2 Easy DIY projects!

This first work is a combination of a Montessori work (Color Box 3) and a big board I remember from my dad’s plant when I was a kid. He worked at some sort of color plant and they had this giant board with paint chips (basically) to match up colors. I have no...

The Gifts of Mothering

Kylee is growing. She is growing so fast and I want to slow her down! I want to keep enjoying those sparkling eyes that she looks up at me with when she is nursing and I want to continue snuggling in a chair with nothing but Kylee and a good book. Kylee has other...

Infant/Toddler Revisited

I posted about Montessori Infant and Toddler curriculum a while back and mentioned a book that I was planning to read, Montessori from The Start by Paula Polk Lillard. I received the book on Monday and have had plenty of quiet time for reading. I finished Christmas...

2 New Practical Life Works

For Caleb’s birthday we got him a mini cutting board and an apple cutter. We have gone through a 3 pound bag of apples since coming home from Thanksgiving! Good thing the fruit market has a good price these days! On a positive note, between the “Apple...

Not for the Light of Heart

Or as my friend, Rachel so astutely titled a similar post, The One Where Heidi Rambles On About Death.I have been blogging for almost two months now, and I have found that I absolutely enjoy doing it. I am looking at my kids differently now and really reveling in...

Nativity Work

Since we started the Christmas program at church, I wanted to introduce a work for the shelves that would allow the boys to practice telling the story of Jesus. I picked up this simple nativity for $10 at Walmart (not my favorite store, but I digress..its the second...