Exploring Life In The Grit Of The Earth
Posted in building our home, Home Schooling, Sewing on May 31st, 2010
The 2 year old roof. Spots are filling in pretty well. I think I’ll give it one more year and then plant a few more things if needed. I absolutely love all the color on the roof right now. It’s like a patchwork quilt! And the yard is coming along, too. After 2 years of [...]
Posted in Mothering on May 24th, 2010
I seem to spend an inordinate amount of time picking up shoes around the house and it’s all because of this guy: My Little Dude! He seems to have a bit of a shoe fetish. From the moment he wakes up til he hits the bed at night, he usually has a shoe near or [...]
Posted in Home Schooling, Mothering on May 19th, 2010
We had a wonderful 4 day weekend visiting my sister in Atlanta! We spent lots of time seeing the sites and just catching up. Our first full day there we went to the zoo. This poor giraffe really wanted to eat the trees that were just out of reach. Can you see its tongue reaching [...]
Posted in Home Schooling on May 9th, 2010
One of the things I was worried about when deciding to homeschool Kaia is that she would feel that she missed out on some of the fun things that big schools offer like going to school games, prom, and year books. Now, I laugh about those things, but back then, they were a huge deal. [...]
Posted in Home Schooling on May 7th, 2010
Last week, were were able to enjoy a day at the Biltmore House during their Homeschool Festival. They put this on twice a year and it’s lots of fun. Their focus this year was Farms, Flowers, and Food. We made terrariums, listened to a stories about farming, learned to make peanut butter, made leaf prints, [...]
Posted in Home Schooling on May 6th, 2010
Kaia and I have been working on the concept of symmetry in math for the last few days. We’ve looked at the symmetry of shapes, objects, foods, etc. We talked about how our bodies are symmetrical (one arm on each side, one leg…), but thought it would be fun to see what it would look [...]
I love, love, love this fabric and how Kaia’s new dress turned out! It’s a really simple pattern by Heather Ross, and it was also my first time working with elastic thread (fun!). The pattern is actually for adults so I altered it for Kaia. Isn’t it sweet! I’m definitely going to be making more, [...]