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Another Day in Paradise
From mosaic parachute This week the weather’s been perfect. A little overcast in the morning just cool enough for me to serve tea to the moms then clearing by 10:30am so we can have beautiful sunshine through our colorful parachute. … Continue reading
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A New Baby in the Neigh….borhood…King Snake update
We’ve got a new baby next door. I don’t know it’s name yet but it’s really small compared to it’s mom and really BIG compared to my Smiling Tree campers. The horse who lives next door and has been in … Continue reading
King Snake in the Grass
Zinnie told me she saw a snake….hmmmmm Yes, really, I asked was it this big? (gesturing a few inches) , no, was it this big? (one foot), no, this big? (arms stretched 2-3feet) YES!!! what did it look like? “A … Continue reading
The Strawberry Patch
From Collages The kids love picking strawberries at camp. A lot of the kids make a bee line straight to the strawberry patch as soon as they arrive. As you can see by the sign the kids are free to … Continue reading
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Fathers’ Day Portraits
From st 611 fathers day pics I took some sweet portraits of the kids at camp with the idea that they would be part of a gift for Fathers’ Day. Because of the strange late rain I wasn’t able to … Continue reading
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Wild Life at Camp
The kids had so much fun finding frogs and caterpillars at camp. There seemed to be an abundance of frogs so I had to remind the kids to use gentle hands and be sure to put the critters back in … Continue reading
Where Did the Summer Go?? Let’s Get Caught Up
From st summer 2010 dish garden As I look through my website/blog I see I didn’t post a lot of pictures of all the fun things we did last summer. The last photos were of wheelbarrow rides and … Continue reading
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Chickens Come to Camp
From chickens at camp We’ve had a chicken inspired time at camp. In anticipation of our neighborhood chickens coming for a visit we had a few projects for grown ups and for the kids. The moms cut out felt chickens … Continue reading
Worms, Worms, Worms!
We had fun with worms today. We built a worm farm by layering dirt and sand in a clear plastic bottle then dug up worms from the compost heap and added them along with some food (lettuce, apple peel) … Continue reading
Hanging Out at Camp
It was an easy, breezy day at camp. Everyone seemed to be drawn to the hammock…..ahhhhh….a quiet moment
Fun Day at Camp….flags, horses, worms, tomatoes!!!
We started camp with a quick run around and a few songs then off to explore and create. Our project this week was our take on Tibetan Prayer flags. I’m sure you’ve seen these flags flying in different places around … Continue reading
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Tagged art, compost, horses, prayer flags, worms
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Spa at Smiling Tree…..
From Collages Inspired by an article in Mothering Magazine we gathered herbs and flowers from the garden; lavender, roses, thyme, sage, rosemary, mint, and some unidentified bits of green the kids found. We made a tea with the fragrant herbs and … Continue reading
Parent/Child Summer Camp is Starting
From smiling tree camp starts May 09 There’s a different feel around Smiling Tree Farm…..summer’s in the air! The days are warmer so we’ve got the wash tub out and the kids are washing laundry and hanging it on … Continue reading
Last of the Carrots & a Fuzzy Catepillar
From smiling tree last of the carrots This group of kids seemed to enjoy picking the carrots from the garden at Smiling Tree Farm the most. They treated it as a hunt….hunt for carrots, hunt for worms, … Continue reading
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Gardening…..Wiggily Worms
We’ve been “working” in the garden. This day we moved buckets of compost down to our new kids’ strawberry patch. Everyone was intrigued by the worms. Katie used her hat to hold her temporary collection of worms. From st … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, compost, garden, straberry patch, Wiggle Waggle song, worms
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It’s Freezing!!!!!
From Collages Oh my it was cold this morning!! We went out side to play and explore and found some ice with leaves frozen inside….beautiful!
