Brer Fly

Owl gel clings

Our neighbors’ grandmother bought this for Fallie because she loves owls so much. We don’t like to put up too many decorations in our house - we like sparse - but we let Fallie hang this up in a window. It made her happy.

notebook

notebook - with a donkey!

notebook

drawing pad

pencils

stickers & erasers

candy

candy rocks!

pencil boxes!

Gifts for the skull girls

We received a mysterious box full of treasures from the wonderful seekingtheaftrglow last week. Thank you! Thank you! A million times thank you! Look at all this cool stuff! The Mumblelard family members love notebooks, especially ones with interesting boxes to fill out and unusually lined paper. And it doesn’t matter how many pencils I sharpen, they all quickly disappear from the can! There were also cute erasers and funny stickers (two sheets - one for each girl!) and yummy candy (Finn & Fall are going to trick so many people with the rock candy). The little boxes, Peter Rabbit and My Friend Owl, are probably the most cherished items as the skull girls are always in need of a place to hide small things. This totally made our spring break!

After Man: A Zoology of the Future by Dougal Dixon

Mumblelard gave me this beautiful (hardback!) book for the winter solstice. The drawings are fantastic and the subject is something I am a bit obsessed with. The girls enjoyed looking at this book every time I checked it out from the library even though several of the creatures are creepy. I think Fallie will be ready to work on a similar project this summer.

Finn & M’s

Finn received four bags of personalized M&M’s for her birthday. When she opened them she said, “Is that me?” She loved this present.

Her little sister said, “I’m gonna eat Finn’s face!”

K used them in the pancakes he made today.

wonderful mail

Look at this cool collection we received in the mail from an imaginary friend! This truly is the coolest bookmark I’ve ever seen. And have I mentioned how much the Mumblelard family loves libraries? And date due cards? They are my preferred bookmark but are difficult to find now. I used them because they were always there, in the back of the library book, and they are pretty thick and sturdy. But now that the Atlanta libraries don’t place them in books I find myself searching my boxes, drawers and bookshelves for them. Sometimes K gives me a small stack of them and it makes me really happy.

thank you giantevilhead*!

We got an amazing gift from one of our favorite tumblrs! Thank you! The squirrel is even creepier and more fascinating in person! This is going to be an interesting family project…

* I am mailing something to you & the wee girl today!

gift from Granny

My mother-in-law went a little crazy at the craft store and got these remnants for us! Finn has always loved to sew and is quite skilled for her age. Fallie is interested now and has so many ideas in her head. This will be fun.