Creating Peace and Joy Where it Matters Most
Today we had a little Welcome Spring afternoon. It included some time outside taking pictures of the first spring flowers and then some fun making art (which I’ll share in another post). We like to take note of the very first flowers that poke out of the ground each spring. In Colorado it was always [...] Read more »
A few years ago I discovered what my family deems to be the best peanut butter recipe EVER! It is based on the nut butter recipe from Nourishing Traditions, except I haven’t made the time to soak and dehydrate the peanuts yet (as recommended in the book). In fact, I like them roasted. The great [...] Read more »
I want be generous. I want my kids to be generous too. It doesn’t always come naturally to give. Sure, giving out of the overflow is not too hard, but giving when it involves sacrifice, that is not so easy. I figure the best way to become truly generous is to just keep on giving! [...] Read more »
During our two-day card making fest, we came up with a few ideas for recycling odds and ends to make pretty cards to share. Here are some of them to get you going. I’d love to hear what ideas you have for making cards with recycled or re-purposed materials. Please share them in the comments [...] Read more »
A sweet (and earth-friendly way) the kids can show love and gratitude to special people in their life. How to make a Heart Tree, “I’m Thankful for you because. . .” card: First, make a card from a paper sack and cereal box (follow my instructions here) Paint or draw a tree trunk and branches [...] Read more »
I am currently buried under card making supplies. Supplies of the recycled and re-purposed kind. In preparing for an upcoming post on Keeper of the Home, the kids and I had a two-day card making fest. It wasn’t supposed to go on that long, but since I didn’t put everything away, it just kept going! [...] Read more »
I LOVE making learning fun. Anything that gets us away from dreary worksheets has me excited! The following is how we started world history with my oldest child a few years ago. I’ve been thinking about doing it again and thought I’d share it here. (The pictures are not wonderful -I’ll update when I take [...] Read more »
Image from AntwerpenR on flickr Sometimes chores are just plain dreary and overwhelming. If you are willing to be a little silly, you can get through them with quickly and have fun doing it. Here is an example (originally posted on my old blog): Once upon a time there was a mountain of clean, unfolded [...] Read more »
Have you noticed how easy it is for kids to make people happy? Sure they can make people miserable on the odd occasion, but let’s not talk about that right now My kids love to make cards and draw pictures for people. I love seeing them give a handmade card to an unsuspecting person. It [...] Read more »
This post is the first in a a series of kid’s cooking tutorials brought to you by my daughter, known as SugarBean (with help from Mom). Today we will be making a Shaker cake. It is called a Shaker cake because you put all of the ingredients into a jar and shake them up! This [...] Read more »
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