The Treasured Library
note the cute little air drying penguins the girls made. We’ll paint them when they’re dry. I love the library–particularly the ‘juvenile’ section, but all of it. First, you’ve got the books and the knowledge...
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Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope everyone enjoys seconds, pie, and loosened belts. these are some of our holiday decorations. Felted acorns and paper Pilgrims and Native Americans from the Toymaker.
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To Eat and Play
Play for me:: I’m excited to try and make these for myself when I get a spare minute. I’d actually played with trying to make a similar pattern a few years ago and gave up frustrated. Thanks M.S. for making it easier for me…...
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Closure Found in Ginger Pumpkin Bread
the girls with the pumpkin we used for the bread & more. There are about 1.7b’zillion things I want to share here, but I’m going to focus on rounding out the ‘conclusion’ of the last post–especially since...
Read moreThe Birthday Cake Incident of 2011
What started as a fun plan to make Leviah’s 3rd birthday cake together ended in steam mopping and baseboard polishing. Needless to say, this isn’t want I wanted to do today. I wanted to get something done. I wanted to include Naomi. I...
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Homes for Crickets and Toads.
There are many things to share from our week long Sukkot camping adventure, but to delve into it all is a little overwhelming. So, I will pick one thing that actually calms me just thinking about… We built a village. The little ones napped...
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Holiday Reminiscing
Tonight is the first night of Sukkot (feast of tabernacles). So, amid the rush of getting everything packed and ready to go for a week of camping and fellowship, I’m stopping in to share a few photos of years past. 2004: Went into labor the...
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The ‘Yes’ List *
We’re reevaluating our food eating. We’re always reevaluating it, it’s under constant scrutiny. Recently, however, it seems everyone we know is turning their attention to one major thing: Gluten/Carbs (granted, they’re not...
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A Week of Celebration
We are full swing in our craziest time of year. Yesterday was Rosh Hashanah and we spent the day in the mountains, per our tradition. (We visit the creek there every year in part to perform the ritual of Tashlich that Margaret speaks of here.) It...
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A Counting Board and a Toy
our curriculum instructed us to make one of these, and I’m excited we did. It’s a really neat tool. I’m pretty certain I don’t understand all the ins-and-outs, but this is what you make when you count by 3’s. and...
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Cooling Off Where You Are?
It’s cold (squeal of delight) and Eliza is now wearing the hat I knit while she was in-utero. It’s cuter on & all the flaws are much less noticeable when her sweet laughing eyes are peaking out from underneath. Here’s more...
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The Girl Can’t Read–words.
Naomi started Violin lessons over the summer. There’s a notion that most public schools don’t embrace and that is that when a child is ready for something, they’ll do it. A year ago an hour of time spent trying to teach Naomi...
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