France won the World Cup, and my 5-year-old son cried. Not just cried, but sobbed.
“Is everybody ready to be so happy?!?”
This week marks our two-year anniversary of moving to and starting Floating Axe Farm. As we pulled into the driveway for the first time with most…
Teaching Assistants
I’m not going to lie— elementary science experiments are not my forte. Oh, we do them. But my enthusiasm for them has decidedly waned over…
Al Fresco
I love eating outside. I have happy childhood memories of sitting down in a wet bathing suit to a meal on a white paper plate,…
When to STOP combining in homeschooling
There are few things in homeschooling that will save you as much time as combining kids for subjects. My first three homeschoolers were just 4…
Mom of Many {Boys, That Is}
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Reunion
I spent Saturday afternoon in the basement of a tiny country church in eastern Kentucky, surrounded by people with noses and pinky toes just like…
May Day
Jude turned three yesterday. His birthday is May Day, a holiday without much traction here in the States, but huge elsewhere in the world for…
Straddle Parenting in real time
Experienced moms of many told me there would be a tipping point, a moment somewhere along the way where the tide would turn and I…
Operation: Family Photo, Take 2
Friday rolled around perhaps sooner than I expected, and much sooner than I thought I could possibly endure. Here we were, getting dressed in clothes…