Here are the valentines The Boy and I made last Sunday while The Daddy Monkey and The Girl napped. It was a team effort, with Art Direction by The Boy.  Construction paper, glitter, and glue.  What could be better than that?
Wishing you a warm St. Valentine’s Day, filled with love and chocolate!

Here is the wheatgrass we planted just last week.  We have all enjoyed watching this grow, and are astounded at how quickly it has sprung up.

Since we are now honoring more yearly rhythms in our family, (and really, who needs an excuse to celebrate?) we celebrated Candlemas/Imbolc/Groundhog Day yesterday.  Even though our celebration borrows a bit from many traditions, I have chosen to simply call it Candlemas.  Candlemas is a cross-quarter holiday, which means it falls at the midpoint between [...]

When we took down the Christmas tree this year, I bought some flower bulbs to plant to welcome the oncoming spring.  I prepared all my supplies ahead of time, and invited the kids to come in the backyard for a project.  I’m now learning that the key to keeping them happy and involved is to [...]

Happy Winter Solstice to you!

The gingerbread house is done.

Cookie production is in full swing.

The last candle on our Advent wreath was lit tonight.
And the temperature is dropping, finally!
A wonderful, beautiful, cozy Sunday spent at home.

A surprise bike from the thriftshop.
The first lesson:
A father running alongside, never letting go no matter how much his back ached.
A boy, so close to being five and all of the exciting changes that come with it.
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It is scenes like this that make me remember why I’m doing this.

After my cloudy mood all last week, a little box of sunshine arrived on my doorstep Friday morning.  It was filled with bento supplies from Ichiban Kan.
I used to make bento lunches for The Daddy Monkey a few years ago when he wasn’t able to come home for lunch.  It is a lot of fun, [...]

We’ve taken to talking about the weather around here.  I ask The Boy to look out the window every morning and tell me what the weather looks like.  I draw a picture on his chalkboard of the weather (The Girl helps) and add the caption that he tells me.

It’s my hope that someday he will [...]