by Marissa | May 9, 2014 | 2014, Aneliese, Gardening, Image-Update, Uncategorised
I mentioned last fall that Aneliese and I were venturing into selling flower bouquets at the market this summer. She has been asking to do if for well over a year and so we decided to try it. After a family brainstorming session, she settled on Little Bud’s...
by Marissa | May 7, 2014 | 2014, Aneliese, GrowingFamily, Image-Update, Life, Play, Uncategorised
Aneliese turned six last week. I keep looking at her and wondering just when the little baby turned into this tall wiry girl with adorable freckles scattered across her nose. A couple of weeks before her birthday, Aneliese had been telling me how fun she thought a...
by Marissa | Mar 26, 2014 | 2014, Aneliese, Art, Homeschool, Image-Update, Parenting, Sewing, Uncategorised
I’d suggested that she might like to do some sewing with the intention of setting her up with some cloth in an embroidery hoop and a needle and thread. As we were choosing some fabric, it become clear that Aneliese had a different scheme in mind. She wanted to...
by Marissa | Sep 10, 2013 | 2013, Aneliese, GrowingFamily, Homeschool, Image-Update, Life, reading/literacy, Uncategorised
We’ve officially dove into homeschool kindergarten! Last week as the first day of school came and the big yellow buses began to pass our house, I had a mini parenting crisis. Could I really teach my girls? Was this really the best thing for them? Is Aneliese missing...
by Marissa | Sep 6, 2013 | 2013, Aneliese, Cecily, Farm, GrowingFamily, Image-Update, Kathleen, Uncategorised
After a cold, rainy day, it warmed up in the evening and we all needed to get outside. We’re trying to slowly get all of our seven acres fenced in to give the cattle more grazing space so that was the evening plan for Dan and we all decided to join him whether...
by Marissa | Feb 11, 2013 | 2013, Aneliese, GrowingFamily, Image-Update, Uncategorised
Do you know that for all the hours that I spend teaching and preparing my girls for a life independent of me, sometimes I forget that I’m not raising little replicas of me? Sometimes I forget that while I play a huge role in shaping their character, they will...
