Five Minute Friday: Ordinary
My children love to throw the laundry down the stairs. It’s great fun. Then they go down the stairs, and haul it into the laundry room where they sort it by person rather than color no matter how many times…
Year 2011
Chloe’s First Day of Ballet
If you’ve been around a while, you’ll be familiar with Chloe’s love of tutus and ballet. We had the privilege of attending the Nutcracker Ballet last year. That was a highlight for us for sure! Though she had asked to…
Tuck and Go by Monkey Doodlez
Monkey Doodlez is one of the cutest names I’ve heard of and their products are just as sweet. I’ve been a fan of their swim diapers and wipes cubes for quite a few years so when the opportunity to…
Play Today with Kinder: Fun on the Go!
Kinder believes in letting kids be kids and I’m all for that which is why you’ll often find quilts draped over the dining room table and hear giggles coming from below. Allowing their imaginations to run wild and their…
Five Minute Friday: Growing
The mis-matched seeds in the little red pot on the window sill come to life; drinking up their water, basking in the sun and lifting their heads upwards. Each time Chloe eats a piece of fruit, she carefully saves her…
Interviewing John and Chloe
September 15th we started back to {home} school. Borrowing an idea from Carissa at 1+1+1=1, I interviewed the children and actually learned a few things about them! I printed these out to go in their school binders. I hope their…
Positive Energy: Do Something Little
When I heard about the Energizer Canada campaign with Mom Central, I knew this was a campaign I could get behind wholeheartedly! Do something little. Help something big. Energizer is proud to contribute $100,000 to Evergreen and they want you…
Our 2011 School Year Starts
Today was our first day of school. Last year we did an informal Before Five in a Row curriculum. We enjoyed the stories, but this year I was looking for something still literature-based with lots of reading but with a…
Day by Day and a Psalm
Source Before I begin to share Isaac’s birth story I wanted to share this song with you. Just as Isaac has grown so much since his arrival in June, I too have grown as well. The Lord gave me this…
Baby and You: A Facebook Community
(Isaac and I are sitting on the floor right now with the laptop. This post is a joint effort. He provides the cutie picture and I do the typing.) For the longest time, I resisted the Facebook trend, thinking it…