Monthly Archives Mar 2010
Homeschool Report Card: Math
March 31, 2010
Celine just recently completed Gamma level of Math U See so I thought I'd celebrate by sharing how we teach our children math. Woo-hoo, big party. A series of homeschool posts coming your way After talking about math I plan follow up with a few more posts to explain how ...
Trial & Error
March 29, 2010
Trial News from the homemade toothpaste front. The recipe I'm using right now, a modification of this recipe shared by Rachel at her blog, Clean is great for cleaning our teeth. My teeth feel awesome and it doesn't even taste too bad. But... (you knew a but was coming) I ...
My name in lights (or in the copyright footer)
March 29, 2010
You may or may not be aware that our family believes in minimalist footwear. Which means we believe barefoot is best for our bodies and accordingly we wear the most minimal footwear we can all through the year. Out of our own experiences in this area grew a desire to ...
Spring reading at the Library
March 26, 2010
Without a doubt, spring in New England is a fickle thing. Last week was sunshine and squishy mud between the toes. Early this week was grey skies and sleet; rain and snow falling on daffodil buds. Today the temperature hovers at freezing and the blustery wind flaps the towels on ...
The girls' room finished (And a boy's room too!)
March 25, 2010
We've lived in our home for almost 5 years. But as I mentioned in other places we are building a family not a house so the renovations we planned so eagerly when we moved in have taken years to realize. I am so thankful for my father, who has helped ...
Getting outdoors ~ from a homemaker's perspective
March 24, 2010
Firstly, I just want to say how overwhelmed I was by all your comments in response to my last post. Your words encouraged me to appreciate the relationships I have, continue to seek out friendships, hold fast to my husband (no worries there) and enjoy the diversity we each have ...
One Day a Week ~ A Homemaker's Perspective
March 23, 2010
This love of home, husband and nature are big parts of who I am and it is from this perspective that I am sharing how to make one day a week outdoors a priority for your family.
Looking for Mommies like me
March 22, 2010
Going your own way is a hard thing to do. A couple years ago when I discovered an internet community of women "like me" (mommy bloggers) I felt that I found a place I belonged. A large group of women who believed in natural home births, homeschooled their babes, grew ...
Spring waits for no man (or woman)
March 18, 2010
As per usual the season is following a timeline of its own, regardless of my opinion in the matter. After a week of temperatures in the 50's and 60's and days of unbroken sunshine I'm willing to condede that spring has arrived in Maine, weeks ahead of my schedule. It's ...
Celine sews a Sock Monkey
March 15, 2010
Celine has been sewing up a storm these days. To hear the sewing machine humming, to provide feedback for her design ideas and to see the quality work she's producing is such a blessing to this mama's heart. I feel a sense of deep satisfaction as she makes this learning ...
A Week of Homeschool
March 13, 2010
I'm taking a little breather from the final sorting of the girl's stuff to share with you this week in homeschooling. March has been a lovely month for the kids and I as we've settled into a steady late winter routine. In reality though we're experiencing an early spring but ...
The farm in March
March 12, 2010
You might have seen this coming, the somewhat regular farm report. It's been a while since I've written about the farm, a place very dear to our hearts. Last month's farm day was overshadowed by the busy-ness that was February. We didn't even actually "visit" the farm last month. Instead ...
Girls room ~ Almost done
March 11, 2010
I can almost taste victory. Their room had been emptied of all the contents and freshly painted (thanks Dad!). The sheer curtains we found at Goodwill months ago have been hung, a new ceiling fan installed and bedside tables cleaned off. More than half of the toys, collections and handmade ...
Great outdoor education books
March 10, 2010
You'll find my monthly post published today at Simple Homeschool. I've written about two things we enjoy very much; reading and the outdoors. The combination of these is a post titled, Great Books for an Outdoors Education. Reading is something that inspires us to get outdoors more; to experience this ...
Sweet Stuff (long overdue)
March 9, 2010
I've been saving these up for awhile, I don't think any of these are "hot off the press" posts. Some have been starred in my reader for months. Others I've discovered through the comments left here. I'm clearing out all my end of winter favorites and getting ready to read ...
How to spend one day a week outdoors with your family
March 8, 2010
Over the past year as I've started to share more about our family's outdoor adventures I've gotten questions from people asking how we do this with our children.
My life in process
March 7, 2010
You'll be starting to notice a few changes around here. Gone is the old FIMBY and in it's place is what you see. (Of course if you're stumbling upon this post sometime in the future, say spring 2011, you're probably looking at something altogether different yet again). This was not ...
Making homemade toothpaste
March 5, 2010
After writing that I was almost out of toothpaste and was going to have to start making my own very soon I found just one more tube of Tom's in the cupboard. Then my parents visited last week and stole it when they left. Actually they didn't steal it, they ...
March is for re-evaluating
March 3, 2010
After a whirlwind month of finding new tenants (not planned), being sick (not planned), winter camping and family visiting (planned) and Laurent's birthday (anticipated but not so much planned) I feel, having turned the corner into March, I can finally breathe deep again. And return, if only for a couple ...
the almost spring snow report
March 2, 2010
This has been "the winter that wasn't". Our heating bill has been down but in every other respect the lack of snow and cold has been a disappointment. We only had one real back country sledding adventure and as for local hills I only took the kids once. Pathetic. But ...
Happy Birthday Laurent
March 1, 2010
We celebrated Laurent's birthday last Friday in a cozy, family-focused, take the day easy kind of way. Much needed after the busy pace of the last week and month. Waffles for breakfast, some time spent with Nana & Papa (on the last day of their visit), a few gifts, pizza ...
