Monthly Archives Oct 2010
Autumn, Meet Winter
October 31, 2010
It seems hard to believe, after a week that included 70 degree days, that last weekend we backpacked in winter. It was a little hard to believe at the time really. (2 above photos of fall foliage in the mountains, earlier this month. How fast the season changes.) We started ...
Fall Farms
October 29, 2010
Now that the growing season is over we have said goodbye to our weekly farm visit. It's always bitter sweet to be done the summer share pick ups. We've been there every week (except for vacations) this summer since late May. But in the end I am thankful for the ...
A Blogging Manifesto
October 27, 2010
Many thanks for your kind comments and e-mails after my "rally the troops" Handmade Holiday Grab Bag will-you-please-participate-plea post (say that fast three times over) yesterday. Since so many of you already have that book I'm offering the choice of my Autumn Spice Cake soap instead to the winner. Now ...
Handmade Home Book Giveaway
October 25, 2010
My idea to gather together a list of blogs with handmade gift ideas (a Handmade Holiday Grab Bag) was a bit of a gamble. Bloggers are busy people and maybe no one would want to participate. I wanted to create a resource here at FIMBY of great handmade holiday gift ...
Backpacking this Weekend
October 23, 2010
I'm writing this on Thursday night as my family is busy around me packing sleeping bags, a tent, cooking pots, cold weather clothing, water proof gear, and more stuff I don't have time to mention. Damien learned a few tricks on his backpacking journey out west last month and we ...
Learning to Read Part 1
October 21, 2010
Feeling as I do about the importance of both literacy and the emotions of early childhood reading I had initial anxieties about teaching our children to read.
FIMBY's own Handmade Gift Ideas
October 19, 2010
Some people express their love with gift giving, I am not one of those people. My dominant expressions of love are doing things for people (acts of service) and verbalizing my feelings towards them (words of affirmation). What I like about giving handmade gifts is the doing part. The making ...
Fall Hiking ~ A Day in the Kitchen
October 16, 2010
We experienced a nor'easter yesterday that has stripped a lot of leaves off the trees. So the foliage on tomorrow's hike might not be as spectacular as last weekend's. But that's ok. Fall hiking is simply the best. For those of us who hike all year - in the toe ...
The Best Homeschooling Resource Ever (or) Homeschooling on a Budget
October 15, 2010
Money is an uncomfortable subject for some people and we all come from such diverse backgrounds and we need to respect those differences. What's frugal for my family may be high on the hog for someone else so I don't want to present our homeschool budget in any particular light. ...
Books for Autumn
October 13, 2010
I love autumn! I know I say this about each and every season but autumn is just so... wonderful. We are a reading homeschool family regardless of the season (ie: reading is a priority all year round) but there is something about the arrival of fall that sends us back ...
With Love from Nova Scotia
October 11, 2010
This morning I finished processing all the photos from our recent trip to Nova Scotia. There is a ridiculous amount of photos in this post (my mom will probably be the only one who gets to the end of of it.) Oh well. One of FIMBY's purposes is for me ...
Handmade Holiday Idea Exchange ~ Get Ready
October 8, 2010
Want to know something crazy? if you plan to make holiday gifts for loved ones it's time to get going. You super crafty types are already well aware of this and have probably been making gifts since July. The rest of us however just recently said goodbye to summer (and ...
Papa Builds a House ~ Nana Makes a Home
October 7, 2010
My dad has been a professional builder his whole adult life. He started off as a young man building houses, then for many years he owned his own company doing mostly commercial work (these were my growing up years). During that stage he was the man in the office. Bidding, ...
Home Again
October 3, 2010
After two days of driving I am back home with the children. We leave, yet again, in an hour or so to pick up Damien from the airport. And then we'll all be together. Home. Safe and sound. My mom's fall decorations on the deck of their camping trailer A ...
Learning with Littles
October 1, 2010
Interest-led learning when our children were little was very family and home based. Looking back, I focused predominantly on three main "subjects" all the way up till age 7 (this isn't a magic age, just happened to be when we started a teensy bit more formal stuff with our kids).
