During quiet time, Jeff, Ellie and Jayme each have a day scheduled for our craft table. There, they have two hours to craft and create to their heart's content.Jeff usually gets a box from the basement and creates a boat or car. Ellie uses paper to make sets--drawing and cutting … [Read more...]
Decorating for Valentine’s Day
We were blessed with meals most of last week from our church family. One meal included a bag of gummi conversation hearts, which I told the kids we would save until Valentines Day. They have been eagerly counting the days since. This morning, Ellie asked if we could decorate … [Read more...]
My Tire Planter!
Today I felt like being crafty during quiet time. I had my eyes on these tire planters for a while, and decided to finally try making one. The tutorial I linked to above gave the best directions on how to actually flip the tire inside out. More on that step in a … [Read more...]
Life Without Power
At 8:53 Wednesday morning, our power went out. That was unexpected for sure! All during our freezing cold weather and bad rain and wind storm, I kept thinking we'd be without electricity. But it stayed on. Until Wednesday morning. A beautiful sunny … [Read more...]
Picture Memories
It's been a LONG time since I've done anything with all of the pictures we've been accumulating digitally. I can't print the photos into scrapbooks like I used to, because Owen would eat them. Seriously--a Pica thing...paper is a no no. But, printing full size … [Read more...]