Category Archives: Everyday Fun
Some days…
feel like I’m walking through tar… and the tar is up to my chin. I’m wading and I’m wading. I think…am I in a dream? What the heck am I doing in tar? Where am I? How do I get out? I need someone to pull me out but it’s just me. I’m the only [...]
Just for Fun: Contest Winner
Winner: Yay! That means Mara is the winner! Contact me at davina @ davinafear (dot) com so that I can get all of your information to send out your homemade gift from our home to yours! To everyone else who took a minute to participate in the poll and who visit here at [...]
Kid Dates
super fun. Since Emmett was little we’ve tried to have kid dates with each one of our 4 children. It gets complicated sometimes and I wish I could say we were ultra consistent. We aren’t. But we’re getting better. A kid date is an hour to 90 minutes of uninterrupted fun time with only one [...]
What do you want to see more of on A Year At The Yellow House?
Just for fun!!! This is a little poll and contest all wrapped up in one. Fill out this poll (you can check as many answers as you’d like) and then tell me in the comments that you did it! You’ll automatically be entered into a random number drawing for a handmade gift from my house [...]
The Everyday Stuff: Hairbrushing
The girls are starting to seem awake now. They are dressed for school…everything is ready. The bowl of cereal drowned in cold milk has been gobbled up in the midst of questions and reminders. “Will you pick me up from school today?” “Don’t forget your lunch.” “Is everything in your backpack?” Except… for the blonde [...]
Family Night Fun: DEAR
drop everything and read. D.E.A.R. For family night tonight: read! We love reading at our house and almost everyday there is someone, somewhere in a nook or on a couch reading a book. To make it a family activity you could: *have everyone grab their own book they would like to read, put a fire [...]
New Year’s Eve Celebration Stars
I have an addiction. I can’t help it. I hang anything I can think of from the ceiling. In January it’s snowflakes. In February it’s hearts…by the time Christmas gets here I know I’ve got to hang something from the ceiling. Then they stay up through the New Year. They are the perfect party [...]
It’s a good day for…
reading. I hope that you’re getting in lots of reading, relaxing, and being with the people that you love today. One of Miriam’s favorite past times is cuddling up on the couch with a comfy blanket and a good book. Whatever your favorite thing is needs to be getting a lot of playing time this [...]
Girls on the Run and Friendship
friendship and community… Natali and I arrive at the school and usually the girls are running around like wild children. The school bell just rang and they are like caged animals that have finally been let out of their little cubes. They scream when they see us and run to hug, ask questions, tell us [...]
