Family Life & Kids


Grounding Practices

Grounding Practices

Living in Montréal this month has introduced a lot of new activities to our days and weeks. The Metro and the markets. The backyard pool and neighborhood splash parks. All the places we want to go and see. And all the people - everywhere. I love the pulse of this ...

The New Normal is Flux

The New Normal is Flux

As much as I have resisted this in the past, flux, more than ever, is my reality.

Saturday Afternoon

Saturday Afternoon

Today promises to be more of the same.

The Life We're Trying to Live

The Life We're Trying to Live

I saw this video yesterday on a friend's facebook feed, and I just had to share it. (If you like this trailer help kickstart this movie, they need funds to see this project through to completion.) Seems like we're part of a movement. You see, there's a whole bunch of ...

An Urban Adventure (& Bra Shopping) in Montreal

An Urban Adventure (& Bra Shopping) in Montreal

Our one day a week hiking practice is taking on a different groove while we live in the city this month. Next week we will meet my online friend Catherine and her family for a hike in the woods near their home. I can't wait to meet her, she's been ...

Homeschooling in Montreal

Homeschooling in Montreal

Where we usually live, in our community on the beautiful Gaspé peninsula - with mountains, rivers, and outdoors aplenty - there no other homeschoolers, that we know of. Notice how I started off with what I love about where I live? Because that's why we live there. We didn't move ...

I love this month

I love this month

Montréal is treating us fabulously well. I haven't felt this light - mentally, emotionally, physically - for a long time. Years maybe. I think it's because we're here with so little stuff and with a clean agenda. There's simply no cclutter in my life. I also love new places and ...