Thanks for the recycling love!

[I may not have re-made any tees recently, but I did make these strawberry cupcakes last week for my birthday party] My recent “ How to customise recycle your old t-shirts ” post has received quite a lot of attention around the blogosphere, not quite to the levels of the Star Wars post (which made my server cry repeatedly), but still, a lot of people seemed to like it. I get a real buzz when people take the time to write about a post I’ve written, and it’s good to think that I might be re

Literacy Curriculum week 1: bubbles, cows and car racing

I mentioned earlier this week that I was trying out Raising Itty-Bitty Bookworm’s preschool curriculum program , the Bo program specifically (for age 3 to 5). Well we just finished our first week and what a week. This week’s program evolved around the book Mrs. Wishy Washy Farm by Joy Cowly . My kids had a great time, they were excited each morning to find out what we were doing. I love how the activities, whether reading or science or math, all revolve around the story we read th

Finding More Fun: Family Travel Roundup, 10/08/2009

I know I missed a week, but school schedules, being sick, and trying to bring in the last of the tomatoes and apples before snow comes our way have made life a little hectic recently. It’s been raining a lot here, which is not well-timed since my husband would prefer to be harvesting, but it’s given us a chance to go on a few extra family outings. If you’re looking for family-fun ideas, read on. I love a travel-blog post that begins with a photo of a library! It’s one of the great free thi

Feathers from My Nest – A Mothers Reflections

Feathers from My Nest A Mothers Reflections Facing the metaphorical empty nest, Beth Moore writes, “The first morning I awakened to a house with no children, my home was quiet, but to my surprise it wasn’t empty. Suddenly it felt full. Full of memories. Full of anticipation. Full of love that can somehow go with them to college and beyond, yet stay back home with us. A love that has a name. Jesus .” From here, Moore reflects upon all those memories, or feathers, from her nest,

I Don’t Miss One

Do you watch/read Momversation ? My husband introduced them to me a few months ago and I became hooked. I love the topics they talk about and the bloggers they have on, here is one of the latest episodes: So now I have all of you hooked too

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