Windows into the Blog

Lately I've been seeing a trend in the blogs I like to read: folks posting pictures of their indoor environments. It's nice to see in the middle of winter, knowing that a lot of us are spending more time indoors. What are some of your favorite sites in your house?
This is the eating nook in our front room. Table covered in Legos, library books, book order forms, and E's beloved bean plant. This is my favorite space in the house, especially in winter. Since this is a south-facing window, we get lots of light during the winter days. In the summer, the trees outside shade us well, and the nook is a little greener and darker.

This is our play room that used to be E's bedroom. Since baby M was born, E likes to sleep with his big sister. So they got bunk beds. We have a relatively small house, so it's nice to have a temporary play room for the kids to go hang out in.

Mama and Baby. Recently picked up this used backpack carrier because I've got a heavy child and carrying her around in the sling or mei tei to do house work kills my back. Not to mention it's hard to reach around her! I prefer the support of the back pack and M hates being mushed up in a cloth carrier for too long. This is the only child I've had that would rather sleep all stretched out in bed rather than against me!

Our gauntlet of a hall way. Photo purposely blurry. ;) This is near the back door. This is where shoes, boots, coats, back packs and more get thrown down. Currently, the red rug and floor are covered with rock salt that gets brought in on our boots. We sweep up every day, but it's impossible to keep up with.

These two plants have been with me for eight years. The top is a rosemary plant and the bottom is our bay tree. I pick off them all year round to cook with their leaves. In the summer, these two live out back on our deck until mid-October before coming back in to get as much winter light as possible. They grow a ton in the summer and seem to go into their dormant season in the winter. Even though they're indoors, it's still pretty cold in here. I love these two plants.

Here is our itty bitty bathroom that's connected to our bedroom. This is where Magda was born. There is a chest of drawers just opposite the rug, and that's as big as that room is. Imagine big pregnant me, my husband, and my midwife jammed in there! Sweet memories, indeed.