Welcome to the March Carnival of Natural Parenting: Vintage green!
This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month we’re writing about being green — both how green we were when we were young and how green our kids are today. Please read [...]
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I do not like the first nursing session of the day.
I wish that it would go away.
Some say that it’s the last to go,
And I wish this wasn’t so.
For it makes me crazy, oh.
Morning nursing starts around 6:30 AM here. My bed-sharing 34 month old daughter wakes up and sleepily asks for “milkies.” This nursing [...]
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This weekend we went on a little holiday to the beach in Parksville, B.C. On Saturday we took a side trip to visit Little Qualicum Cheeseworks, an old-fashioned dairy farm that makes artisan cheese. I thought it would be fun for the kids to see the animals and to explain to them where meat and dairy [...]
Today we spent the afternoon at the beach. Since I believe that every adventure is a learning opportunity, and since I don’t rely on our public school system to be the sole educator of my child, we did a little weekend “unschooling,” and this is what we learned:
We learned that some clams “walk” through the [...]
Welcome to the February Carnival of Natural Parenting: Love and partners!
This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month we’re writing about how a co-parent has or has not supported us in our dedication to natural parenting. Please read to the [...]
I’ve recently been inspired by a few blogs in terms of creating some fun indoor activities for my kids. I’m not terribly crafty but I’ve even been inspired to try my hand at sewing some simple toys! I spent the week experimenting with the ideas, and then ended the week by reading 9 ways to encourage [...]
My five year old loves music. She loves to listen to it, sing at full volume, create her own and hold CD cases. She likes to look at the pictures inside and have me read the artists’ thank you’s and lyrics to her. It’s always been her one particular oddity. Up until recently her favorite [...]
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