Car trips with little one’s can be challenging. Despite all of my efforts, we still endured a good bit of “are we there yet’s?” If anyone has any ideas of ways to occupy little people on long trips, I’m all ears!!!! In an attempt to make the 6 hour drive to San Diego as pleasant […]
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Re-usable Art
A couple of days ago, Alexander tried out our new finger paints. Previously, he’s been very intent on keeping neat while painting and hasn’t really gotten the hang of finger paints. The boy has figured it out now though and thoroughly enjoyed painting his masterpiece. We really enjoyed being able to make designs with his […]
Hooked on Nature!
I’ve been freshly inspired of late after reading Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder to make sure that my boys have plenty of time enjoying and exploring the outdoors. Unstructured time to explore nature is a critical childhood experience. This book is a powerful plea for people to take the […]
FORTified – in color!
Well, we have now been in our house for over a year now. Since it appeared that our cardboard fort in the front room was going nowhere fast, we decided to give it an expansion and facelift a little over a month ago. Since I love matching colors and such we chose muted primary colors […]
I Took His Hand and Followed
This is a beautiful old inspirational poem about the rewards of joyful and relaxed time with our little ones. I’ve printed it out and posted it in my kitchen so it can serve as a frequent reminder during busy times. Although, I don’t typically have a problem ignoring housework, I have weaknesses in other areas… […]
Learning Day
Discovery! I love learning and discovering new things. Now I have the privilege of watching Alexander begin the same life-long pursuit. Not much tops watching his face light up as he uncovers some new piece of information or masters a new concept! Alexander, along with two of his friends, Caden and “the other” Xander started […]