Fall feels like it’s just slipped by us, but we found some time the other day to make some pretty fall leaves to brighten up our windows.  It was such fun, all three kids really got into it…even the baby’s little scribbles turned out cute leaves.  

Materials:

white coffee filters
markers
squirt bottle filled with water
dry dishtowel
scissors 
iron 

Method:

Set [...]

I’m just loving the cute little peg dolls I see popping up on blogs here and there, and I managed to pick up a little bag of them at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago.  I stared at them a bit, then last week when Little Flower launched into a discourse on Thanksgiving and what [...]

Labor day has passed and Summer really is winding down. I noticed this morning that all the kindergarten girls who were wearing sundresses two weeks ago have all switched to jeans and hoodies. I’m not ready to give up yet, though! We’ve got a least a few weekends of gorgeous weather left [...]

I love to be outside. I so appreciate the expansiveness of nature and its juxtaposition against the tiny details you find if you look at anything up close. An anthill under a leaf, the pattern of veins on a leaf, the scent of a butterscotch pine…there’s just so much to find. Of course, [...]