A Patched Princess

When you have children, it is always easy to find something to talk about. Their frequent antics provide plenty of fodder. And with Laura we get frequent questions about how her feet are doing and regular comments about how far she has come. But we rarely talk about her vision. It [...]

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Grand Openings? Depends On Your Perspective!

In my short life as a stay at home/home schooling Mom who likes to think she has time for hobbies, I’ve experienced the grand opening of a craft store or two in my day. Yesterday I experienced the grand opening of a different sort. I carted four kids two hours away for the [...]

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Conversations With Laura, Part 2

As she played with her barn this morning, I took note that sheep, cows and horses were not the inhabitants. So this conversation followed:
Me: Who is living in your barn today?Laura: Fairies, of course! Me: Oh. Of course.
Play goes on for awhile. Pretty soon a chair [...]

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Conversations With Laura…

Laura: Mom? Why is my barn dusty?Me: Because it sat for a long time without you playing with it. Laura: But why is it dusty?Me: There is dust in the air and when something sits still, it collects dust that falls out of the air.Laura: Can our skin get dusty?Me: No, not really. Because we [...]

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MILling About…

I will be the first to admit that the past month has been lacking in creativity, homeschool progress, and yes, even cleaning. But it has been full of comfort, stretching our boundaries, lots of problem solving, family, and a growing love for my mother-in-law.
Jan was taken to the ER early in February for what [...]

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She’s Another Year Older

Our precious Laura had another birthday this week. She turned five. Five. My baby is five! Where does the time go? How is it that I can barely remember the difficult times we dealt with when she was born? Where did the wee thing we struggled to keep alive go? Was she ever really that [...]

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Rabbit Run – Especially When It Is Cold!

One of the benefits you get from a blanket of new-fallen snow is seeing just what lives with you every day in and around your house. Last week a hawk, with his prey clutched in his hand, landed right in front of our window. I realize that he’d wandered outside his normal hunting [...]

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Digging Out Again And Again

Ever have one of those things that keeps repeating over and over again, drivng you nuts? Like a song you can’t get out of your head? Anyone remember “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood”? Or perhaps the Barney theme song? Or any other preschool ditty that just popped in to your head? Or how [...]

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It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!

Christmas is, well… it is Christmas! An amazing, festive time of year when our house is transformed right along with many others on the block. A time when our family manages to spend a bit more time together, and the boys don’t mind my constant singing quite as much. It is a time when there [...]

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Horseplay ‘R Us

Almost every day here there will be some kind of chase or a good game of hide and seek going on when school work should be taking precedent. But good parents (and teachers) pick their battles so the choice to take a break is often allowed to play itself out. Lately it is [...]

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