Making time for the important things in life
Recently 5 year-old Charlotte came up to me and gave me a big hug. “Mom, I think I love you.” Having had my coffee that morning, I picked up on the think in that statement and raised an eyebrow. She kindly explained: “I can only think I love you, because you know, this could all [...]
[Continue reading...]We’re still here. I’m still writing / blogging every day … in my head. I’ve realized that homeschooling takes a lot of time. (Surprise!) Sourcing local food and cooking from scratch also consumes huge chunks of time every week. And life with little people just doesn’t leave many free minutes. I have so often mentally [...]
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On Saturday morning, our daughters beg for the news with Dawna Friesen the way some kids might beg for cartoons. (This is probably because, lacking a TV in our house, they don’t even know about Saturday morning cartoons.) They tumble downstairs in their pjs and hunker down in front of the computer, asking to watch [...]
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A few years ago, my husband and I picked up the Take-Along Guide Caterpillars, Bugs & Butterflies. (As an aside, this is a wonderful book for children and adults who want to learn about common insects.) One of the included projects, titled “Capture a ‘Bear’ for the Winter,” directs young naturalists in capturing a wooly [...]
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I thought I’d share some of our lessons learned with Miquon here, hoping that they might help someone else who is launching it with their students. Because Miquon is so difficult to define (is it a program? an approach? a methodology?), I’ll begin by sharing how we’ve come to understand Miquon in our home. What [...]
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Today was Hubby’s birthday, and we celebrated in Fine Style. He had a (mostly) quiet breakfast in bed. (That is a huge feat in this household, as Tasha and Charlotte are itching to play with him as soon as he wakes up!) For lunch, we made one of his favourite meals: Ball Park Franks. Lemon [...]
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