Hello! Each Wednesday I share some of the photos that stopped me in my tracks while I was scrolling Instagram the previous week. Here are this week’s pics!
So glad I found Deb’s feed! She’s got a great blog too: SeekingLavenderLane.com
2. @Birdie_Farm:
Don’t you just want to step inside that photo? 😀 Here’s a link to the rest of Lucy’s pretty home: Birdie Farm
3. @DearLillie:
This vignette is so my jam. I love every little thing about it! Funny, though, that *this week* when I look at that photo, I still something Steevenson could climb up, would try to slide down, and would pull apart…petal by petal. 😉
Dear Holly Mathis: You are right. It really doesn’t get much better than shiplap, an old pew, landscapes and cows. 🙂
5. @Husmannsplassen:
Holy GETINMYBACKYARD Batman. You *know* I love the white house/red barn combo, but look at the stone steps, the fancy windows, the iron railing, the landscaping, the clay tile roofs. I’m lovin’ the denim blue doors too. How about you?
PS- I’ve been tagging these round-ups on Instagram with the hashtag #InstaWednesdayRoundUp if you’d like to see them that way over there!
GumTree
I love the quote on the dear lily photo. It reminds me of when I met my son.
Taste of France
That sweet backyard is my favorite.
Leslie Brown
Layla, I had to laugh out loud at your comment on the Dear Lillie photo about Steevenson climbing/sliding off the baskets and taking apart the flowers. Time to “kid-proof” the house for a bit. ☺ Do put things up that are definitely a temptation or that you couldn’t easily replace should something get broken. But once the language is not a barrier, Do teach him that some things aren’t to
be played with or at least handled carefully. Adults do not have to give up having nice decor when they have children. Children just need to be taught the boundaries. That includes how to behave and what not to get into when visiting family and friends. I once had a neighbor from across the street to check in on me as I had just had surgery and was home alone. Within ten minutes, all four of her children showed up (dad was supposed to be watching them), and twice I had to physically pick the three yr old off my couch and tell him that we don’t jump on the furniture in ou house. He then started got onto the coffee table and started dancing, trying to get more attention while us adults were trying to talk. In the meantime, the older kids were in my kitchen checking to see what snacks might be had, all without asking first. Mama sat there oblivious to what her children were doing, not once trying to get them to behave in someone else’s home. I was quite unimpressed with my friend’s parenting skills at that point and had to say that I needed to go and rest just so that she could take her kids home. Don’t take me wrong, I was truly fond of the kids, just not their behavior. I was definitely was not a perfect parent by any means, but I never had to admonish my children when we visited anyone else’s home, nor did they touch things that were on display unless they were given permission by the homeowner. We need to teach our children to be respectful of others belongings, but we also must give them places where they can just be kids and have their own games, books, toys, etc. It might br a good idea in your case, to build a small play structure for out back with a swing, a slide, something to climb on, so that Steevenson can work out some of that extra boy energy since I know you don’t have room indoors for that sort of thing. Anyway, I hope that all made sense, and that you know that the advice comes from the heart. As a mama of kids long grown and far away, I see so many kids these days, of all ages, that have not been taught how to behave in public, and I believe it is never too soon to teach manners and respect. ? Okay, off my soapbox now. Hopefully you will forgive my unsolicited parenting advice. From your blog friend from the very beginning, Leslie from Oregon. *hugs*
Leslie Brown
About my previous comment. Please forgive the typos and the couple of words that got left out. I am on my phone and cannot see what I have already written, and the keypad has been messing up terribly for a while now. ? Leslie
Karen J
Leslie my feelings EXACTLY.
shar y
The greatest compliment a parent can get is from someone saying how well behaved their children are, especially out of the house!
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Love the denim blue door too Layla… Loved your blue photoshop door for your barn too. I really loved the flagstones from Birdie farm photo. Off to check out their Instagram. Xxx
Julia
The cow picture and shiplap is my favorite! And yes, your Sonny would love those baskets and flowers 🙂
Anne
When you said “slide down” you were talking about the stairs, right? 🙂
Enjoy Sonny time ! Looking forward to hearing about it soon.
Debbie V.
There’s your door color for the barn!!!
Maryjane from Manitoba
I love the GETINMYBACKYARD Batman photo! I love everything about it. I want to print it out and do what you did with the full page photo from a magazine which you last told us was hung in Stevenson’s room. 🙂
I smiled at the new perspective of the vignette. Been there, done that. 🙂 Yay to being a new mommy!!
Big hugs to Leslie Brown. Sadly, I have been in her shoes. Parenting is all a learning curve. I suspect any kids in yours & Kevin’s lives will be so filled with love that they will be respectful. In general, I find kids who are ignored (because parents are too busy with their phones/job/housework/whoknowswhat), are the bratty ones. The well-loved kids are the ones you don’t have to worry about because their parents are so loving and kind and respectful they model it for the kids, they extend it to their kids, and the kids mirror it back to all.
Soooooo excited for you that Stevenson is home. Still happy dancing!!!!
Erin
Just love that blue door. Oh myyy!!!
joyce
I love the post of your little guy in the car! His sweet voice is too cute!
Agreed–if it’s potentially harmful or special to you, put it up. Life will be so much easier. You could start with soft (if possible), lightweight items for the safety of all of you and your furniture.Then with those not-so-precious items here is a former educator’s two cents worth–
Children are tactile, as you have discovered, so they learn by touching. Exploring what things feel like is the most important way to learn for many of them, so with my second child (I was a little slow on the first one–he was very curious and active, I was 19), I figured out that when she started reaching for a new item, I would ask if she wanted to “feel it” and we explored it together; if she could, I let her think she was holding the item more than I. We (well,maybe I) talked about whether it was hard or soft, big or little, the color or smell–if it was pretty–in order to increase her descriptive vocabulary. When she seemed to lose interest we put it back and I said, “We don’t touch. We leave it here.” She quickly figured out that we “felt” (explored together) but she couldn’t “touch” (pick up and play with) the things that were out.
And, guess what? I discovered I am very tactile as well after my trip to the tile store where it was just as important for me to rub my hands across the tile as it was to feast my eyes on it.
Best wishes with your boy!!
Layla
Oh, I was really just kidding about the sliding, climbing and pulling apart. He is very curious (and we love letting him explore!) but his nannies at Three Angels did a phenomenal job of teaching him what’s okay to touch and not okay to touch. He is “all boy”, but is also super well-behaved. We are feeling very blessed! 😀
Tarisa
I’m having trouble with the DearLillie link. It’s taking me to Birdie Farm.
I love that you post these each week. Thank you!!!
KAM
“It’s a thing to see when a boy comes home.” John Steinbeck
Welcome back Palmers!!!
Karlene
Had to smile at the post that Sonny would “enjoy” the vignette a bit too much! Hope your days are fun filled and many laughs shared!
Deb
Layla this just made my whole year! Thank you so much for sharing my photo I’m just beyond excited! Have a wonderful week ?
Marianne in Mo.
Loving the red barn, white house too! And I’m not a white house person normally. Guess it’s due to the fact that 90% of the homes near us are tan colored.
And I love the Holly Mathis one too!
Ashlea
Love all of this!! Most of all love that you are home- really home. You three- together as God had written it. How great is the love of the Father- that we would be called children of God. What new meaning that has for me through this journey as a parent. Lots of prayers to you 3 as you adjust to life together. His grace is abundant!