As a Mom I find it is second nature for me to encourage, build-up and compliment my kids. Yes, I also find it second nature to growl, snare and fuss at my kids but that is for another blog post.
I credit my parents for raising me with the ability to express verbal praise. They loved [...]
Nature Box
Cut a hole in the top lid of a shoe box. We have a flip top kid’s size shoe box for our nature box.
Cover box with butcher paper (brown craft paper or a grocery bag). Use a bit of tape and wrap the paper on the box like a gift. Wrap the lid and [...]
This entry is inspired by the age old question, “How are you?” I have always felt cheap for saying “Fine and you?” Really it gets complicated doesn’t it? Here are some facets of my day of how I really am.
5 Trying Times
I had clean scrub tops. I had clean scrub pants. I did not however [...]
Picture our dinner table with the noisy din of a preschooler’s chatter and the constant drone of a toddler’s babbling whine mixed with a fair amount of sassy words, giddiness and general loudness.
Are you there? Add yogurt to just about every surface, food being chewed with open mouths and a sippy cup being used without [...]
The cool air around here is unpredictable. One day is hot with rainy humidity and the next is crisp with forewarning wind. The season of autumn is in flux. As a Minnesota gal, I cling to the evenings of cool air and crickets out the windows like I’ll forever miss them come winter. My uniform: [...]
Sanctuary
Individuality
Motivating
Purposeful
Living
Imaginative
Connectivity
Intelligent
Teamwork
Yert (Yes well, yerts (hut-like structures) are simple anyway! What else was I going to type for Y?)
The Simplicity Project (TSP) is big. What I am finding is that TSP is not made up of one big idea or plan. It is, however, made up of a lot of little ideas, attitudes, and of course projects. I haven’t dumped out every toy in hopes of restructuring the whole house in one day…yet.
I [...]
