Prairie Garden

Have I really not posted in almost three weeks?  Good grief.  This calls for a good old fashioned list post. My daily wake-up time hovers ...

  The little dinosaur on the left Eliah has been saying the most hilarious things recently.  He has moved into longer sentences that al...

 Books my boys have loved: Hatchet (et al) - Gary Paulsen Woodsong - Gary Paulsen My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George Old ...

I've been tweaking our homeschool schedule in recent weeks with hugely beneficial results. The revised morning flow Eat earlier (me)...

Shucks, it's leap day - I've got to post.  My mama was a Leap Year Baby and today is her 15th official birthday.  My dad used to tea...

"You got mad eyes, Mama." After a moderately rough morning and a burning need for solitude.  Little Eliah Len. I've also r...

It was a great year for snow -- Blaine skied almost every weekend in December-January. The boys joined him several times throughout t...

It is amazing, it really is.  My boys, with their frothy leader at the helm - the oldest and most impulsive of the crew - have officially gr...

Shower Day: freshly washed and combed I've developed an entire routine to keep Yiya's curls looking beautiful. It takes a l...

Eliah says "Shishy papo" not "fishy papo" [papo = pacifier] "DungeBob" not "SpongeBob" "...

I am.... ....playing the "Dragon Game" with Jamie and Eliah every day before lunch in the upstairs bedroom.  Jamie gets dressed ...

The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief & Healing - Ed. Kevin Young The Taste of Country Cooking - Edna Lewis Raising Real Men - Hal and Me...

My head is a-swirl this morning with what I've learned in recent time, both resounding and insignificant. Blaine is home this week.  W...

Last night I slept on my back, holding a pork belly-sized pillow in my left arm like I was carrying it.  I knew it was a pillow, but I to...

I realized last week that I haven't posted in eons.  Perhaps more than a month?  Life is too full.  I am juggling a huge array of "...

I feel like I've Discovered Greens this fall.  We've been eating out of our garden for eight years now, but I don't think I'...

Our Little Guys: Eliah and Jamie  They were watching the heating guy check out the furnace. I love their sweet faces and Jamie peekin...

Last week the younger two went through a day-long "doll phase", where they were exceedingly pleased by carting around their own li...

I'm still getting up early each morning, though the time has settled in right around 5:00 AM.  I realize that I needed to get up at 4:30...

I've been learning all kinds of interesting things in the kitchen this past year, but the biggest accomplishment is broadening my abilit...