Category: family life
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Life lately: February highlights
Welcome to my wrap-up for the month of February, featuring some of my favorite reads online and off, plus highlights from family life and homeschooling. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ~Mae West Earlier this month, I spontaneously signed up and ran in my first-ever 5k race! It…
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Life lately: January highlights
“The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.” – Thomas Moore I try (but often fail) to remember how little it takes to do something special. Like surprising the kids with hot chocolate in “fancy” teacups after playing outside on a chilly…
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Cultivating gratitude in our family
Last Saturday, since it was sunny and not-freezing, Kathryn suggested we all bike to the local pizza place for lunch. So we hooked up the wee rides, and took off. Those 3 1/2 miles take us through streets lined by big oak trees, over the canal, with views of the ocean. We passed beach houses…
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A happy December
Ah, December. It’s been a good month, and an appropriate finale to our 2015. As a special fun day, I took the girls to see The Nutcracker ballet in Wilmington. We all enjoyed it, and I think Scout could’ve just floated away with delight. She had never been to anything like that, and I don’t…
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Low key Christmas + thoughtful gift ideas
This is our first Christmas in our new town. I’m decorating the new house slowly and simply, not stressing about it. We’re keeping gifts low-key, too. Each of the kids will get one “big” gift (which isn’t really that big), plus a few little things. Ken and I don’t buy presents for each other, and…