I think the most common phrase this week around my house has been "where's your shoe?" Every time I've turned around this ...
Articles from March 2018
Yesterday, I woke up in a horrible mood. It was 4:20 a.m. and Gus wanted to nurse. By the time he was done, my alarm was about to go off so...
Since Montessori emphasizes independence and the importance of practical life, Montessori toddlers are often exceedingly capable individual...
So, typically I share our library book finds from the month in these posts. But, I thought I would change it up a bit this time and share s...
Over the last week or two, there have started to be signs here in Minnesota that spring is finally on the way. A larger variety of birds ha...
Our play spaces have undergone so many changes over the years. Part of this is because we keep having children and need to accommodate more...
Nora is just 3 quick months away from turning 4-years-old! It's unbelievable how grown up she seems all of a sudden. It's like ever...
Have you ever heard of the topponcino? I know that a few years ago, I hadn't! The topponcino is a small mattress used to help transitio...
Reading is a big part of our family culture. From me and my husband, to our children, reading is something we do often. And, as I have ment...
I've been thinking lately a lot about why we use Montessori at home. Why don't we just leave Montessori in the classroom? Why bothe...
Art and creative expression has become more and more important to my children as they have gotten older. The older they get the more of the...
With Lent half-way done, I'm starting to think more about how we will celebrate Easter this year. As I have said in the past, we partic...
One of the questions that I have been getting more often as Augustus gets older is, "how do you keep Gus off of the older kid's st...
This last fall we completed a large renovation in our kitchen, part of that renovation included a redesign of the eat-in nook that we use a...
A few months ago we did a big kitchen remodel and renovation where we changed pretty much everything in our existing kitchen. One of the bi...