July 4th Craft
The kids made mini flags to celebrate the 4th of July this week. How cute are they?!!
View ArticleTeacher Tom: Rending Ribbons
Teacher Tom: Rending RibbonsThis is a little off season, but I loved the way he writes about our need to take care in how we react and regard weather in front of our kids. Everything he says reflects...
View ArticleKandinsky Circles
It was a rainy day today so the preschoolers and toddlers all made some Kandinski style circles for art. I love the colors they used and the choices they made. My only instructions were the circles...
View ArticleOstara's New Litter
The babies have all arrived and are doing fantastic!4 healthy babies arrived today between 10am-2:30pm.Three are gray and black. One is all white. Right now I am not handling the kittens much, so it...
View ArticleAlex & Kitten
Alex holding one of the kittens, 2 days old in this picture.Other updates: the white kitten has one eye open already, and the dad came back around again after having gone out to get a saucer of milk...
View ArticleOatmeal Breakfast Cookies
Today we mixed it up with some delicious breakfast cookies. These are the EASIEST cookies in the world. They have zero bad stuff, and lots of good stuff. And they are delicious. I made...
View ArticleHecate's New Babies- UPDATED!
I'll update this soon with pictures but wanted to get this out at least. Hecate had her babies on Sunday night, the 21st, right on time!Hecate nursing and cuddling both litters while Ostara takes a...
View ArticleWhy Borax Is Not Safe for Kids
As a mom and childcare provider I am always looking for and making recipes for arts and crafts activities. I work hard to find or create things using eco-friendly and child safe ingredients. Something...
View ArticleYay! Garden Shares!
This week and last week a couple of my families shared their garden bounty! Thank you Laura and Joel (and Laura's dad!!) and Henriikka and Eric for such beautiful and delicious garden treats!
View ArticleOur Magic Pumpkin Patch
A couple weeks ago I was pulling up massive weeds from our rock beds that we'd ignored for too long. And to my surprise I discovered we had a pumpkin patch growing. The surprise was that we had not...
View ArticleKale Salad
Some of the goals of the snack station are to encourage self help skills and healthy food choices. The snack station gives the kids more control over when and how much they eat. Often it's a party tray...
View ArticleTaking the Kittens Outside
Yesterday we took the kittens outside for some fresh air and sunshine for the first time since they were born. You can see one of the momma cats in the picture above keeping a close eye on them all.It...
View ArticleRainbow Tires
Last week I finally started on painting the tires we had collected. All of these were free from craigslist and I am hoping to find more free ones. I don't have all the colors I envisioned, I am limited...
View ArticlePicture Pancakes
This morning was picture pancake day! It's something we do about once a month. For now it's random and a fun surprise for the kids when they arrive. We make oodles of fun pictures and shapes for...
View ArticleOur First Pumpkin is In!
Alex discovered our first pumpkin growing in the pumpkin patch this morning! It's actually quite large already, maybe the size of a small watermelon. This is the only big one I see so far, though there...
View ArticleMaking Pasta!
This week the kids and I made our own pasta for fettuccine alfredo. It was going to be chicken and noodles but I changed my mind at the last second when I realized I had everything to make alfredo...
View ArticleGetting Caught Up
I can't believe it's been a month since I last posted here! I'm so far behind on all my home projects and blogging. I did finally get my Etsy shop back open and a few new items listed over the weekend....
View ArticleOur Harvest Week Celebration
Last week we celebrated the Autumn Equinox with a Harvest Week Celebration, and a Harvest Feast!Of course we had to decorate and add some festive harvest decor!I drove an hour and a half round trip to...
View ArticleRandom Updates...
Yikes! It's been a while again since I was here. I have such a hard time sitting down and really keeping up on blogging. Not like I ever did it much anyway but the commitment to blog daily or even...
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