The weather finally cooled off which is a good thing because we’ve all been getting a little stir crazy. So we grabbed our colored pencils, water colors and headed over to the riparian preserve nearby! The boys were so excited to add a nature inspired picture to their art books and visit our favorite little […]
Thanksgiving Learning Fun
I love this time of year. Really, I just love holidays. They are so festive, fun and provide an excellent learning opportunity for my boys! In keeping with the spirit and because planning can be so helpful in preparing our children for any holiday, I thought I would post links to past Thanksgiving learning projects we’ve done! […]
Hello Reading, Goodbye Ice Cream
We’ve been doing a whole lot of this… It is nice not being the only reader around here… This has been a month of reading lots and lots of books! Our little Greta has been having a rough couple of weeks. But sometimes, she will conk out and we sneak in some Bible memory work […]
Greta: A Birth Story
I have a daughter! It is a beautiful thing to give birth to your best friend… The funny thing about giving birth is how your perception of it changes over time. Greta’s birth gets more and more beautiful, the further out I get from it. To be honest, beautiful would have been the last word […]
Upheaval
Sadness and contentment. Exhaustion and ecstasy. Somehow they all coexist right now. It has been a roller coaster ride these last two months as huge changes have taken place in my family. And the timing is just too weird to be chocked up to random chance. Providence is at work and confusion melts away into […]
In Search of New Vocabulary…
Eat, sleep, get held a lot. This is the life, isn’t it? While I get used to the whole idea of having a little girl, she is getting plenty of lovin’s… (photo credit: my sister Bethany) (photo credit: my sister Bethany) We eye-ball her little girl clothes with eager anticipation!!! (photo credit: my sister Bethany) […]