Finally putting my degree to good use!

I'm trying to get back in the scene. I've been in a couple of art festivals this summer and got my website going again. So check me out and pass me around. If your interested in anything contact me because I also do custom work. These are just a few of my favorite peices but click on the link and there are a couple more to browse through. http://jenhaefeli.etsy.com

i love that my kids play together...

and the summer has started...

sweet little tweet...our mother's day visitor...

our trip to the farmer's market was a bit more than we had bargained for, but it taught us a few lessons:

1 - if you find a baby bird, try to put it back in its nest. it is a wives tale that the mother will smell a human scent and discard the baby. 2 - a call to the raptor center and a rehabilitation specialist is imperitive (they always want to help). 3 - don't feed the bird anything, despite their little chirps of hunger. 4 - keep it in a butter tub or something similar, pad it with toilet paper and place it on a heating pad on a low setting. 5 - hope that the little buddy will make it through the night until rescue rehabilitation bird experts can recover it from you.

tweet didn't make it through the night and is now in a birdie grave in our back yard. poor thing. he was so sweet. the next time someone at the farmer's market finds a bird and tries to pawn it off on a kid by claiming that said child can become a hero for rescuing the bird - at least we'll know what to do. we'll also know that the unfortunate reality for even well cared for wild birds is a mortality rate of 50%.

harder... better... stronger... faster!

for those of you daft punks who like a little jig.

charlottemoms.com submission for mother's day

we were supposed to make it into the paper, but alas we were cut. smirk! anyhoo, at least we have said our tid bit and given the kids a nod for their special part on our day. if you click on the title of this post it will link you to the story and the photo that my relic of a computer (sadly it really is only 5 years old) will not let me post as it has declined its former abilities to allow me to send/post photos...piece of junk! expensive piece of junk! ah, i could get angry and start slapping it around but it could then decide not to let me blog too!

oh cool! now there's a photo. thanks to my cousin camilla and her super-duper blogging skillz. thanks camilla!

Why I love being a Mom
The tender kisses, the late night wishes,
The songs we sing, the memories they bring.
I hold each one close to my heart,
They are my most magnificent art,
Their little hands, feet, toes,
Their little eyes, their teeth, their nose,
I made these all with the best of care,
How much I would love them I was unaware.
Of the roles I'll play throughout my life daughter, sister, wife,
It is my most important to be Mom,
For my children are my love, they are my life.

easter fun...

o to be a kid again? eh?