Joy to the World… …the Lord is come. We’ve been learning Christmas carols this month. There is so much rich truth tucked away in those familiar songs. And with all of our world geography explorations over the last several months, it only seemed appropriate to put this easy craft together! You can really use any […]
Holidays
By Candlelight…
Rich is delayed because of unusually dense evening traffic. I’m pulling together a simple dinner. My usual tactic is to send the boys outdoors while I’m cooking, but with the later hour it is too dark for that… It is certainly not always this way (they call this the arsenic hour for a reason), but my […]
Quiet Moments
We’ve been slipping into a relaxed rhythm of slower days and peaceful evenings. Of course having a little one with a fever for the last two days has helped insure more home time. Last night, I finally pulled out my nativity sets. The boys were thrilled. We spent a quiet evening with the hubby and […]
Advent Thoughts…
Christmas is just around the corner. It’s been on my mind for a while now. For us, Christmas is a wonderful time of remembering back to the anticipation of the coming Messiah and then the events leading up to God coming to earth and being born as a baby. I’ve found is that in order to […]
Mapping the Mayflower
Since we have been exploring world geography for the last several months, we decided to pull out our Global Twister map and chart the path the Mayflower took. There is something magical about getting to ‘experience’ that trip for themselves. As they grabbed their walnut Mayflower ships, we talked about how the pilgrims left England […]
Mayflower Nut – a tutorial
I’ll be the first to admit that we are a little nutty over here! But that’s just how we roll… In preparation and anticipation of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, I always love to review a little history. We’ve pulled a few of our favorite Thanksgiving books together and I couldn’t help squeezing in a few fun […]