A Peek into Winter Birds

Step 1: Learn about Northern Cardinals Step 2: Make homemade bird feeders Step 3: Set up a bird watching area Step 4: Watch birds Other Projects Sycamore Art & Nature Group We finally found an amazing homeschooling nature tribe! Each week we come together with other families to hike in nature. The girls and I…

A Peek into Autumn

It looks like we’ve been busy (and we have), but in many ways we’ve slowed down to enjoy life. These past three or so weeks have been filled with celebrations of life. “ An observant child should be put in the way of things worth observing – Charlotte Mason We welcomed fall by making lots…

Pretty-Fall Day & The New Year!

It’s a pretty-fall day.  And when you say it out loud, it sounds like beautiful day, in a sort-of odd way.  Gosh, I love this time a year. Most people think of January 1st as the start of the New Year.  Yes, it’s the start of the new calendar year. I think about the year…

Solitude

McKinley loves her time of solitude. As I slowly sip my coffee and scan other blogs, I hear her high pitch sounds and babbling conversations with toys as she peacefully plays in her playpen for 25 minutes.  I give her time of solitude.  A time where she is free to explore without a frantic-hovering mother….