(Thanks for sharing your birdies, Lynn!)
Cradle Song
from Sea Dreams
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
What does the little birdie say
In her nest at peep of day?
Let me fly, says little birdie,
Mother, let me fly away.
Birdie, rest a little longer,
Till the little wings are stronger.
So she rests a little longer,
Then she flies away.
What does little baby say,
In her bed at peep of day?
Baby says, like little birdie,
Let me rise and fly away.
Baby, sleep a little longer,
Till the little limbs are stronger.
If she sleeps a little longer,
Baby too shall fly away.
I was going through a bunch of old pictures and came across the following two of the baby nursery in our old home. It was first decorated when I was expecting Levi, though we didn’t know if we were having a girl or a boy. The nest theme was perfect and neutral. I loved how soft and calm it felt!
My younger sister helped me paint this mural on the wall. She did the branches and nest. I did the words (in robin’s egg blue, of course, though it’s hard to tell in the photo).
After Luke was born, I wanted something fresh on another wall and painted this circle collage using craft paint (adding Leif’s name when he was born). There are so many variations that you could do using repeated circles with paint. You could make them small or cover a whole wall. Any color. Any images or words within the circles. I’m thinking I need to add something like this to the boys’ bedroom! But then, we all know I like circles.
The colors are a little off on these pictures, but it’s the best I have!