Supplies: Paper, tempera paints, and broccoli. Naomi and I have been doing a lot of paper exploring. Mainly Naomi. It’s hot outside, somewhat dreadfully hot & if you can manage to beat the heat it’s still hard to ignore the blood...
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{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. See Soulemama to play along ps...
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Because I have a minute while everyone is resting… We just released butterflies from our butterfly observation kit. Painted Ladies. Here are some of the last one we released, it took a bit to fly away and it was bittersweet. Naomi wanted to...
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While I haven’t had much time to post, we’ve been enjoying a lot of time with friends and simply, together as a family. I anticipated a certain amount of down-time, but I’ll confess I haven’t felt much like sitting around...
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baby admiring. Things are slow around here. There’s a baby, it’s hot, all the classes and lessons and scheduled weekly events are on hiatus. We’ve been blessed with meals from friends, bounty in the garden, and general good...
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{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. See Soulemama to play along.
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You may have heard. I’m pregnant. REALLY pregnant. 39 weeks and counting. In these final hours I’ve decided to start a mission, a mission to eradicate due dates. The fact is due dates are like expiration dates–some folks adhere...
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note the happy garden cat. We stopped by the Farmer’s market this evening and it was packed full–but almost no produce. Several hot-house tomatoes, but there were plants EVERYWHERE! We should have known, as this is the story...
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One major thing I’ve learned about homeschooling this–our first real–year of doing it, is that support is essential. There’s more support now than there ever has been, it’s abundant on the internet, in the...
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What a terrific day! Naomi was so excited about it going to bed last night she could hardly sleep–nice to know she enjoys pampering me… She made me a lovely card in which Drew helped her list all the ways she knows I love her. I had...
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