One of my fondest childhood memories of Easter is dyeing Easter eggs in my grandmother’s kitchen, surrounded by family, while snacking on grandma’s famous Paska (Polish Easter bread). I recall the sweet, yeasty taste of the homemade bread, the smell of the local pickerel or ham we’d enjoy later at dinner, the whole boiled eggs… Continue reading Celebrating Easter Mindfully | Dyeing Eggs
Month: March 2014
The Week in Photos
Thank goodness for photos. When I look at these moments, I am so grateful for every single one of them, big or small. The tears I shed last week as I sat in the van willing myself to go be social with the kids after a tough morning… their tears… the squabbles, the messes –… Continue reading The Week in Photos
Farm Learning :: An Urban Farm Site
This post is the second in a series of posts that share some wonderful places we visited on a trip to California that we won (for two) through Vita Health Fresh Market in the fall of 2012. We have been dreaming of living on a farm for about a decade and are always looking for unique learning opportunities.… Continue reading Farm Learning :: An Urban Farm Site
Seedlings
The seedlings from our germination experiment are coming along well! They’re likely much too early, so I’m not sure what we’ll do with them, but for now we’re enjoying the green that is adding some life to our living room. It’s lovely – if you can get past our ghetto grow light set-up! We have… Continue reading Seedlings
Celebrating Easter Mindfully / Natural Basket Stuffers
Whether celebrated for it’s religious significance, as a family tradition, or as a way of welcoming spring, we can all agree that Easter is about new life; blades of grass poking through freshly thawed soil, tender shoots emerging from a deep slumber, just as we breathe in the fresh spring air after a long, dark… Continue reading Celebrating Easter Mindfully / Natural Basket Stuffers
The Week in Photos
There’s been a whirlwind of activity around here lately, as we work on starting a new business with some friends, wrap up a three-kid run of chicken pox, and carry on with life as usual! I feel like we are ready to rein in a bit and work on re-establishing a good rhythm as we’re… Continue reading The Week in Photos
DIY Calamine Lotion
Spotty body, as we like to call chicken pox, debuted in our home a few weeks ago. We got a crash course in remedies, starting with our herbal bath soak pouches. When the second and third children joined in the fun, we made some homemade calamine to further soothe the itch. Chicken pox is likely… Continue reading DIY Calamine Lotion
Gardening with Kids :: Germination Test + Printable
I won’t tell you how many weeks ago our go-to gardening book said to test seeds. Ahem. That said, this is the very first year we have tested for germination, so we’re doing okay in my book. This is a really fun experiment for kids to help with (or take lead on) and depending on how many seeds… Continue reading Gardening with Kids :: Germination Test + Printable
Snow Maze
A few weeks ago, I took a look at our front yard, with almost untouched snow piled high and thought maze. So we got out shovels and set to work, without any plans or designs on how this thing would turn out. We put our heads together as we went to decide on where to go… Continue reading Snow Maze
The Week(s) in Photos
Since we had a guest appearance from chicken pox this past week, this post is actually two weeks of moments. It was a totally different dynamic having all four children home this week – and mostly a good one. The younger ones loved having a new element to their play, a leader to train them… Continue reading The Week(s) in Photos