Winter has finally arrived! We woke yesterday to a world blanketed in glorious wet, white snow, and the kids and I were eager to run outsid...

This year we had five little lanterns on Martinmas... well, okay, technically we were a few days late celebrating, but for good reason. Sti...

This has been a busy, busy Autumn for us-- days full of bustling activity, happy faces and lovely weather juxtaposed with days of sick child...

We had a heck of a week while Einstein was off gallivanting around Switzerland. He had a great, albeit sleepless, time-- traveling, meeting...

As if we didn't have enough reasons already... how about the blind-eye turned to sexual predators within our public school system? When ...

I seem to be experiencing a bit of homeschool/life anxiety of late. You know how sometimes as homeschoolers we go through these phases of wo...

This is getting to be ridiculous. There are not only wooden toys on this list, but drinking cups, journals, and bookmarks as well. http://w...

I've been sitting here for a while now trying to decide what to say about Michaelmas, when I remembered this passage from a tiny book I...

Our little weekly schedule looks a lot like Aleisha's master plan , just what you'd expect from heavily-borrowed goods . Ours is sti...

Despite the illnesses, we had a really outstanding couple of weeks here doing the back to school thing. We're easing into it, and magica...

I'm coming up for air after several days of small children with stomach flu. I could go on to regale you with horror stories involving ...

Spinneretta , of the lovely The Jacobite Rose , has done a wonderful job hosting the Beauty of Toymaking Fair for September . Go see, and r...

I'm not sure what direction the internet is taking, but this weekend I saw some pretty worrisome things. And I'm not sure that I li...

Last week the kids and I celebrated Rosh Hashana*, the Jewish New Year. We're not Jewish, but it correlated with the school story I'...

About a month ago I had a birthday. I'm now fully ensconced in my mid-thirties, if you must know. And it's okay, this birthday stu...

I've had the worst luck with nature tables over the years. If I have them down low they manage to get destroyed by the babies, toddlers...

It seems to have become Fall weather overnight. The leaves are changing and dropping in our yard, and the mornings are chill. It's ama...

All the kids on our street have been back in school for three weeks or so, but not us. No sir! We haven't even begun to head in that d...

Just when you think the bugs can't get any crazier, nature steps it up a notch. This Hickory Horned Devil had all our kids entranced at...

It's a big day at our house. Einstein and I are celebrating our TENTH wedding anniversary. Complete with sick kids and their many spew...