We’ve been cherishing these last days of summer. One final trip to the County Fair. A drive in movie. Picking flowers at the local pick your own farm. All the tomatoes and peaches and watermelon. Technically, we’ll be celebrating summer for another 3 weeks. But kids are already back to school, or going back in […]

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things. – Plato I’ve written about this idea before. The idea that children can and should be encouraged to play, to use their imaginations, to be amongst lovely things. I’ve never really “childproofed” our home in the sense that I haven’t allowed […]

This past week, we welcomed a few of our friends in our home for an it’s-almost-spring brunch and tea party. What a lovely time we had! I’m always so refreshed after opening my doors and welcoming people inside. There’s a vulnerability, there’s an openness, there’s a level of intimacy. It really is an intimate thing, […]

Every year I manage to forget how spring plays with our emotions for a solid month. In the high 70s one day, snowing the next. From hauling boxes marked SPRING down from the attic and cleaning out the girls’ drawers over the weekend, to freezing rain on Monday. This back and forth is totally normal and […]

“Almost anyone can have enough soil, light and seeds to become involved in the magic of growing things. … You may have 300 acres to work with, or three; a large and fertile garden surrounding a suburban home, or a tiny square space in the back of your city home; you may have a large […]

Each Spring, I think we all have the urge to declutter and clean the entire house top to bottom. There’s just something about the birds chirping outside, the windows open, and the smell of freshly cut grass wafting through those windows that makes you want to clean. Maybe it’s the fact that the windows ARE open […]

We’re so excited that it’s officially Spring, the weather of no heavy jackets, sandals (or barefoot) every day, and as much time as possible running around outside. Last summer, we’d go on “adventure walks” and find treasures and stow them in a basket. Pinecones, flowers, seed pods, sticks, feathers, acorns, whatever the girls found and deemed worthy […]

                  Back for another installment of the #RealTalkRealMoms series, and this month we’re talking about co-parenting & who does what! I love being a part of this group of women sharing about real life and real family moments. I love that we all have so many similarities […]