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Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links for Etsy and refers to seeds that were given to me for free. Mentions of the seeds’ magical qualities is solely a reflection of their determination to grow despite my ineptitude and not a claim of actual Harry Potty-esque magical abilities. But that would be cool.  You know those house plants that are indestructible? […]

You know those times when your child asks you something and you’re distracted so you just kind of mutter “sure, sure, that’s fine” and then you discover later on that you’ve actually agreed to host a fairy tea party? Or does that only happen to me? This took place months and months ago. Snow was still on the ground […]

Have you ever wondered about our switch from Waldorf to Charlotte Mason education? This is why we moved from one to the other in our homeschool, and what attracted me to both styles of educating. We started school again on the first Monday of August – a whole month earlier than the public schools up here […]

I took some photos for a blog post. I wanted pictures with my girls in a field, enjoying nature and each other and life in general. You know, to show how we’re the quintessential care-free homeschooling family, frolicking through meadows on warm October mornings. In fancy dresses, naturally. The pictures came out exactly like I wanted. […]

We started our homeschooling up again last month. Yup, halfway through the summer. We even started on the holiday Monday of the August long weekend. We’re soooooo mean. When you think about it, though, there was really no reason not to. Other than the daily ten minutes of copywork (handwriting) that River dreads, she thoroughly enjoys everything else. She […]

Sunday evening was a particularly bad evening for my five year old, River. As dinner approached, she complained nonstop – that pot roasts is just too smelly and those carrots are just so crunchy and mashed potatoes are way too mushy and her little sister is oh so pushy and on and on and on. My […]