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Artistic Ways to Say ‘I Love You’
Creative ways to say “I love you!”… “I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people” ~Vincent Van Gogh I love you! Easy peasy to say, right? Well it was easy for me to type that to the web world … and even to mean it! We say these words about a lot of things. I love my kids. I love pizza. I love my dog. I love reading. It’s kind of sad that in English we only have one word for “love”… it leaves a lot of ambiguity! And so, over time, these precious words can get quite watered down. They can lose a…
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Charlotte Mason on Play
Charlotte Mason on Play… It might just surprise you what she had to say ! “Let the mother go out and PLAY !” Charlotte Mason understood a lot about children….she also understood a lot about moms. I found this to be some advice that I need to take to heart! “If mothers could learn to do for themselves what they do for their children…we should have happier households. Let the mother go out to play! If she would only have courage to let everything go when life becomes too tense, and just take a day, or half a day, out in the fields, or with a favourite book, or in a picture…
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Making Memories
Making Memories What is your happiest childhood memory? Really. Stop and think hard. Close your eyes and remember. Think of the all the little details. It will make you smile. Even today. Ever think of how your own children might answer this question someday? Every day, we have the opportunity to create memories with the people we love. It doesn’t have to involve expensive vacations or extravagant gifts…just some thought and some time and lots of love. Get creative ! I have two (update: THREE😱) kids in their 20’s. Every year they ask if we can still carve pumpkins. It’s a tradition. They bring their friends…we laugh…throw pumpkin guts…make a huge,…
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It’s a fields of daisies kind of day. . .
It’s a fields of daisies kind of day! It’s a fields of daisies kind of day. Years ago, when I first started homeschooling my 3 children, my sister-in-law and I coined this term to describe one of those magnificent, living, learning, loving kind of days spent with our kiddos. You know the kind of day. The trip to the beach to collect & classify seashells… the afternoon hike in the fall to collect leaves…everyone sprawled out under a big shady tree “doing school”… strolling through an art museum on a Monday morning while the rest of the world is back to the grind. And then all of a sudden…
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