Monsoon season has a way of luring us outdoors… The smell of the creosote, the dip in temperature and puddles, puddles everywhere! I think the boys couldn’t be more pleased with the ‘daily outdoors challenge’. They know that if I’m feeling iffy on going outside that they can just bring this up and hold me accountable! […]
Archives for July 2012
Summer Salad Love
Life is crazy busy right now. Which is why I do crazy things like spontaneously invite our new neighbor and her son over for lunch. We are all pretty thrilled to have a neighbor who is under 10 on our street. The boys raced circles around him and took him on a grand tour […]
Hip, Hip Hooray! It’s Monsoon Day!
We first discovered this delightful little book a few years back and as a result, we love to party on the first monsoon storm or two of the season! I wrote about our love for it then… Each year now, the boys request that book. We reread it and marvel at the beauty of God’s creativity […]
Oma’s Book Club
In continuing our discussion of books and reading, today I have a guest post from my mother, affectionately called “Oma” by her grands. She is a gifted teacher. Literature and discussing great books is one of her favorite things to do. I feel so blessed that she is passing that love on to her grandchildren! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ […]
Daily Outdoor Challenge, wk 9
We are going into week 9 of our Daily Outdoor Challenge and I’m finding the discipline of this challenge is so good for me… Sometimes I still find myself stuck in the mindset of watching from the inside. Wednesday brought our first monsoon rain of the season. Since we live here in the desert, rain is a […]
Painting and Pinning Patriotism
With Independence Day right around the corner, the boys asked to repeat both of these activities that we did back in April when studying the American War for Independence. We love watercoloring. I like it because the mess is minimal and the boys like it because of the flexibility they have with varying the depth […]