A Week of A

Last week, we began our journey through the alphabet.  Jackson is almost 6.5 and is about to lose both of his bottom front teeth.  His interest in learning to read and write letters has grown immensely over the past six months.  I wanted to slowly make our way through the alphabet and keep things light [...]

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Kindergarten

Interesting article about academic kindergarten. Family has asked many times if Jackson will be starting kindergarten this year since he’ll be turning 5 in September.  Nope, I’m not.  He needs time to just be five! And when he does start kindergarten, we’ll likely be taking our cues from Waldorf philosophy, and keep things active and [...]

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Belly Shots

And they’re not mine!

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My Little Nature Hunter

All in one day last week, Jackson found a slug and two varieties of caterpillars.  He was oh so proud of his finds! And yesterday, he called me over to the side of the pool to watch a cicada emerging from it’s old shell on the ground. He misses nothing and is so aware of [...]

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Happy Birthday!

Another birthday celebration here yesterday, this time for one special papa!  I helped Izzy make the cake in the morning.  Alex did the base layer of frosting and…. All three kids got a bag of colored frosting and went to town decorating the perfect birthday cake! I think James liked it!  Even though he had [...]

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Sprinkler!

It felt a little more like summer here this weekend when we hooked up the sprinkler for the kids and roasted some marshmallows over the fire.  I won’t mention the big old thunderstorm that blew in as I was roasting the last one and got me a wee bit wet. The boys positively adored the [...]

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Wordless Wednesday

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Two and a Half Years

That’s all the separates Izzy and Jackson.  And that’s all that will separate Izzy and our little one due in October.  Three little munchkins and one big kid sound like a lot of work!  There are times that I worry that it’ll be too much and that I must be insane, but then there are [...]

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Three Little Monkeys

I took a break from bread-making these past few months.  It was one responsibility that I could give up in order to have more of myself to give to my family in other ways, but yesterday, I felt called back to it… in the form of monkey bread.  If you’ve never had monkey bread, you’re [...]

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Trouble?

To say that my sweet, big hearted 4-year-old has been a hand-full lately would be an understatement.  He’s ever so independent and free-thinking and has boundless amounts of energy, which are wonderful, wonderful qualities that I aspire him to have as an adult, but it sure does keep me on my toes right now. He [...]

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