For weeks we’ve been planning in our little neighborhood community to spend Thursday, October 6 making applesauce. At 7:30 in the morning we got a text that the family that was planning on hosting the event was sick. Fortunately I had followed a prompting to deep clean our kitchen the day before and by 8:15am…
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Gymnastics
One afternoon in a moment of exhaustion, I laid out some scrap pieces of wood to make a balance beam for Emily. “Let’s do gymnastics!” I exclaimed with enthusiasm. Emily insisted that we also needed bars to hang on to do gymnastics. She has grown up seeing Aunt Christine in the gym and has a…
True Love Looks Like Sharing Cereal
Emily and Nathan have figured out quite the morning routine. While I make oatmeal and smoothies, Emily grabs a bowl and two kinds of “daddy’s cereal” to create a “cereal mix”. Nathan knows precisely Emily’s food procedure and quickly scrambles to the table and pulls himself up on the chair. He waits patiently for a…
Eleven Months
Dear Nathan, Your personality is starting to shine through and you have serious opinions about how your time is spent. You are a thoughtful doer, personally exploring every inch of the world that you can reach. Nathan you have an explorers heart and you let it lead you without any permission from us. You taught…
Newspaper Printing Press
At the end of August I set up a tour of the Journal and Courier, the local newspaper in Lafayette. We invited all our friends and had a really fun experience seeing the ginormous printing press at work. We learned that they not only print our towns newspaper, but newspapers and ads for many of…
From Minimalism to Lifegiving and A Fall Dinner Celebration
Growing up I always had this conviction that I didn’t want a lot of stuff. We moved a lot and I viewed my things as a burden to pack and unpack, yet each item was filled with sentiment. After my freshman year in college I decided it was time to lighten my load, so I…
Rebranding Nap Time to Rest and Read Hour
Nap time had turned into quiet exploration time for Emily…of my make-up, bathroom supplies, my closet. The first time I discovered the giant make-up mess I just walked away. The second time I took a picture. The third time it took me hours to realize that she had mascara on because she’s now adept at…
Food Staples: Economical Frozen Fruit
As I’ve mentioned many times, we’ve been thinking a lot about food in the Jackson household this year. The hardest part for me isn’t finding new recipes or buying new ingredients (although that is intimidating at first too) but rather figuring out new systems and habits to sustain the new recipes. We’ve come along way…