Family Life & Kids


One Day a Week ~ A Homemaker's Perspective

One Day a Week ~ A Homemaker's Perspective

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

Looking for Mommies like me

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)

Spring waits for no man (or woman)

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

Celine sews a Sock Monkey

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

A Week of Homeschool

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 ...

How to spend one day a week outdoors with your family

How to spend one day a week outdoors with your family

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.

March is for re-evaluating

March is for re-evaluating

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 ...