Future Ivy Topiary

I was worried about this last year, but we soon discovered that they all blow out into the fields, so we just enjoy them while they’re here..

Those little guys are fast, aren’t they?As much as I really think it’s pretty fun to follow Jack around the house while he climbs all over everything, some times it’s nice to have a break and be able to just sit down with him and play in one room without him taking off every 1.7 seconds.

Future Ivy Topiary

We like this to be our living room, but unfortunately, the opening into the dining room beside is really big and just doesn’t work with regular baby gates.A couple of months ago, Chris came up with a solution that works really well.It’s not only sturdy and effective at caging in our little wild animal, it’s also pretty too!

Future Ivy Topiary

So here he is with his tutorial for the baby gate made from an old crib!.A few weeks ago we posted a Christmas Home Tour to showcase the Christmas decor around our house.

Future Ivy Topiary

As is common here at The Creek Line House, at least one picture inadvertently revealed a little of our ‘reality’, that is, reality of life with 2 young children.

Let’s play spot the baby gate:.The sales team at the publisher had suggested that maybe we would want to make the book black and white.

And make it smaller.And make it cheaper.. Well, OK, I liked the idea of making it cheaper, because the more people that can get their hands on it, the better, of course.

But I was not entirely thrilled about the idea of having no pictures.Everything I had written up to that point had been done with the idea that there would be big, beautiful photos to inspire you and make you feel like “Yes!