Making Home


The Gallery ~ Saving Children's Creative Projects

The Gallery ~ Saving Children's Creative Projects

A few of you have asked what we do with all our children's art and creations. To be sure we don't keep it all but we aren't minimalists when it comes to their creative energies either. What we do with their creations really depends on what it is.

Shifting Gears ~ Let's Talk Food

Shifting Gears ~ Let's Talk Food

Months ago, long before the difficult road of this past week, I met someone through a blog comment who I invited to guest post here at FIMBY. Specifically, I invited Jennifer L. Sanders of kidoing! to share her family's food story. I scheduled that post for this month and it ...

Encouraging Creativity in Your Home

Encouraging Creativity in Your Home

I'm over at Simple Homeschool today talking about how to encourage creativity in your homeschool (I told you there was a creative groove going on this month). What I offer there applies to families with children in traditional school settings also. I put together this post in response to readers' ...

Year of the Move: Outsourcing & Compromises

Year of the Move: Outsourcing & Compromises

After telling you my words for the month of January (and perhaps this whole winter as we prepare for our move) are organize and evaluate I'm ready to share two more, outsourcing and compromise. Making compromises and outsourcing parts of our life were the inevitable consequences of seriously evaluating our ...

Saturday Morning Inspiration

Saturday Morning Inspiration

Every Saturday morning (or Sundays if we hike on Saturday) during winter and fall I prepare baked Maine apples for breakfast. Sometimes I add frozen blueberries or raspberries also. We are still eating the raspberries from our marathon picking in early July. Saturday mornings start slow around our home. We ...

Our Homeschool Day in The Life

Our Homeschool Day in The Life

If you've been following along at Simple Homeschool you know that during this month the various contributors have been sharing what their homeschool days look like. Today is my turn. You can read all about my homeschool day in the life with a 8, 9 & 11 year old. I've ...

A Victorian Tea for Brienne

A Victorian Tea for Brienne

It started with the cake. While hiking one day last month Celine and I were having a discussion about cakes. Looking for an excuse to bake one really. Brienne's birthday was the perfect opportunity. The discussion went from there into planning her a party. And what a sweet party it ...