Leslie
The last few weeks our family has been busy celebrating the Autumn season by visiting pumpkin patches, painting, carving pumpkins, baking, and playing in leaves. We had so much fun out exploring some of our local farms. Trying out some new painting methods to create a spooky Halloween haunted house: Drip pumpkins and splatter spiderwebs. … Read more
This year we created our own unique Autumn decorations. Using a large piece of cardboard, my daughters painted a scarecrow for our front yard. First, we traced an outline of Lilly then set about painting the background around this space. This got super messy; Rose absolutely loved the feeling of the finger paints! After giving … Read more
A game most of us probably remember from our childhood. Great for learning the important social skill of taking turns, but it is so much more. With more reflection I remember the period where I understood the basic rules, but not the strategies of the game resulting in generally losing the game. Then comes the … Read more
Awesome surprise this week, we found our first eggs! Two of our Road Island Red hens are now egg laying age and the others shouldn’t be too far behind. Over the following few days we gathered 4 more small eggs. The hens still have some growing to do before we will be getting a regular … Read more
This summer I began reading chapter books with my 5 year old. Our usual choices include books around a third grade reading level which include one or more picture per chapter. These criteria make the book easier for Lilly to understand while listening to the words. During a recent visit to the library I stumbled … Read more