From the Archives, September 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am often asked how we can take all of our children on one field trip and have everyone get something out of it. It is certainly a challenge when you have more than one child and sometimes we have to bend our brain around how we can all… Continue Reading
From the Archives, April 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It seems just like yesterday that we announced we were bringing a new spirit into our family and here I am announcing her arrival into our arms. God has a sweet sense of humor… knowing just how much our family loves gnomes, He has sent us the sweetest little… Continue Reading
From the archives, March 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I had an interesting day last week where a few folks thought I didn’t understand “the other side” LOL… I lived it, I understand it just fine… what I’d like moms to see is just how wonderful this side can be… the side where it may not always be… Continue Reading
From the archives, February 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sometimes when I feel the laziest about heading to church, those are the days with that one golden message and I want to kick myself for wanting to keep my tired pregnant bones in bed. Last Sunday was one of those days. Erik and I are taking a series… Continue Reading
Traditions… reflections… twice a year our family takes part in a conference… right from our living room. It is a conference for our church and we have found some fun and unique ways to enjoy the time together as a family. Getting little ones to sit still in church is often like herding cats – it… Continue Reading
From the Archives, February 2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have had this sweet little book on my night table for the last little bit. When I am not wrestling a baby to sleep, I take a moment to read it to Super Sam…he is in that delicate place between 5 and 6…that place where he’s still… Continue Reading
From the Archives, March 2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It can be so hard to bring books about ecology to our children in an age appropriate way. It is so tempting to talk all about saving the earth in ways that can frighten our children. Steiner’s work has us layering in concepts through the years in age appropriate… Continue Reading
From the archives, March 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What a busy two weeks, we didn’t get a ton of handwork done so yesterday I sat down and finally got this sweet dress finished. I have the yarn for the matching pants and sweater on order… it will be in the purple from the dress. Baby knitting has… Continue Reading
I often get emails from eager parents, some seasoned, some new to the method and they feel crushed when they have excitedly shared their love of Waldorf education with family or friends. I am often reminded of the verse in the New Testament about casting pearls before swine. Now I am NOT suggesting that your… Continue Reading
From the Archives, May 2009 One of my biggest aims in supporting homeschooling families is helping husbands and wives communicate and relate to each other. By finding common ground, gaps can be bridged and partners can build some depth in their relationship – depth that meets the needs of both Mom and Dad. Most… Continue Reading