Will you be making any New Year’s resolutions? As we ring in the new year, I thought I’d share Golden Rules for Living by Miriam Hamilton Keare. These simple rules are useful for all, but especially easy for children to understand and practice. Print and post the rules to your fridge for daily reading and […]
Month: December 2008
Winter Sports Observation
Have you ever noticed that winter activities start with S?You: ski sled skate snowboard snowshoe and build snowmen The last three start with snow, so that’s understandable. Here I am with M and Snow Kitty. What’s your favorite winter sport?
Let it Snow!
Science experiments are fun! Here’s a great weather experiment making snow with hot water. What you’ll need: a cold, dry day near or below 0° Fahrenheit a cup, preferably with a handle boiling tap water Procedure: Heat some water to boiling. A microwave is good for this as you can heat the water in the […]
Believing is Seeing- 5 Holiday Family Friendly Movies That Inspire
As many do at this time of year with short winter days and long cold nights, my family and I watch a lot of inspirational movies. We don’t have a TV, so we gather in front of the computer to watch our favorite movies on Youtube, Hulu, or Google Video. What’s great is that […]
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The Berries of the Mountain Ash
Snow-kissed red berries of the mountain ash make for a visually stunning snowy scene in winter. The Mountain Ash tree is not an Ash but actually part of the rose family or Rosaceae. The leaves resemble Ash, hence the name. The berries are red-orange to red and have the appearance of very tiny apples. They […]
It’s Ice Fishing Time!
I must admit the thought of drilling a hole into a frozen lake and waiting to catch a bunch of little perch didn’t appeal to me until he started coming home with some nice sized Northern Pike. Unlike perch which I think aren’t worth cleaning, the pike are large enough to fillet and make a […]
Girls
The other day while shopping at a sporting goods store, I encountered a young couple purchasing ice auger blades. They reminded me of why boys get married and the devices they must use to achieve their desires. Upon finding his choice of mate, it is only natural for a young man to forsake all others, […]
Forty and Pregnant
If we consider our thoughts as prayers and saying them aloud as complete affirmation of our desires, we must be prepared when our prayers are answered. When in my early 20’s, woman’s intuition told me that I would have a change of life baby, I expressed this thought to my husband. We had never […]
Jenna and Johann Otter Return To Glacier
We were no more than 10 minutes from home visiting a bird sanctuary with our homeschool nature journal group. It was a damp, dreary, autumn day and only 4 mothers with their children had shown up. Even though close to home, it was my first time in the Sowerwine. The group followed […]