Winter is officially here and the days of time off from school have come and gone. Here are a few ways our family enjoyed our Winter break. Bundling up and heading outside So far this year, Rose will only embrace the cold weather for a few minutes at a time. Lilly, however, is accustomed to … Read more
Halloween and Thanksgiving We had a wonderful time celebrating Halloween as part of our local community including the school, library, local businesses, and neighbors. So many fun events were happening the weekend before and on All Hallows Eve. What a magical holiday! This year Thanksgiving was truly a time to enjoy one of the things … Read more
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