Cultivating the palate is something we’ve worked very hard on in our home. I remember when Xander was a toddler and being in awe of a friend with 4 boys who all pounded their veggies. I remember asking her what the trick was since her youngest was just 7 months older than Xander. She told […]
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The Power of Play
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ~ Plato There is something magical about 3 year old imaginations… They are alive, fresh and new! I remember clearly delighting in each of my children’s imaginations during this year and Treyton is no different. We are […]
Hatching Chicks – Lessons in Patience
We had a huge lesson in patience when friends gave us eggs to incubate. We counted out the days and proceeded to turn our eggs and watch the temperature and attempt to increase the humidity in our little incubators for the 21 days that we had read it would take to hatch our chicks. It […]
Playing Farm – In Real Life
We had the opportunity to get our hands dirty with some more hands-on learning a while back. I just love finding ‘real-life’ experiences for my family. There is nothing quite like ‘living it’ to bring home a lesson. As such, I’m learning to be bold and ask around for opportunities and have been delighted with […]
The Other Side of Cultivated Lives
Cultivated Lives is not only the home of my blog, but it also is the connecting point for our speaking ministry. That’s right. In case you hadn’t noticed the “Speaking” button at the top of the page, it includes our workshop topics and speaker bio’s. While I have a couple of workshops that I offer […]
The Myth of the Mom Who Has It All Together…
This week I read an absolutely FABULOUS post over at Preschoolers and Peace titled, “I Can’t Do This Homeschool Life” where she answers a reader’s question about what to do when everything seems to be crashing in and there is no one to talk to, especially those homeschool mom’s who ‘have it all together.’ That […]