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 […]
Mesquite Gathering, Mesquite Eating!
Anyone who has known me for long, knows that I talk big about gardening and even make attempts every few years with sub-par to abysmal results. I’m at it again, trying to get the soil prepared for a fall garden because hope springs eternal that I’ll banish the black thumb someday. In the meantime, I […]
The Daily Outdoors Challenge – Conservation and Safety
This is week 8 of the daily outdoors challenge. Any fun time outdoors???? It seems like a nice heat wave is hitting the whole country right now. As the heat picks up and our humidity starts to go over 10% I’m finding daily, intentional time outdoors with my kids isn’t always easy. In fact, we failed on […]
A Wordless Book: Life Made Beautiful…
In talking about wordless books, I wanted to revisit a little book we created that is near and dear to my heart. Making our first ‘heart lesson’ book last spring began a beautiful conversation with my second child which culminated in him turning his dirty heart over to Jesus for a miraculous cleaning a couple of […]