marry me

while watching little house on the prairie we pause it frequently to discuss what’s happening and talk through what they should do or what we think they’ll do next.  this morning we were watching the second part of the “remember me” episode where mr. edwards asks grace to marry him and takes the widow’s children [...]

these boots…

were made for playing…

 
 
and that’s just what they’ll do

puzzling

i love when they help each other.  especially these two, where rivalry is an understatement.

no time

for all you faithful readers – i’m still here.  and i promise that i’m still reading your site.  every single post.  however, these crawling days are making me long for the colic days.  okay, not really, but at least i was physically more rested then, if not mentally.  my youngest is keeping me running.  literally.  [...]

pulling all the way up!

(okay, so it’s a little blurry, but i was running to catch it!)

thanksgiving projects

this is a little of what we’ve been working on for the upcoming holiday.  we took a blank calendar and i’ve been putting our things we’re thankful for in the squares.  with the goal of filling it full and thanking our Father for them.  we also have talked about the settlers and the indians and [...]

overheard

all three big ones looking at the dust particles in front of the sunny window:my 4 year old- “look at all the little things flying in the air.”my 6 year old- “i think they’re little stars falling down all around us.”
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my 4 year old to my 6 year old after the 4 year old peed in the potty:
“have you listened to how it [...]

thankfulness for big families and homeschooling

while reading “Charlotte’s Web” we got to the chapter titled “Loneliness” and i paused to ask the boys if they knew what loneliness meant.  “uh, no.”  so i explained.  and then i asked them if they’d ever felt lonely before. 
my oldest thought for a moment and said simply, “no.” 

yesterday this greeted me out my front door

a beautiful frosty front yard

the nina

very cool.  and nana and papa met us for the adventure – which made it all the better!
i can’t believe people actually travelled on a ship like this across the ocean.  with children.  and i think i get cabin fever during the winter.  i cannot imagine. 
worth catching this if you can.  and if you have [...]