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Exploring Nature with Kids by Observing and Sketching
January 22, 2013
After being more or less at home for 11 days in a row with sick children (we got out a few times to get library books and buy more tissues!)…
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Remember the Year Month by Month
December 27, 2012
2012 was a really big year for our family! We welcomed a new baby on January 3rd. It's been incredible to watch Jonathan grow from a newborn baby to crawling…
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Three Days Before Christmas
December 22, 2012
T'was three days before Christmas, and all through the house, ALL the creatures were stirring, and jumping on the couch. The ornaments were hung on the Christmas tree with care,…
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Construction Paper Poinsettias
December 19, 2012
Yesterday we made construction paper poinsettias with Grandma as well as pipe cleaner snowflakes. Jordan's mom brought over a few crafts to do with us, and this one was an…
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Salt Dough Christmas Ornaments
December 17, 2012
In all the years that I've had children, we've never done salt dough ornaments at Christmas! Well, last week I decided to give it a try. The boys really enjoyed…
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Easy DIY Christmas Candle Jars
December 11, 2012
These Christmas Candle Jars are a great homemade gift that kids can make and give! The boys enjoyed making fall candle jars, and I bought a couple of extra jars…
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Christmas Countdown Tree (for Jesse Tree Ornaments)
December 1, 2012
The past two years, our family has enjoyed creating an Advent Tree (also called a Jesse Tree) to count down to Christmas. Actually, the first year we did a tree,…
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Turn Catalogs into a Christmas Collage
November 29, 2012
We can tell it's the Christmas season, because lately our mailbox has been looking like this: Before taking a pile out to the recycle bin, I had the idea of…
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Christmas Tree Math
November 28, 2012
We made homeschooling a little more festive this week with some Christmas tree math! Gresham (1st grade) is working on learning his addition facts, so I made 6 trees with…
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Happy Thanksgiving
November 22, 2012
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His steadfast love is everlasting." Psalm 118:1 We have so much to be thankful for this year. And on top…
