Well, we just finished week 3 of the Daily Outdoors Challenge! Despite our soaring summer heat, it is my goal to spend at least 30 minutes outside WITH my children, playing and exploring God’s beautiful creation. Want to join in? Blog about your goals and weekly outdoor adventures and link up below. If you don’t […]
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The Daily Outdoor Challenge, Week 2
So, I’m back for week two of the Daily Outdoors Challenge. As I mentioned last week, my goal is to spend a minimum of 30 minutes outdoors with my children each day exploring and enjoying God’s beautiful creation. If you want to join us, simply make a goal for spending time outdoors with your family […]
Call It Courage – in watercolor
Breathlessly, in his adorable husky voice, this 4 year old son of mine whispers that I should have named him Mafatu. Mafatu – the boy who was afraid. Mafatu – now the killer of shark with nothing but his handmade knife. Mafatu – the boy who encountered adventure while courageously facing his fears. This book […]
Pencils and Paint at the Preserve
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 […]
Anytime Art…
We love artistic pursuits over here. Not because I’m especially artistically inclined or talented, but because it is soothing and there is something powerful about CREATING something. With the intense summer heat, we’ve spent a good deal of our indoor time watercoloring, using finger paints and of course our favorite standby – colored pencils! But […]
Art vs. Crafts
photo credit: my sister. Since we just finished up a series on Open-Ended Play, I wanted to share some thoughts my sister had on “Art vs. Craft”. In the early years especially, I’ve traditionally been a huge fan of open-ended art. And I still am. But as she points out ‘craft’ has its place too […]