A high pitch scream belts through the air, her little face red and tearful. “I don’t like it!” She wails with emphatic passion before falling to the floor in a dramatic heap. It takes all my resolve to take a deep breath and remember that her overreaction to the simple task of brushing her teeth…
Bubbles are a favorite for most kids, but with all the plastic wands and motorized blowers on the market, they can become just another high tech, commercialized activity. When my daughter and I were introduced to these DIY Bubble Wands from Nature at Tinkergarten preschool class, we were both surprised and delighted by how simple,…
Does this sound familiar? You spy a new planner and it’s so pretty–your favorite colors, snazzy modern features, stickers to go with it. Oh it’s perfect. You bring it home, fill out the first week and then it sits. Under a pile of papers, bills, kids’ homework. Maybe you use it to keep track of…
When my daughter was born, everything changed. It sounds cliche, but the reality was actually quite harsh. I sat there holding this tiny screaming bundle and thought, what have I gotten myself into. In mere minutes I began to question everything about myself and my purpose in life. What was my mission now? What was my…
Preschool at home, oh brave soul! As a former infant and toddler teacher, I thought piecing together a working curriculum would be fun–but I quickly discovered it’s costly and time consuming. While balancing all the spinning elements of work, family and home, the desire to put it all together from scratch dissipated and I began…
So you’re trying to live a simple, minimal life…and then you find out a baby is on the way. Oh my! Babies need a lot of stuff. They really do. But if I could do it all over again, I would be far more intentional about keeping all the things minimal. I thought I was…