I am so excited that it’s April. This really is a month to celebrate, friends. We made it through another winter. Aside from a few cold snaps here and there we have warm days, flowers, sunshine, and late nights outdoors in our future. Sometimes I wonder if Laura Ingalls Wilder was as excited for spring … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | April 2019
Create – Pinafores
Salt Dough, Dried Oranges, & Unforeseen Traditions
My friend, Summer, wrote on a recent instagram post about how in the early years of parenting we do our best to “make Christmas happen”. Squeezing in activities and traditions until we are tired, burdened, and can’t even bear the thought of having one more thing we have to do. In the early years of my … Read More about Salt Dough, Dried Oranges, & Unforeseen Traditions
Seasonal Wellness | Our Winter Medicine Cabinet
Winter is rapidly approaching. In fact, this week it made a hasty welcome into our hometown. Yesterday we were greeted with our first snowfall of the season and the remainder of the week we are supposed to have steady freezing temperatures; a rather uncommon thing for Arkansas in November. While I am always excited to … Read More about Seasonal Wellness | Our Winter Medicine Cabinet
Create – Balmes + Salves
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
Baseball, apple pie, ice cream parlors, Route 66, Norman Rockwell, Babe Ruth, Coca Cola, and Old Glory: all things we would identify and say are typical American icons. This month I thought it would be fun to immerse ourselves in some of the things that our nation loves, to really celebrate a country that offers … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
Last night our family finished reading Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen. This fictional story (based on the life of a real girl) documents the adventures one young girl faced as her family traveled from Arkansas bound for Oregon. Originally we were drawn to this story for a couple of reasons: one being that … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
This month’s bundle is devoted to awakening the love of and interest in gardening, in ourselves and our children. Hopefully growth, wonder, and delight will be some of the sentiments you experience as you experiment with flowers over the coming weeks. We planted our very first garden 3 summers ago. Since then, it has become … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
Dwell – Home
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
Baseball, apple pie, ice cream parlors, Route 66, Norman Rockwell, Babe Ruth, Coca Cola, and Old Glory: all things we would identify and say are typical American icons. This month I thought it would be fun to immerse ourselves in some of the things that our nation loves, to really celebrate a country that offers … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
Last night our family finished reading Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen. This fictional story (based on the life of a real girl) documents the adventures one young girl faced as her family traveled from Arkansas bound for Oregon. Originally we were drawn to this story for a couple of reasons: one being that … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
This month’s bundle is devoted to awakening the love of and interest in gardening, in ourselves and our children. Hopefully growth, wonder, and delight will be some of the sentiments you experience as you experiment with flowers over the coming weeks. We planted our very first garden 3 summers ago. Since then, it has become … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
Dwell – Home
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
Baseball, apple pie, ice cream parlors, Route 66, Norman Rockwell, Babe Ruth, Coca Cola, and Old Glory: all things we would identify and say are typical American icons. This month I thought it would be fun to immerse ourselves in some of the things that our nation loves, to really celebrate a country that offers … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
Last night our family finished reading Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen. This fictional story (based on the life of a real girl) documents the adventures one young girl faced as her family traveled from Arkansas bound for Oregon. Originally we were drawn to this story for a couple of reasons: one being that … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
This month’s bundle is devoted to awakening the love of and interest in gardening, in ourselves and our children. Hopefully growth, wonder, and delight will be some of the sentiments you experience as you experiment with flowers over the coming weeks. We planted our very first garden 3 summers ago. Since then, it has become … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
Dwell – Bake
Simple Tasks + Routines To Help Keep Your Home Tidy
Spring is in full bloom here in our little corner of Arkansas! The forests are dappled with the beautiful white blooms of the dogwood, our windows are open, the grass is green, and I am getting ready to tackle all of our spring cleaning. How about you? One of the greatest challenges of homeschool mothers, … Read More about Simple Tasks + Routines To Help Keep Your Home Tidy
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | March 2019
Yesterday the sun finally peeked out from behind the gray clouds that seem to have taken a permanent place in our small corner of Northwest Arkansas this winter. It was nice, even a bit warm, so I stepped outside just to soak up it’s rays and take it all in. As I stood there warming … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | March 2019
Making a Home Binder & Committing To ‘Empty Time’
This month I am working through January’s task in The Simple Home of creating a home binder. I have to admit that this chapter hasn’t been as inspiring to me as making handmade dryer balls, re-organizing our laundry room, or pulling together our winter medicine cabinet but even so I do recognize its value. Having a single … Read More about Making a Home Binder & Committing To ‘Empty Time’
Learn – Math
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
Baseball, apple pie, ice cream parlors, Route 66, Norman Rockwell, Babe Ruth, Coca Cola, and Old Glory: all things we would identify and say are typical American icons. This month I thought it would be fun to immerse ourselves in some of the things that our nation loves, to really celebrate a country that offers … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
Last night our family finished reading Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen. This fictional story (based on the life of a real girl) documents the adventures one young girl faced as her family traveled from Arkansas bound for Oregon. Originally we were drawn to this story for a couple of reasons: one being that … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
This month’s bundle is devoted to awakening the love of and interest in gardening, in ourselves and our children. Hopefully growth, wonder, and delight will be some of the sentiments you experience as you experiment with flowers over the coming weeks. We planted our very first garden 3 summers ago. Since then, it has become … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
Learn – Language Arts
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
Baseball, apple pie, ice cream parlors, Route 66, Norman Rockwell, Babe Ruth, Coca Cola, and Old Glory: all things we would identify and say are typical American icons. This month I thought it would be fun to immerse ourselves in some of the things that our nation loves, to really celebrate a country that offers … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
Last night our family finished reading Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen. This fictional story (based on the life of a real girl) documents the adventures one young girl faced as her family traveled from Arkansas bound for Oregon. Originally we were drawn to this story for a couple of reasons: one being that … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
This month’s bundle is devoted to awakening the love of and interest in gardening, in ourselves and our children. Hopefully growth, wonder, and delight will be some of the sentiments you experience as you experiment with flowers over the coming weeks. We planted our very first garden 3 summers ago. Since then, it has become … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
Learn – Bible
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
Baseball, apple pie, ice cream parlors, Route 66, Norman Rockwell, Babe Ruth, Coca Cola, and Old Glory: all things we would identify and say are typical American icons. This month I thought it would be fun to immerse ourselves in some of the things that our nation loves, to really celebrate a country that offers … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
Last night our family finished reading Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen. This fictional story (based on the life of a real girl) documents the adventures one young girl faced as her family traveled from Arkansas bound for Oregon. Originally we were drawn to this story for a couple of reasons: one being that … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
This month’s bundle is devoted to awakening the love of and interest in gardening, in ourselves and our children. Hopefully growth, wonder, and delight will be some of the sentiments you experience as you experiment with flowers over the coming weeks. We planted our very first garden 3 summers ago. Since then, it has become … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
Learn – Living Books
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
Baseball, apple pie, ice cream parlors, Route 66, Norman Rockwell, Babe Ruth, Coca Cola, and Old Glory: all things we would identify and say are typical American icons. This month I thought it would be fun to immerse ourselves in some of the things that our nation loves, to really celebrate a country that offers … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | July 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
Last night our family finished reading Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen. This fictional story (based on the life of a real girl) documents the adventures one young girl faced as her family traveled from Arkansas bound for Oregon. Originally we were drawn to this story for a couple of reasons: one being that … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | June 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
This month’s bundle is devoted to awakening the love of and interest in gardening, in ourselves and our children. Hopefully growth, wonder, and delight will be some of the sentiments you experience as you experiment with flowers over the coming weeks. We planted our very first garden 3 summers ago. Since then, it has become … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | May 2019
Renew
Making a Home Binder & Committing To ‘Empty Time’
This month I am working through January’s task in The Simple Home of creating a home binder. I have to admit that this chapter hasn’t been as inspiring to me as making handmade dryer balls, re-organizing our laundry room, or pulling together our winter medicine cabinet but even so I do recognize its value. Having a single … Read More about Making a Home Binder & Committing To ‘Empty Time’
On Simple Living
There is much talk lately about simple living. Oftentimes, especially on social media, this idea is presented to us with pretty pictures of thrifted home décor, a cup of coffee, or a bouquet of dahlias freshly purchased from the farmers market. While I love all of these beautiful visual expressions of tender moments captured by … Read More about On Simple Living
When Motherhood Doesn’t Feel Like Enough
Tending to projects around the house this summer has given me an abundance of time to think. As a mother, I have found that my mind tends to be in this constant state of wandering quickly from one topic to another: remember to add this to our grocery list, don’t forget to do this, call … Read More about When Motherhood Doesn’t Feel Like Enough