It doesn't feel much like winter now but last month we had a brief spell of ice and snow and the kids and I took advantage of the col...

The title of this is slightly misleading, I do ask my kids to clean up after themselves... when it matters. It drives me absolutely bonke...

Echo has been making some pretty cool 3 dimensional "installation" art lately and I wanted to share a few quick pictures of her...

I can't believe that it has taken me this long after having kids to make my own play dough! I think it's like a requirement for c...

Just a quick update on the kids artwork and working spaces. Clover is really starting to come in to her own artistically. Above you can s...

For Echo's Birthday we got her a cookbook of her very own and she is turning in to quite the little chef! She has been interested in ...

Yesterday I felt really validated in my decision that we needed more days at home.  When we have a lazy morning with nowhere we have to r...

Clover bird watching through our front window I have been so fortunate to connect with an awesome network of homeschoolers this year an...

We have been entering an exciting new era with Echo over the past few weeks. She is just beginning to get in to chapter books and it is a...

As an unschooling mom it is really exciting to see some of the things that I believe in start to happen with my kids. Echo is getting to ...

We've had a lot going on around the house and so I have lots to blog about but to start I wanted to talk a little bit about Echo and ...

I feel like with the coming of the new year the kids have had some kind of transformation. Both of them seem to have had a huge dev...

I've had a few people ask me when I plan to start unschooling Echo. I always do a little inward sigh when this happens because unscho...

A start to the new layout for the loft In the almost four years we have lived in this house the loft space has undergone a number of r...

My amazing girl As I lay awake last night holding my little girl and listening to the rain I was overwhelmed by my love for her. Even t...