I cannot believe that September is right around the corner… This summer has just sped along. It hasn’t felt as hot this year. I can’t decide it that is because I’m just not pregnant this summer or because we’ve been creative about enjoying some outdoor time even during these hot summer months. With Labor Day […]
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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! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ […]
Remembering Sendak
As we read of the passing of Maurice Sendak, it brought back memories of a post that my mom wrote for an old blog of ours and I thought I would repost it. Makes me want to go upstairs right now and check on my sleeping ‘wild things’ – all four of them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Imagine-Lit: Where […]
Labor Day Learning Fun
{whistle while you work} I hope you all are having a fabulous Labor Day weekend. My boys are so very excited to have their daddy home for an extra day this weekend… As we enjoy time together as a family, we also plan to take some time to learn about the origins of Labor Day and […]
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 […]
Knights-in-the-Making
The boys and I just loved our adventure studying the middle ages. (You can read about our previous adventures here, here, here, and here.) But I think one of the highlights was the focus on knights. My boys were inspired. They wanted to dress like them, fight like them, behave like them. Really, they wanted to […]