Chapin Camp Part II

Chapin Camp was four days of fun for fourteen kids, Nicholas, and myself.  I loved it just as much as the kids.  I realized how much I miss teaching, and the little people of the world.  (Will be doing some serious considering in the next year.)  Also realized that BP and BB can actually view me as something other than mom.  Something I was unsure of prior to camp.  They fell in line with the others and I got a glimpse of what they must be like at school.  Quite interesting for good and not so good reasons, haha!
So anyway, here is a brief list of camp details...
Pony Rides
Z Bop
Music Together
Yoga
Ecojars
Ladybug rocks
Rock Collections
Butterfly Life Cycle
Live Butterflies and Ladybugs
Hikes
Recycling
Andy Warhol
Symmetry
Bears
Snacks

Round two is in August and we are all looking forward to it!

Children's Yoga

BP and BB participating in children's yoga at Chapin camp last week.  They were into it! 
More camp pictures to come with more details too!  Promise...

Genius

OMG!  Raspberries with chocolate chips tucked inside.  Completely genius!!!

(image / idea via Pinterest)

Wednesday White

I am loving this image.  Thinking of doing something like this for the girl's bunkbeds.  If anyone sees pale pink petal pillows please let me know.  (That was major p alliteration!)

 Breathtaking...

 Lovely...

And our humble abode with white table.  I switched the black dining room chairs with the white kitchen chairs, and I am really liking the black and white contrast.  My sweet husband jokes that you cannot come into our house and plop down because the furniture that was there that morning may not be there that night! I like change, I guess??? 

(Top 3 images from Pinterest and last from me)

Riding

The girls are back in the saddle after a very long winter break.  They are loving their horse days with Megan (their instructor), Big Bartles, and Dorito.  I remembered to bring my camera to their lesson the other day.  BB just wants to jump and canter, and asks every single lesson to do so.  BP takes it very seriously, while Baby C hangs on the gate and takes it all in. 

The Campers Return...

Packing and saying Goodbye



Their humble abode

 Friends

The lake right before sunrise



Wednesday White Playroom

(image from Decorpad)

Yes, please...would love this. Doesn't it look like such a peaceful place to play, read, imagine, pretend, grow... 

Keep Calm and Carry On

 

This poster is a major trend in design right now.  You see it everywhere...kitchens, living rooms, nurseries, bathrooms, hallways and elsewhere.  Even though it is such a trend I could not walk by the giant nautical blue poster I found for Barefoot Dad's office.  He had to have it.  I will post pictures once hung and the office comes together more.  Stay tuned...

Island Camping

Daddy, BP and BB left this morning for a 3 day camping trip.  A great way to celebrate the first day of Summer. Baby C and I miss them terribly already.  It is VERY quiet here.  So quiet I actually have time to update the blog, which has not happened in weeks? So sorry... 
Here are some pictures they sent us.  They are camping on an island in the middle of a lake in the Adirondacks.  4 hours from home.  They brought our 16 ft. boat to access their campsite.  They will be sleeping in the lean-to pictured above. No potties, no showers, just the great outdoors, loons, float planes, and a little cell service.  I loved hearing their excited little voices when they checked in a couple hours ago.  Also love that Daddy wants to give them memories and traditions rather than "stuff".  Someday Baby C will join this new tradition. 

Someday I would like to live...

in a BARN like this!  Well, it is kind of a barn mated with a cottage mated with a farmhouse.  I love it!
(Image from Pintrest)

They are happiest when they are outside...

Wednesday White: Bunkbeds

 

In my dream cottage I would love a bunk room for the girls and here are some of my favorites.  Of course, mostly white...
(All images from Pinterest)

Castle Interior

I have no idea why there are funky shadows in the interior pictures...

Catskills Castle

We hiked, ok we snuck, ok we trespassed to see this amazing 100 year old castle just a couple towns away this weekend.  Words cannot describe...you just have to see it.  It is called Dundas Castle and is a replica of a Scottish castle.  Built in the early 1900's by Ralph Wurts-Dundas for his wife, never lived in and never finished. I am still in awe of the castle and its history.  You can google it for more information including the ghost stories, which I should not have read prior to going.  I went in a couple rooms with BP shaking at my side, while Barefoot Dad, BB, Nicholas and Baby C explored the whole thing.  I am pretty smitten with this place and definitely want to go back to see it again. Halloween anyone? 

Before and After

Amazing what a little upholstery can do...Waverly black and white ticking and this old gal has a whole new look.