At home with children and chickens
December is crafting month here. We've put aside all school work, aside from reading and a writing intensive (more on that another post) and are spending a part of each day working on gifts. I'm doing most of the gift making, but the kids each work in spurts on small projects, or help me... Continue Reading →
A month ago Rob sent me a text, "should we do this this year?" He was referring to "Elf on the Shelf". We'd both seen pictures last year of funny elf poses and heard of co-workers kids enjoying elf hunting. Seemed fun. Who doesn't love a scavenger hunt. "I'll make an elf" I texted back.... Continue Reading →
This past fall we read a lot about Native Americans, specifically the Wabanaki who live in this region. We visited a couple of museums, and started planning a wigwam. We built tiny Playmo sized wigwams, and cut a few poles for our life-size wigwam--then it snowed. A lot. Fortunately it melted. We had about a... Continue Reading →
Kale turned five the day after Thanksgiving. It was a small, sweet birthday with a hand full of close family friends. Before the party he diligently set a place (with dinos and napkins from Grandma) for each friend, marking it with a small picture of each of them. Juniper and I made him a needle... Continue Reading →
So, Frogwater Farm has a new web home. Glad you found us. Blogger has been a pain for me since some change last summer when uploading pictures became a several step process. So, I'm giving WordPress a shot. We'll see how it goes. There's a definite learning curve for the non-technically inclined. So far so... Continue Reading →
