Kaia and I are in the middle of her studies on the solar system, so we couldn’t have found this at a better time! In 2011 NASA is sending a Science Lab Rover to Mars and you can put your name on a microchip that will go to Mars with the rover! Kaia loved this idea, so we sent in her name and then printed out a certificate of participation! Too coo!!
We’ve finally got it all figured out and are happy to announce that we have some of our land for sale! We would love to have some other families out here with us!!
Here’s the schpiel:
10+ wooded acres for sale! We are a homeschooling family of four (6 year old daughter, 1 year old son) attempting to live as sustainably as possible. We have a small homestead with chickens, bees, and a nice big garden. We own 25 acres and would like to sell 10+ (due to county regulations, it can not be any less than 10 acres). The land for sale is rolling to steep, completely wooded and mostly north facing. Don’t let that discourage you, though! There are some beautiful homesites, as well as solar and garden possibilities. We are in Leicester, only 10 miles from downtown Asheville, but it feels very private. It is $7,500 per acre (firm). Let me know if you have any questions.
Blessings!
Mmmmmm, the smell of warm beeswax is so yummy!!
Leif’s view of his new mobile in the warm afternoon sunshine
As part of our dinosaur studies, Kaia and I made some coffee fossils.
(Yes, that was me who shoved Jasmines head into the clay to see what it would look like!)
It was a really simple recipe with very cool results!
I love having things like this to do in our home school days. I often feel like we don’t get enough hands on and creative learning. Her math and spelling/language shouldn’t ever take more than about 45 minutes total of our day, but still… sometimes it seems like all day! I’m getting better at adding in more creative stuff, but it takes creative effort on my part to find or develop these things, and after a full day of teaching/learning/playing often, all I want to do is put my feet up and veg out! We’ve only been at this for 7 weeks, though and I think we are doing pretty darn good!
The cake
Uncertainty…
Proceeding with caution…
Shoveling it in…
Can’t talk… mouth full…
Everyone got in on the action
Leif had a great time at his little party! We served up lots of his favorite finger foods, followed by applesauce cupcakes. Mmmm, Mmmmm, Good!
He wore his handmade (mama sewn) birthday hat and one of his new bibs. Kaia made him a beeswax dipped candle for his cake.
Can’t wait to see what this next year has in store for this amazing little boy!
Here it is! My first official sewing project from my lessons! I’m calling her the “You are a Sassy, Sexy Housewife-Mama, and you Know It!” apron.
And Look! It’s reversible!
Isn’t it cute??!! If you want your own, you can get the pattern from Pretty-Ditty.
While I wasn’t working on the apron, I made some big boy bibs for Leif and a blanket and bibs for a friends new little boy.
I’m having so much fun with this!!
And if you are still interested in an herb trade for sewing supplies, there are lots of herbs left. Just let me know!
Here’s a look at some of the lovely fabric goodness I’ve gotten so far! Do you like my fabric and color-coded piles??
I don’t have the right words to explain how much I love you. How my life revolves around you. How your sweet smile makes my spirit soar; makes me feel like I’ve just taken in a deep breath of warm spring air. I don’t know how you did it, but when you came into our lives and turned our world upside-down, you somehow set us right.
Happy First Birthday my sweet Little Man!
Smrt Lernins is having a photo contest. They want to know what homeschooling looks like to you. Well, we’ve only been doing this for 6 weeks, but it seems like I’m always posting pictures about what Kaia is up to. There are so many photos to chose from. But, I think one of my favorites is one I took this last week when we went to visit family at the beach. I absolutely love that homeschooling is portable! We packed up some of her books and headed out to the shore, where she found herself a nice rock/table and went to work.
She did a little of her language studies first and then we read some books on dinosaurs. We decided that we were in the perfect spot to make a dinosaur. We measured out 160 feet (the size of a Seismosaurus), found some good drift wood drawing sticks, and drew ourselves a dinosaur!!
In this photo, I’m standing at the tail end and Kaia, the little red speck in the distance, is standing at it’s head.
And, of course, no sand dinosaur is complete without a little dino dung!
Leif wanted to support us in our dinosaur creating efforts, so he put on his Dino-Might shirt. (Punk hair courtesy of daddy)
You need a little more of his squishy cuteness? How about a side view?
Kaia has decided that since I am taking sewing lessons, I must teach her! Now! As often as possible!!! So that she can use the sewing machine all by herself… with no one watching!
Hmmmmmmm….. We’ll see.
I did, however, help her make a little bag to hold her new fossil collection in. She did a fantastic job!!
And here’s what she’s keeping in her baggie:
Well, I think the internet might be back up… maybe… it’s slow and keeps going up and down, but maybe they are fixing it.
We’ve been snowed in, without phone and internet since the last snow 5 days ago. Let me tell you… After all the snow and indoor time in the past month, I’m getting to be one cabin fevery chick!!! OY!!!
Well, I did finish a pair for pants for Leif, finally. I started this outfit this past fall, but just got around to the pants. And they are SOOOOO cute!!!
Can you tell he likes them?
I put two little pockets on them, one red and one green, with a little owl on it.
