Posts Tagged ‘children’
Pin It Pin It Aren’t these duct tape bow ties fabulous? I took the boys with me to a youth group event last evening and the girls entertained themselves making duct tape crafts – which included these fantastic bow ties they sent my boys home with. Two colors of duct tape per tie and a [...]
Pin It Pin It Could you tell me the way to Somewhere – Somewhere, Somewhere, I have heard of a place called Somewhere- But I know not where it can be.
Pin It Pin It Roly-Poly’s are plentiful – until you actually want to find one for science! I am reading the boys Backyard Wonders right now and we wanted to find one of these interesting crustaceans to get a closer look after we had learned a little bit more about them… it took us awhile [...]
Pin It Pin It The boys memorized Psalm 23 recently and we decided to have a little bit of fun with it while working through it – thus our two Psalm 23 inspired Lego prints.
Pin It Pin It I took my gentlemen to the canal yesterday. News of the Boston Marathon was just breaking and it felt good to get out. We drew in our observation journals, listened to the sounds of birds and water, celebrated those who were running, and explored the things that intrigued us. Pin It I soaked [...]
Pin It I asked the boys if they would tell me the Easter story – what they knew and understood of the story of Jesus dying and rising again. This 6 minute video was their response – complete with nose picking, three days of darkness in Egypt, a tax collector & a debate between 20 [...]
Pin It Pin It I love how kids remember things from year to year. Spring rolls around and my boys know we should be eating dinner in the backyard, that their Easter baskets will be discovered at the end of a long maze of string, that Popsicle flavors need to be imagined, and that our biannual [...]
Pin It Pin It Pirates, wilderness survival and spies are the themes of the boys imaginary play these days. And they’ve gone wild creating their own maps for their play.
Pin It Pin It Originally posted last summer, the importance of this has continued to be impressed upon me – setting a pretty table magically changes the atmosphere of a meal. It doesn’t have to cost much – nor should it be complicated. The other day I had a pretty table runner and our china [...]
Pin It Pin It In our homeschool this week … Exhaustion and joy. I can’t pretend it isn’t exhausting to spend all day with my children, especially when my husband is pulling 12 hour shifts day after day … it becomes a matter of survival some days – teacher, mother, care giver, cleaner, meal maker, grocery [...]
