Posted in Changing Seasons, Moderation and Economy, Mothering tool kit, Our home on Sep 28th, 2009
Some friends recently asked how we share sleep with our youngest while he’s in cloth diapers. Overnight leaks are a worry, even with doublers and the “good covers” saved for night time. To safeguard the mattress, we don’t use expensive wool mattress pads (which sound fabulous, but are way out of the budget) or those [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, From my kitchen, Outings on Aug 9th, 2009
To make this refreshing, healthy summertime snack , you will first need 4 medium oranges. Give them to the kids and let them roll the oranges around on the counter and between their hands to prep them for juicing. Juice the oranges (you should get about 1 cup of orange juice). If little hands [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Crafting, Learning, Nature Table on Aug 1st, 2009
The Magic Onions is hosting a Friday Nature Table group. I should have posted yesterday, but life got busy, so for us, it’s a Saturday Morning Nature Table sharing. This was a great idea – I was able to catch up on a LOT of blogs I haven’t had the time to get back to [...]
Posted in Building Community, Changing Seasons, From my kitchen, Giving, Locally grown on Jul 3rd, 2009
Another family at church has welcomed their first baby. It’s our privilege to bring them dinner tonight (and ooh and ahh over their little boy), so the girls helped me bake some Blueberry-Raspberry- Marionberry pies to take for dessert (I love living in the Northwest!). Firecracker helped with the lattice top, and Little Hen shaped [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Crafting, Learning, Nature Table, Our home, Outings, Playing/ Free Exploration, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on May 31st, 2009
While not technically summer, the very warm, sunny weather of late has been pointing us in that direction. The girls and I have cleared away the spring table and begun to gather items for our summer table. It’s just beginning to take shape – rocks from a nature hike, sweet alyssum from the yard, beeswax [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Learning, Moderation and Economy, Playing/ Free Exploration, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Apr 16th, 2009
I should have been packing, but the weather was just too perfect. At least I was industrious – I spent the morning cutting the grass with my clean, quiet reel mower (with the baby in the Ergo), making posies with the girls, and washing diapers (yay for being able to dry the covers in the [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Playing/ Free Exploration on Apr 3rd, 2009
Our weekly tea – 20 minutes peace on a rainy, dreary Northwest afternoon.
Posted in Changing Seasons, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Mar 24th, 2009
Spring is finally unfolding here in the Northwest. Inside the house, our usual spring rituals are delayed a bit. Since we’re packing to move to our new house over the next few weeks, I won’t be getting out the spring decorations, and we won’t be starting a spring nature table until after we get settled [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Outings, Playing/ Free Exploration on Dec 24th, 2008
Posted in Books and Reading, Changing Seasons, Knitting on Dec 23rd, 2008
We are snuggled up in the house for yet another day. Three cars have gotten stuck in the deep snow on our street, the weatherman says the driving is very dangerous, and another 2-5 inches of snow are expected tomorrow. Right now, my husband is shovelling the walkway to ease his cabin fever. We are grateful to [...]