My first felted knit hat! Before felting, in all it's bigness:   After felting:   A few things: I knit this on three different road trips to Montana (1.5 hour drive). Usually it was too late to knit on the way home. But, I love knitting in the car. I l…

We took a couple trips to beautiful Montana to look at some property for sale.  We got some pics of the whole crew on the way.    We prayed for nice weather and the weather was beautiful! There was snow on the ground our second trip, but it was a sunny day an…

~Eliana is 26 months~ Here is our first week of  trying out The Workbox System  for Tot School. I was thrilled to find out about this system because I really wanted to incorporate Tot Trays   into our Tot School, but could not find the trays local…

Carissa over at 1+1+1=1 hosts Tools for Tots where you can find ideas for homemade learning tools. I am all for homemade! There are many wonderful ideas out there, so it is not often that I come up with one of my own. . . not even this time! This one is…

The Simple Woman's Daybook FOR TODAY . . .  The 3rd day of the month of Abib and the 3rd day of the Bibical new year. (I love that the Biblical new year starts in spring!) Outside my window... I love Spring snowstorms! (Notice the robins in the tree!) I a…

I have been waiting (very patiently, I think) for the book, Sue Patrick's Workbox System , to get here! Meanwhile, I have been (unofficially) trying the system out. I have five children that I do school with from ages 2 - 13. My Totschooler (age 2) a…

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. I love that saying as I especially love lemons (with salt) and lemonade. Jennifer at My Two Happy Homeschoolers , thought of me with a blogger "award,"Lemons to Lemonade, an award for showing great att…

In Created for Work: Practical Insights for Young Men , Bob Schultz "applies his engaging homespun wisdom with stories from real life to teach young men (and boys) what it means to be good workers." "In the education of boys today we've l…