She drew everything she wanted for a week prior, talked about it almost constantly, sang and bounced around more and more each day, and finally she had her birthday. We spent a quiet day as a family doing…
The kids and I visited an old and dear friend in Asheville, North Carolina this weekend, staying for several days in the peace of her warm home. We explored the city, played in the woods, got to experience…
Clay is really such a fun, clean and easy way to keep the children happy, do a fun art project, and end up with little toys to keep forever. This is FIMO or some other kind of oven…
They took the risk of swimming in February, even after I warned them. They brought extra clothes just in case, and they used them after getting soaked and shivery. Then we went spent a lovely couple of hours…
When Cedar and his dad are together I really never know what to expect. The two of them are so much alike, they get into all sorts of fun and interesting explorations and conversations, and they come up…
This month begins the rest of our year– of Matt being away at sea, that is. That calendar up there? The blacked out days are his “underways” (on the ship at sea– meaning not at home), then in…
Cedar has been drawing up a monster storm around here lately. And I’ve been wanting something to put on a wall in our house. So, I figured a new chalkboard might be a nice way to watch those…
Just another day enjoying the beautiful weather here in Florida. Getting outside is so simple with year-round warmth and sunshine (although this past week or two has actually been mostly gray, rainy, and cool enough to wear long…
We’ve been having a really nice time getting to know the women and children in the homeschool group we’ve been participating in for the past several months. It’s really rewarding not just because of all the friends I’m…
