Today I have dabbled in the arts, helped the environment, and enjoyed an outdoor concert. Who says a stay-at-home mom has a mundane life?

We started our day off with a bit of photography. I wanted to sort of recreate this photo of Pip and Ro when they were littler, but with all three girls. It didn’t go all that well, but it was fun trying.

Next we recycled crayons. Remember how I told you I was inspired by KT earlier this week? Well, this craft went much more smoothly than the last one, and we will definitely be doing it again. I’ll give you the picture tour. If it isn’t self-explanatory, you can find the official how-to here.

The finished product reminded me of a certain chocolatey peanut butter delight, and I wondered if you could make those the same way… Three guesses what I have in the oven at this very moment.

Finally, because it was *gorgeous* outside today, we played in the garden for a while after lunch. The girls were kind enough to serenade me with many of their greatest hits, and I particularly enjoyed this medley by Pippa, though clearly Romilly did not.

(I think subtitles might be in order here:
Pippa: (After finishing their entire repertoire of songs… a grand finale of sorts was in order, I guess) Something we forgot. All of them. We need to put all of them together. (Singing) Twinkle, A, B, deep and wide, All of you go into the mix. Up A-(something, something) world so A-B-C-D…
Ro-Ro: (shaking head furiously) That A-B-C-D-E-F-G!
Pippa: (Starts singing A-B-C’s normally) Let’s all sing A-B-C-D Beatrix, and Ro-Ro!
All (okay, maybe not Bea, so much): (Sing A-B-C’s)
Pippa: Let’s sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star now!)

See? Who knew you could pack so much culture into one day without even leaving home?