Gaspe vacation photos ~ The Sky

Gaspe vacation photos ~ The Sky

As promised here are the rest of our photos I wanted to share from our trip. Only this time the focus, quite literally is on the sky. Usually when we camp we are deep in the woods somewhere tucked between mountains. As lovely as this sounds it's nearly impossible to ...

Gaspe vacation photos ~ People & Places

Gaspe vacation photos ~ People & Places

It's taken me a whole week to finally finish going through all our vacation photos from our trip to the Gaspe Peninsula. This first set of photos is of people and places, not everything mind you, just a few of my favorite shots. morning chess with papa The next set ...

Friday's Flowers ~ Red, White & Blue

Friday's Flowers ~ Red, White & Blue

This weekend is fourth of July here in the States. Being that we are Canadians we don't make a big deal of this holiday but have always appreciated Damien getting a day off from work! Despite the fact that we're not big flag wavers I was inspired to pull together ...

A Day of Summer Colors

A Day of Summer Colors

Summer is a season of no-holds-barred, unapologetic and flamboyant colors. (Is it possible to use more adjectives in that sentence?) Perhaps if I lived in the tropics I would become immune to this feast for the eyes. But living as I do in Maine, a state where winter hangs on ...

Back from Vacation Blues

Back from Vacation Blues

Sunday night we arrived home from an eight day camping vacation in the Gaspésie region of Quebec, Canada. This is the same area we visited after this past Christmas. Monday was spent as post trips days go: a bit of laundry, a run to the produce stand, some time in ...

Studying the World through Reading and Creative Play

Studying the World through Reading and Creative Play

As interest led homeschoolers we don't have an overarching history curriculum that we follow, we let our interests lead our studies.

How to Make a Summer Schedule

How to Make a Summer Schedule

This is a re-post from last summer (last re-post this week, I promise). I want to just add this thought - having shared family values is I think the most important piece to making family life work well, schedules included. Once you determine what you value making decisions about how ...