Homeschooling friends of ours love American history. They love it so much that every year, sometimes even twice a year, they put on a week-long Adventures in Learning day camp for homeschooled children in the area to dress, play, learn, reenact, and create based on a specific event or time period. They’ve been doing this for years. Our oldest two… Read More »Emma’s Portrait Dress
Mama. Yes. Sophie? The moon is following me. It is? Why is the moon following you? Because it loves me. Why does the moon love you, Sophie? Because I’m pink. It happened that when I was finished knitting a shrug for Maddie, that Sophie asked for a sweater for herself. In pink, of course. It just so happened that I… Read More »The Moon Loves Pink
I love the look of a Waldorf and Montessori style room. They are so warm and welcoming. The rooms are designed not just for the sake of design, but for the exploration of the child who lives in the space. The amazing autumn that we’ve been having, combined with my love for the look of these naturally styled rooms had… Read More »Nature Table Fail
We’ve been running a bit behind schedule this past season or so. Preparing for winter is one of those things that absolutely must be done. We can, of course, survive without firewood. But, oh, how expensive oil heat is! So the wood needs to be brought in. I was, I admit, a bit concerned that we didn’t have any firewood… Read More »How Much Wood?
One of the benefits of having a large family is the passing down of playthings. We haven’t kept a lot of the toys that the Olders played with when they were little, but we do have some of the favorites. One of them is the dollhouse. This dollhouse is on child #5 and #6, sometimes even #7 joins in the… Read More »Traditions in Play
This weekend our Middles packed up and headed out for a weekend at camp. While it isn’t the first time they’ve been gone, it is the first time they’ve gone to camp. Exciting, yes. But I admit I was a little apprehensive about how they’d fare their first weekend away to an unfamiliar place. Knowing that they were only about… Read More »Very Bunch of Chilly
No, we didn’t get another dog and name it after our son. Our son has been pretty enamored by dogs lately. He watches our family pet, Abby, eat and drink. He lies on her bed when I don’t see him doing it. He walks by me and licks my arm. Yes, really. He has now decided to start drinking… Read More »My dog, Silas
Our littlest Little just had a birthday. It’s hard to believe that two years have gone by since the whirlwind weekend when he arrived. But my nursing babe is a babe no more. (Though he is still nursing.) We’ve been trying to reduce the amount of Things in our home lately (seems like we’ve been working on it for a… Read More »Silas Turns Two
A glance at the calendar told me that we’re in the last days of summer. I had been planning a visit to a dear friend since spring, and just hadn’t made the time to do it. So I put all housework, garden work, school planning and other things aside and gathered bathing suits and towels, packed a quick lunch for… Read More »An Island Visit
Our family just celebrated a momentous occasion. My grandparents have been married for 70 years. Seventy. Years. My grandfather has been in poor health the last month or so, but his mind is still as sharp as ever. They met on a blind date on March 10, 1943 and married on July 24, 1943. They only had about 2 months… Read More »70 Years