell me how I could order one of your rainbow t-shirts for my daughter. I was going to try to make one on my own, but fear that I am not so crafty! I have tried to look you up on Etsy, but with no luck.
Thanks,
Angie

traci - I kinda wanted to see the man in full clothes all wet..lol
I COULD NOT LOVE YOUR NEW SUNFLOWER HEADER MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holly - We are here in CA. My husband and I just spent the weekend driving from Santa Barbara to Monterey. We went to Solvang, a Danish village that was so cool. Even your wonderful photographs could not capture the beauty of this drive. It is breathtaking! I can look at your photos and see all the places where you were. We are going to go down to Santa Monica tonight. We are staying in Oxnard. Was the cold weather just crazy. jackets in July is not normal for Alabama. But, it sure is nice for a little while.

Courtney - THAT IS SO WEIRD!

Anna Marie - I LOVE the new header! I was so right about your skills and those sunflowers in Kansas!!! They are so happy and refreshing to look at! Good job! 😉

Michele - I bought my son the same floral swim trunks this year…!!! Yea for WM!

Laura - you always have the best shots. Love the floral swim trunks and the polka-dots!
sooo glad the naked man isn’t in the photos… I mean was so afraid that was what you were going to say… EEK! Thanks for sharing… love the sunflowers.

Mary Elizabeth - LOVE THE NEW HEADER!!!!! 🙂 Awesome picture!

Laura Phelps - be thankful the man was not naked. It could always be worse!

Ruth - looks like fun! and i love your sunflowers!

Courtney - Now I’m curious… socks but no shoes?

Jacki - Great pictures! Love the peace sign tattoo on the hand, very cute and cool!
I have to admit when I hand watered my yard today (water restrictions are a pain but necessary where I live) I purposely got a *little* wet and I had my clothes on. 🙂

Brittany - That looks like an AWESOME park!! I can’t believe there weren’t more people there on such a hot day! Maybe the large wet man and his naked kids scared everyone away! My mental picture is not pretty and it would probably deter me from staying 😉 Thanks for sharing!

Penny - Oh, that is so funny. Yes, I would love to see a picture of the man in his clothes. How old were the kids? I hope they were somewhat small. Otherwise that is just weird! Was the man chasing the kids or just cooling off in his clothes? You must show us at least one!

Danielle - I too want to know is this in Newton, Hesston, Halstead….please tell. Looks like so much fun! I’d love to take my kids it would be a fun alternative to the pool. Also are you planning to make more pillows? I found your blog after you closed your etsy shop and am still drooling over the cute things you made.

Cate O'Malley - Awesome pics!
Looking for an email address to contact you, but don’t see one. Can you drop me a line?

KAT - haha…that is fantastic! your pics ARE still pretty though 🙂

Elma Riedstra - What fun pictures!! At least the man kept his clothes on otherwise your kids would have beem ruined for life:)

Courtney - It’s official, I’ve decided I want to live where you do. I love the shots you take of your town, I love that you get to walk to do things (like go get ice cream or anything else for that matter), and I LOVE the small town homeyness of it all! I never thought I would really miss living in a small town, but the more I read your blog and see the awesome pictures you post of where you live, the more I want to move there!

Julia - my daughter has that polka dot suit – wouldn’t it be fun to have pictures of kids in the same clothes from all over the country?

Maria Masurat - Oh My Goodness!
You take such wonderful pictures!
Thanks for sharing!

Lisa K in FL - HAHAHA, oh yeah – post it – we wanna see …. 🙂

Darby - Come on Meg… I know you got ’em in at least one picture… please show us!

Michelle B - It hasn’t been such nice weather around here (cloudy + rain) . But we tried the shaving cream fun today. My boys LOVED it! Thanks for the idea!

Bri - Is this in Hesston?

Aubrey - I bet the poor people living across the street enjoyed THAT show. At least the man kept his clothes ON. 😉

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missing preschool

July 9, 2009

i never showed these pictures from annie's last day of preschool.

so much fun….

annie's preschool has been located in an assisted living facility.

they visited the "grandma & grandpas" often and knew many of their names.

(especially the ones who gave out candy)

many of residents were outside during this party time watching or helping hold the parachute.

the kids gave goodbye backrubs and hugs.

it's so sweet to watch.

next year the preschool will be back at the church..only a 2 block walk for us.

that will be pretty great also.

i printed this out for annie and she hung it on her bulletin board. :)

oh how we miss preschool.

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Meg - This looks very familiar, our kiddos also attended this preschool. Ms. Kristin is a familar face at church. I linked to you from The Macs and check in often for the great photos and another family living life in Kansas.
Meg
http://www.cmjcbaldwin.wordpress.com

Allison - Your daughter is the cutest, most precious little girl ever.

Secret Mom Thoughts - I am missing preschool too.

Sheryl - I mentioned before that I found Annie’s preschool blog by accident last month. I’m also a preschool teacher, and love her ideas! Her photos are beautiful, just like yours. She has a way of capturing each detail. I can see why you love her.
Sheryl

Stephanie - Hi Meg.
I just found your blog recently & I am LOVING it.
I wanted you to know that I included you in my “Fine Finds” for the week.
Thanks for sharing.
Stephanie @ A Fine House

niki - it looks like a fun and imaginitive preschool…i’m jealous. would love to know where annie’s teacher got her dinosaur t-shirt……love it.
love your blog, too. 🙂

Kelli - I LOVE the idea of combining an assisted living facility with a pre-school. What a blessing that must be in the lives of the older people and a great lesson in respect for the elderly in the kids. I live in CA and wonder if there is anything like that out here?!

Aubrey - My favorite is Annie’s mismatched socks–especially the rainbow one. And maybe I’m biased, but I think she’s the cutest kid in her class. She has such pretty eyes.

Lorilee - I love the idea of a preschool within or near an assisted living home. I WANT one of those parachute thingys! It looks like fun!
Blessings,
Lorilee

Carrie - how great I love the rainbow aprons

Penny - My girls preschool years were such wonderful times. Two are in college and one is in High School now. So it has been a while. Really cherish these tender years. They fly by so quickly. I love the beautiful pictures you post in your blog. I am a very visual person and this is one thing that draws me to your site. (and of course Waffle!!)

lorel - those kids kids are cute!

Sally - SO cool! I teach preschool so I examined the pictures for ideas! I love that the teacher is sitting on a table to read the story! I love that there are so many bright colors! I love the parachute (use mine often!)! SO cool!!! No wonder she misses it!

Lee Ann - We miss pre-school too. How cool that it was at an assisted-living place. A 2 block walk will be great too.
And I love that Annie and my girls have so many of the exact same clothes. We have both mis-matched socks (worn just the way she’s wearing them) and the “old” sparkly pink shoes. Too funny!

adrienneK - GUSH!!!! annies preschool teacher has a very cool blog as well!!!
i swear my in laws live in newton, if we ever move there (while the girls are still little) i would so want them to go to this school it seems so wonderful (and colorful)!!!!

erin j - I have been watching your blog for some time now and decided I should actually comment. I love your eye for color; it brightens my day. And a preschool in a nursing home is such a sweet idea; it looks like such a blessing to all involved.

Sandy - Preschoolers are so much fun!
Not to sound creepy (although it is), but last night I had another dream about hanging out with you and your family. You guys rock! Thanks for the fun times! (ha ha) 🙂 (This probably really creeps Lauren out!)

Starnes Fam - I love that the school was within the assisted living facility. We took our kids to trick-or-treat at one a few years ago. Such a gift for them…..to see, feel, hear young people. It warmed my heart to be able to share my joy with them and bring them back to their earlier years.
Love photos, as always.

kristin - oh!!!! i miss it too…especially seeing these.
can i use these? : )

Lillian - I am loving this post so much! My daughter starts Preschool in the fall and it made me so excited for her! Beautiful pictures – and her teachers look like so much fun! The grins in all of the pictures speak volumes:)

adrienne - i love where it was located! what a great idea and so wonderful for the elderly too. as a teacher, i’m loving that table thing she’s sitting on during storytime 🙂 very eye level for the kids!

Joanna - That looks like a FUN preschool!

Kathy - Great pictures, I bet Annie misses Pre-School too! Love the teachers bright color aprons!

Mary Beth - I saw MY Megan’s preschool teacher several years ago and I started crying. MY Megan is now 23 years old! I learned so much from her teacher and I remember so much about that year. sniff…sniff……..

emily :] - awww. preschool was the best.

PaiselyJade - What lovely photos… especially all the colour!!

Jocelyn Stott - Parachutes were the BEST. I miss preschool as well. Great photos.

Shauna Howington - I remember the big parachute thingy in school, it was so much fun. Beautiful pictures!

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