How to make a Fairy Garden

Have you ever believed in something so much that it takes over your thoughts? Did you ever pretend to be something or someone as a child? Have you used your imagination lately? We have.

Kinsey is very much in to Fairies right now. Not just any Fairies but Flower Fairies. These beautiful Fairies were created by Cicely Mary Barker in the early 1900's. Kinsey started reading a series of chapter books based on these Fairies a few months ago. Thursday night Kinsey's Fairy Friend, Carrissa the Rainbow Fairy, left her this beautiful book

The Girl's Book of Flower Fairies

We decided to make a Fairy Garden to attract more Fairies.

After a trip to Walmart we got to work putting it together. Kinsey picked flowers she thought the Fairies would like. We have creeping phlox (purple cascading), salvia (tall red), alyssum (tiny white flower), and a geranium (large peach flowers). First she put gravel in the bottom of a tub for good drainage.

Next you add soil over the gravel.

Then you arrange your plants in a way that is pleasing to the eye and that your fairies will enjoy.

Ta Da! You now have a fairy garden.

Kinsey and her beautiful Fairy Garden

Next we will show how to make furniture for your Fairies. We have made a few things out of Sculpy clay. We will also be adding decorations to attrack Fairies. Check back for more updates.

Also, I will explain more about Carrissa the Rainbow Fairy.

Sadness

I wanted to type about a funeral I'm going to Sunday but just don't know what I want to say. It's very sad when a child dies unexpectedly. I really didn't know this little girl very well but I knew her Mom from when she was Kinsey's kindergarten teacher. One of the best teachers I have ever known. I just can't imagine the pain and suffering the family is going through now. I tear up thinking about it..........

Spring school pictures

Since I haven't posted anything in forever I thought I would at least put up Kinsey's spring school picture.

Cable, and plugs, and USB cords OH MY!

Kinsey and I are going on a short little trip to Texas this weekend. We are getting up early tomorrow morning so we can be at my eye doctors by 1:30pm. I started get our things together last night and realized how many cords and cables I have to keep up with. Kinsey is taking her DVD player and her Nintendo DS so that's two chargers. She will also have headphones. I'm taking my cell phone and GPS so I will need charges for those. Instead of having car chargers for all these things we have a converter that plugs into our power points and you just plug your home charger into it. That makes it easier than having to buy seperate car chargers. The only bad thing is if you need to charge more than one thing at a time because we only have one converter. We have 3 power points though...lol! I have everything on it's charger right now so we should be good on the way there.

I hope everyone has a Happy Valentines and a safe weekend!

Guess who's wearing glasses now?

Kinsey has been having trouble copying things from the board and seeing in the distance. I finally got off my butt and got her an appointment at the local eye doctor. Guess what? She did need glasses! I let her look at all of the frames and pick out the ones she wanted (with the help of the girl working there). She picked out these cute blue rectangle frames. She is supposed to wear them all day and has done quite well with them already. She was amazed at the difference they make when she wears them. The doctor said she may grow and her eyes might change. We were hoping she would get her Daddy's eyes instead of mine.

Kinsey and Annabelle....who really didn't want to be in this picture ;-)