It was a tough, tough decision for us to take our very dark brown house with classic yellow trim, straight from historic bungalow times, and do anything different to it. We’ve lived here for six years and when our oldest daughter was two-years-old she nicknamed it The Brown House. And that, my friends, was what […]
Archives for April 2012
A Simple Moment
A Simple Moment, is a post that appears here every Friday. A photo I want to remember of a simple moment, with a few simple words. If you are inspired to do the same, leave a link in the comment section for all to see and read. You can’t see the candles on the cake […]
A lesson in saying yes when I wanted to say no
When my seven-year-old was invited to a sleepover birthday party from her sweet friend who lives up the street, I thought it was a very nice gesture. You see, her friend is 10. And the party was for 18 of her friends. My daughter was honored to be invited. She wanted to go. And there […]
Inside my toddler’s closet, how it works for her
I won’t call this a Montessori closet, because it is far from being textbook perfect. But my toddler can do everything for herself when it comes to getting dressed, which most definitely displays Montessori principles. Ever since I posted tips about how my big girls’ closet is organized to inspire independence using Montessori principles at home, […]
How-to sew a simple sleepover sleeping bag
My daughter was invited to her first sleepover birthday party and something inside me, all the sudden, wanted to send her off feeling confident and ready for a good time. So I sewed this simple sleepover sleeping bag as a total surprise for her, on the day of the party. I bought a new comforter to […]
Sewing a doll dress and matching girl skirt
Friday my oldest daughter had a birthday party to attend. Together this friend and her do a lot of doll playing. So she wanted to give her something for her new doll, which she received for her birthday. It was an American Girl Doll and this gift request came on Wednesday. There was no time […]
A Simple Moment
A Simple Moment, is a post that appears here every Friday. A photo I want to remember of a simple moment, with a few simple words. If you are inspired to do the same, leave a link in the comment section for all to see and read. The simple glee and excitement coming from her […]
DIY ideas for Earth Day at home, Pinterest style
I’ve been thinking about how we can upgrade our compost system at home. We have The Earth Machine now and I don’t think it works well – at all! It takes too long, as in two years too long, to make usable dirt. It is not designed to turn the dirt as needed to make […]
An update after the 10 Day Real Food Challenge
Continuing our efforts from the 10 Day Real Food Challenge, to eat more real food and buy less boxes of crackers – here’s what we’ve been up to as we work to replace some of the beloved kid favorites at our house. Wondering what I would end up with, I experimented on the fly by […]
Our first CSA delivery this season, how we eat it and how we store it
Wednesdays are exciting here at our now BLUE house, that is getting painted from previously being known as The Brown House. On this day, our sidewalk turns into a pick up place for eight families to get their CSA (community supported agriculture) produce from Farmer Megan, of Care of the Earth Community Farm. This is […]