by Marissa | May 2, 2016 | 2016, Celebration, Image-Update, JoiningCommunity, Life, PursuingBeauty, reading/literacy, Uncategorised
May 1st saw the sun shining brightly and cheerfully for our May day celebration! This has been a long awaited celebration by the girls, especially after reading of the May Day Celebration in the book, More All of A Kind Family. I admit, I love planning parties and I...
by Marissa | Apr 30, 2016 | 2016, Image-Update, Uncategorised
Our sweet Aneliese turned eight today. Our girl, our first born is growing up fast. Months ago, Aneliese asked for a pie party for her birthday; pizza pie, apple pie, and banana cream pie. And so that’s just what we did. Then she asked if we could have supper,...
by Marissa | Jan 12, 2016 | 2016, Homeschool, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, Parenting, Play, Uncategorised
Quite a while back I started reading about Forest Kindergarten where early education is spent almost exclusively outdoors. We spend a good many hours of our lives out of doors but there was still something so intriguing to me about the intentionality of this type of...
by Marissa | Jan 2, 2016 | 2016, Faith, Home, Image-Update, Life, MakingHome, Parenting, Uncategorised
I admit, by the time mid December finished the steamroll that began flattening me in November, I was ready to find a cave and hibernate until Spring. But I didn’t. I love traditions and I love all the festivity around Christmas but this year many things were...
