I’m learning that God not only gives us gifts, but he gives them at just the right time. So I take time again to celebrate all of the wonderful gifts in my life – big and small! 196. A mother duck, taking care of her young. 197. little boys who were as mesmerized by the sight […]
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Vintage Farm Fun
I love the cute way kids mess up words. My 5 year old doesn’t do it very often anymore, but when it happens I just want to scoop him up and kiss him… Overheard today while he was practicing his glockenspiel for music class- “Look, I’m a musip-tion.” Someday when I’m sitting in bed and […]
Flamingo-ing
Inspiration can come from many different sources. Recently we were inspired by another blog in our learning journey. Sometimes, inspiration can just jump out from the pages of a library book. We are in the middle of learning about birds. Keegan, my 3 year old, picked out this book on Flamingo’s at the library. It prompted some […]
Learning to Trust…
As I think about God’s gifts and blessings for us, I’ve been struck lately with the packaging in which these ‘gifts’ arrive. I’ve been praying for the last couple of years that God would grow my trust and faith in Him. I want to live every moment free of worry and confident in who God is […]
Edible Learning
We’ve been learning about birds and their nests this week! I was inspired after reading about another family who studied robins and made their own nests. If I haven’t mentioned it before, I LOVE food. The prospect of making a tasty treat with my kids that I could pass off as an educational experience was just too […]
Where Art and Eating Meet
Playdough is so versatile! This week we’ve been playing around with color mixing! It is so much more fun to discover things for oneself than to just be told what’s true… So we set out to find out what happens when you mix blue and yellow. It was hard work… Mixing, mixing, mixing. Look mom, […]