Last year we followed the official joy school curriculum with three of our neighbors, meeting twice a week. It was a wonderful experience and the kids loved it. This year we decided to create a simplified preschool option that was realistic for three moms with eight kids (soon to be nine) between them. We meet…
Experiences
Nature Fridays
With fall underway (sort of – it has been in the upper 90s here for over a week!) we’ve been developing our new family rhythms. We’ve made a point not to schedule too many things each week, but aren’t heading outside from 8-12am like we did for the months of morning sickness. I think it…
Connor Prairie
Since we were going to be home for a few extra days in between trips, we decided to finally(!!!!) go to Connor Prairie. It is a living history farms type place outside of Indianapolis that has towns and villages set up around different areas. We spent all of our time in 1836, so we have…
Church History Road Trip: Part 2
Monday we headed to Kirtland, OH. We arrived at noon and jumped right in with a tour of Historic Kirtland, starting with a movie about the Ohio period. We then saw the sawmill, ashery, Newell K Whitney Store, the Whitney home, and hotel now turned into a room with exhibits. It was amazing to learn…
Let’s Go Fly a Kite
One of my favorite memories as a kid is flying kites with my dad in Rochester, NY when we visited my Grandma Moose. We walked to the local school that my dad went to for our flying expeditions. At the end we would walk back chanting, “Orange juice and ice cubes, orange juice and ice…
Mushrooms
In March I took the kids on a couple mile bike ride and then we paused at the celery bog on the kids request. This was at the beginning of the morning sickness when throwing up didn’t deter exercise, before I realized just how much it aggravated my situation. Once we arrived I quickly discovered…
Easter Week 2017
Easter week is quickly becoming one of my favorite holidays. This year we kept things simple but also took time each day to remember the last week of Christ’s life. Emily kept reminding us that Easter was on Sunday and was sooooo excited. When Sunday finally arrived she ran down the stairs and said, “It’s…
Spring Break 2017
Last Monday we headed down to Indy right after lunch. Andrew drove while the kids and I slept during our designated nap time. We arrived at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum just as the main crowd was heading out. We took a quick run down the Willy Wonka Chocolate slide before heading into the Circus exhibit….
A Little Fairy
Emily pulled a long yellow ribbon out of a drawer earlier this week. It was used as a leash for her balloon dog. Then for waving in the air as she danced. At some point along the way the end of the ribbon began to unravel. We were all amazed at how many strands of thread…
Accepting the Assignment
A few weeks ago I listened to President Nelson’s devotional to young adults. I was cleaning the kitchen and felt uplifted and then continued on. Last week I stumbled across a blog post on lds.org from President Nelson discussing what he learned from studying the Saviors life in the scriptures. That’s when a vague recollection about…