This is actually NOT a halloween costume, but I’m putting up the pictures now in case you have a little one who wants a postal carrier/mailman outfit. Tuesday has been super into mail and notes for a long time. I need to do a post about how we utilize that for learning, and her cool …
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That Moment
I still have so many un-blogged photos from our wonderful summer I thought I would do something a little different than my normal “this moment”. A beautiful summer day at my in-laws.
How I homeschool in my mind vs. reality
I am going to let you in on a secret. I can read and plan and buy supplies with the best of them only to have our days spill out like a box of crayons never to be put back in the right order. I often crawl into bed at one AM happy knowing I …
The easiest knitting
This summer I needed some seriously easy knitting. No pattern, no fuss. But I wanted it to be interesting. Enter the copycat blanket. I made one of these for Tuesday way way back, here is the Ravelry link. I call it the copycat blanket because I got the idea for it from another blanket I …
Making used toys like new
It’s no secret that I love to thrift. I have a hard time passing a Goodwill by without stopping in. Usually I don’t know what I’m looking for and end up with lots of random things. Sometimes I find something on my wish list that I wasn’t expecting to and that is even better. My …
Equinox
I’m so in love with this colorway from Southern Cross Fibre. I used to belong to a few fiber clubs and it put me over the edge into crazy stash land. I love the idea of getting wonderful fiber mailed every month, but I couldn’t keep up and jewels like this just got lost in …
This Moment
Joining in on Amanda’s this moment project. A moment from the last week. A slice of life.
Mapping the Seasons
Tuesday loves to talk about when her birthday is. Anyone else have a child like this? I’m betting so. “When I’m five mama…” I told her she had to wait until winter, and she asked if that was after summer. No, I said, fall is first. How frustrating this was for her to understand! I …
Easy Bean and Corn Salad – dairy and gluten free
I had some friends over that are dairy and gluten free. I needed to make them something with things I had on hand, since it was during my no spend September month. I asked another gluten free mama for ideas and she suggested this salad. It looked perfect for a last sunny day picnic in …
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No Spend September – the final numbers
If you’ve been following along on our no spend (well really low spend) September you might be wondering how we did (if not you can catch up here and here). Well September is over and we outspent the $400 budget we gave ourselves by $12.49. All in all we’re calling the month a success for …