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 | Jun 23, 2014 | 2014, Cecily, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, Play, PursuingBeauty, Uncategorised
It started out with the girls asking me to show them how to make daisy chains, then Cecily asked for a crown. Once I placed it on her head, she said that she needed to run out to show Max the pony. This sounded like a perfect opportunity so I asked if I could come out...
by Marissa | Jun 13, 2014 | 2014, Farm, Image-Update, Play, Uncategorised
by Marissa | Jun 2, 2014 | 2014, Image-Update, Play, Uncategorised
We have a big old willow tree in our front yard; the only really big tree in our yard. Today Dan made the girls a rope swing. They couldn’t have been any more delighted. I was working in my garden and Kathleen came and led me over to watch the inaugural swings...
by Marissa | May 8, 2014 | 2014, Image-Update, Play, Uncategorised
Recently, Dan discovered a hole in the yard with the wheel of the trailer that he was backing into place. It turns out that it was a hole that Aneliese had dug in order to get dirt for making mud pies. I remember spending hours mixing up mud pies, cakes, and cookies....
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...
