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How I Deal with Summer Boredom

June 23, 2010

This is a re-post from last summer, but the sentiment is the same for this year. ~~~ How do you keep your kids occupied during the summer? The thought had just never occurred to me until I read it earlier this week in a comment on a blog somewhere (I ...

Free Rainy Day Activities

June 21, 2010

This is a re-post from last summer. I'm so thankful this June has been sunshine and roses, whereas last year was rain clouds and slugs. ~~~ Imagine if you will, a couple days of rainy weather. Or worse yet, a whole week. Or the unthinkable - an entire month of ...

FIMBY on Vacation

June 19, 2010

I will be taking a FIMBY break next week. I have a few posts scheduled to publish during that time so I do hope you'll check in. I will be around minimally, checking comments and such. photo of my friend's preschooler at the beach this week I'm using this opportunity ...

Friday's Flowers ~ Lupines

June 18, 2010

This is the last Friday's Flowers for the month of June. We will resume the first friday in July. At which time I will also be drawing a winner for my soap giveaway from the May and June participants of Friday's Flowers. I'll be totally honest with you, the photo ...

Berries & Beaches ~ A Summer Manifesto

June 16, 2010

Before each summer I take time to think about what I'd like to do with the kids during these oh so brief warmer months. This is the first summer we are homeschooling year round, or at least that I am being more intentional about the kid's learning progress through the ...

Hand Washing our Dishes ~ Intentional Simplicity

June 14, 2010

This winter, while taking a mini writing break, I wrote a three sentence post about hand washing our dishes. A few people have asked me to write more about that and I agree that this subject deserves more attention than three sentences. Our family made a conscious decision this year ...