they grow up too fast
September 21, 2009
We all say it because we know it to be true. Even through those difficult stages; the colicky baby boy, the strong willed toddler (she's still strong willed and always will be but it's not quite so exhausting anymore) and the growing pains of independence. Our mama hearts know the ...
Sunday night thoughts about hiking and marriage
September 21, 2009
I am beginning to love this part of who we are and who I am becoming.
Thursdays at the farm
September 18, 2009
There are only 4 more summer share pick-up days at our farm. Then we wait a whole month till mid November for the start of the once a month winter share of root crops and occasional greenhouse greens. So I plan to really enjoy this next month. Since drawing lessons ...
New Art Supplies and Drawing with Children
September 17, 2009
New Art Supplies I'm excited to share with you the most recent additions to our homeschool art supplies, which we are building up slowly bit by bit (as with everything in our lives). Last year's start-of-the-school-year purchases were Prismacolor markers, colored pencils, watercolor colored pencils, artstix and pastels. By far ...
Graduation Goals and a Long Term Vision
September 15, 2009
So last week, on a night after everyone was in bed and all I could hear was the crickets outside I wrote out graduation goals for our kiddos. Later in the week I came across learning objectives I have written in years past and although not much has changed the ...
The late summer transition to fall
September 14, 2009
a repeat photo from last September It's done. Last Friday afternoon I finished our fall family schedule. It's taken a couple weeks to mull over our learning goals and figure out how to fit in a dance lesson for Brienne, a (free) shared Karate lesson for all three kids and ...
A sudsy co-operative dream
September 11, 2009
soap oils A funny thing happened today when I was cleaning up from this week's soap making. Instead of throwing out the plastic that I use to line my wooden soap molds (for the longest time I re-used cardboard boxes until Damien built me molds when I decided to standardize ...
