Wednesday, November 11, 2009
reign
Congratulations to my friend KC who had a beautiful baby boy last week. She named him Reign. I love that name.
This is the birthing juju that I made for them. (You can't really tell from the scan that the background is shimmery and sparkly.)

Welcome to the world dear Reign.
This is the birthing juju that I made for them. (You can't really tell from the scan that the background is shimmery and sparkly.)

The owl is associated with ancient female wisdom, moon energy connections and the unknown. The owl is the bird of magic and darkness, and acts as a guide and link between the dark, unseen, spirit world and the world of light. Owl also teaches us to embrace our personal darkness without fear.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
hello again
Anyway, we've been busy with a little roadtrip to Orr Hotsprings and a fabulous ballet birthday party and I still have halloween pictures to post. I'll be back soon, I hope. How've you been?
Sunday, November 01, 2009
and another anouncement
You know what I realized the other day? She doesn't suck her thumb anymore. I don't know why but it makes me sad. All the new developments are so exciting, new teeth and starting to pull herself up and being a little bit mobile (although not crawling), but it's hard for me not to mourn the babyhood. Oh man, it's so very brief, isn't it? At each stage, I want to freeze the moment and spend the rest of my life savoring it. She is such a delightful little girl.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
little fairies everywhere
Pictures from our dress rehearsal the other day. It was kind of a dark afternoon. Alma-Luisa is a Bumble Bee Fairy and Lucia is a Tooth Fairy Mermaid Princess Queen, of course.




Alma-Luisa was so smitten by her reflection. She was giggling at herself and trying to kiss herself in the mirror. I must agree; she is as cute as can bee. Since I call her my Sweetie Bee, and sometimes Sleepy Bee or Fussy Bee, and Lucia insisted that her little sister be a fairy, this is the perfect costume for her. Plus, we now have a tradition of bees for our girls' first halloween costumes. Remember this?
Oh, how I tried to get a cute picture of my two little fairies together. But alas, as you can see, I failed. :)
Happy Halloween everybody! Have fun.
Oh, how I tried to get a cute picture of my two little fairies together. But alas, as you can see, I failed. :)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
very important announcements
Hello again.I'm so pleased to announce that my little shop is now open. Head on over to www.luckyjuju.etsy.com for a visit. I hope to fill it up with lots more good stuff, little by little. Thanks to everyone who wrote and commented. I'm so glad you're out there!
p.s. Elyse, if you're reading this and you want to be surprised when you get the juju for Coco, don't go to my shop. :)
Another announcement I am immensely pleased about: As of yesterday, Lucia is fully potty trained. Until now she has been pretending to be potty trained. But the other night she wanted to go to bed with no pull up because she had decided to be potty trained for real. Yahoooo! Now she wants to have the potty party I've been promising her for about a year and she wants EVERYONE to be there. So please make your travel arrangements as necessary. I guess the little candle in her breakfast sweet rice and singing For She's a Jolly Good Fellow yesterday morning is not going to cut it as celebration goes. But, oh yes, it is cause to celebrate. There were many dark moments when I thought this day might never come. So, Hallelujah and congratulations to my jolly good fellow Luci Lu!
play ball
Welcome to our crazy house. Wanna play ball with me and two little screamers? Hint: Turn down the volume before watching.
Monday, October 26, 2009
loving
Taking a moment to appreciate some of the little and big things that are making me happy these days.
• sunflower seed butter, salty sweet delicious
• hearing my girls laughing together
• it’s pear season
• new vendors at our neighborhood farmer’s market: a Parisian-style bakery and natural meats from Sonoma. Yum.
• watching Community with Pete and laughing out loud
• the waldorf children’s faire the weekend before last: the ground carpeted in oak leaves, how brave Luci was on the “Knight’s quest” where she climbed to the tippy top of the rope
• KC’s birthing juju is completed
• a wonderful visit from Pie Pie
• new jeans!
• roasted beets...I'm roasting everything these days
• being in a sweet spot with Lu (shh, I don’t want to jinx it)
• knowing so many people in the neighborhood and feeling a part of a community
• new papers from Paper Source
• fish from the farmer’s market for Sunday dinner. It’s become a family tradition along with pancakes on Saturday mornings
• running through a rainstorm with the girls
• cute little mini-pumpkins
• finding a parking spot on the street makes me happy!
• wednesday night dinners with my neighbor Melissa and her little boy - We take turns hosting every few weeks.
• Ivan, my every other week housecleaner/lifesaver
• Luci knows my phone number by heart and she learned it all by herself just by overhearing me giving it out. Crazy!
• being in a women’s group again for the first time in years…aaaaaaah
• nursing my baby to sleep, those little sighs of contentment she makes
And last but not least....loving my big sister on her 40th (forty!) birthday. Who would have thought we would end up being best friends? Didn't see that one coming, did we Karks? Makes me happy that Lucia and Alma-Luisa have each other although it may take them a few decades to really truly appreciate it. :) Happy Birthday Karina!!! You make forty (40!) look good.
• hearing my girls laughing together
• it’s pear season
• new vendors at our neighborhood farmer’s market: a Parisian-style bakery and natural meats from Sonoma. Yum.
• watching Community with Pete and laughing out loud
• the waldorf children’s faire the weekend before last: the ground carpeted in oak leaves, how brave Luci was on the “Knight’s quest” where she climbed to the tippy top of the rope
• KC’s birthing juju is completed
• a wonderful visit from Pie Pie
• new jeans!
• roasted beets...I'm roasting everything these days
• being in a sweet spot with Lu (shh, I don’t want to jinx it)
• knowing so many people in the neighborhood and feeling a part of a community
• new papers from Paper Source
• fish from the farmer’s market for Sunday dinner. It’s become a family tradition along with pancakes on Saturday mornings
• running through a rainstorm with the girls
• cute little mini-pumpkins
• finding a parking spot on the street makes me happy!
• wednesday night dinners with my neighbor Melissa and her little boy - We take turns hosting every few weeks.
• Ivan, my every other week housecleaner/lifesaver
• Luci knows my phone number by heart and she learned it all by herself just by overhearing me giving it out. Crazy!
• being in a women’s group again for the first time in years…aaaaaaah
• nursing my baby to sleep, those little sighs of contentment she makes
And last but not least....loving my big sister on her 40th (forty!) birthday. Who would have thought we would end up being best friends? Didn't see that one coming, did we Karks? Makes me happy that Lucia and Alma-Luisa have each other although it may take them a few decades to really truly appreciate it. :) Happy Birthday Karina!!! You make forty (40!) look good.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
hello etsy

Hi everyone,After years of encouragement from friends and family, I'm this close to finally opening my Etsy shop. I am learning how to make banners (fun!) and learning a lot in photoshop. The first two runs of prints are at the printer, ready to be picked up, and the picture below will be my first original to be sold on etsy. I still have so much to learn. It feels a little overwhelming at times, but I'm really excited.
In thinking about marketing for my little shop, I'm curious. Does anyone still read this blog? Anyone who is not related to the girls, that is. :) I know I don't post as often a I used to, or would like to. Do people still read blogs, or is everyone on Facebook these days, or twittering? Or is it tweeting? I would very grateful for your feedback; leave a comment or shoot me an email.
I'll be back soon with news of my grand opening!
xoxo,
Katia
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
auntie pie pie
Friday, October 16, 2009
slide ranch
Luci went on a field trip to Slide Ranch this week with her school. She got to milk Klezmer the goat again.

Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
oh geez
Not what you wanna read at 1:03AM:
Okay okay. I'm going to bed. :)
"What would you do if you knew that every good thing in your life depended on your getting enough rest? Because it does."Received via Rob Brezny's Astrology Newsletter.
- Martha Beck, *Steering by Starlight*
Okay okay. I'm going to bed. :)
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
heart's desire
Monday, October 12, 2009
Thursday, October 08, 2009
golden day
I love the light this time of year. So beautiful and precious.
Today Alma-Luisa is eight months old. I'll be back with a full update on all the new developments very soon. I promise.