Two days ago we woke to the most horrendous noise I’ve ever heard. The earth was moving, the flat shook. There was bashing and banging…
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Category: Life with my bears
Why your child needs roots and wings
Growing up as a homeschool family, my older 6 children were very close to one another, especially my 4 boys. We hardly had fights at…
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A letter to my son …
….the world will always be big and hurtful. It will challenge you and often be unkind but never forget to look in the forgotten corners for the light bringers, the lovers and the lonely because in these three you will find your best friends, the reasons you live and the way to help others 💞
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We are moving but my nostalgia is making it bitter sweet
Brent and I moved into our apartment in March 2015. It was the month of his birthday and we had been dating about 6 months.…
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One day
As I scrolled through my Facebook feed, I came across this beautiful reminder of where we are right now, as people, a country, the world.…
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Our Covid-19 lockdown time capsule
This weekend we started our Covid-19 lockdown time capsules. Why a time capsule ? “A time capsule is a historic cache of goods or information,…
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An interview with Hamish age 3
CHILD INTERVIEW I saw this on Facebook and thought it was a wonderful way to document how Hamish grows and thinks. Try it with your…
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We are the family who paints windows
I recently decided to let Hamish paint the sliding doors with some Dala finger paint as a sensory activity. It started off very innocently. We…
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Homeschool open day at Butterfly world
On Monday we attended our first Homeschool event for 2020. Butterfly world hosted a homeschool open day at their beautiful grounds. We rounded up fellow…
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The slave route challenge
Today, I headed down to city hall with my husband and 6 of my 7 children to take part in the 5km Slave route challenge.…
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