Weeding Out Wheat A Simple, Scientific, Faith- Based Guide By Luke & Trisha GilkersonI wasn't sure about this when I first signed up, I'm going to be honest. Giving up wheat... Really? But with all of this Gluten Free, I've been hearing, reading and partaking in for the past couple of years, I thought why not? Now is the chance to read a great faith based book that gets deep into the history of wheat. Plus goes over the change in wheat over the centuries and the examples of how not … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2013
Thanks for a great year
Slowing down for Christmas
The week of Christmas is here, and as a mom my goal is to relax and enjoy this time of year with my family. If you looked into our house this week, you will find us painting holiday houses, baking cookies, decorating gingerbread houses, and snuggled up reading Christmas books by the fire. It is so much fun to just relax and watch them play, paint, create, and enjoy these days. Visiting Santa The boys are bundled up because we went through a wonderful light tour on the bay before … [Read more...]
The Best Gift for a Child that Loves to play Kitchen
Most likely if you have a child between the ages of 2 and 10 you know that they love imitation play. My boys have always loved their kitchen sets. In fact, I don't think I'll ever not have one. We've been through 2 of the Step 2 Dream Kitchens , we are loving our Farmers Market, and I am so excited to say the children are getting an Elves & Angels Kitchen for Christmas. I can't wait. Since I have been having a blast making up their gift sets this year, I … [Read more...]
Library Gift Set — An Invitation to Play
I am a big fan of the library and thankfully so are my kids. Don't get me wrong, I can spend hours in the book store too, but the library is a special place to us. We visit the library on a weekly basis to browse the shelves, use the computer, and take classes. So a library gift set seemed like the perfect gift to put together for my boys. Little B loves to play library at home, he stacks all of the books up high. Then we spread them out and enjoy reading them together.Well, I … [Read more...]
The Perfect “Favorite Author” Gift Set for Children
Does your child have a favorite Author? It might be Dr Suess, or maybe it is Laura Numeroff. For my younger boys this year Mo Willems is a favorite. I decided to put together a fun filled gift set full of Mo Willems books and Characters. The perfect way to keep the excitement for reading going. We love books! … [Read more...]
Winter Nature Table
O how I love the nature table. Each season (usually several times a season) I change our nature table to reflect the time of year. Celebrations, leaves changing colors, flowers blooming, and this time the winter months upon us. The nature table brings a sense of peace into our environment. It has a calming effect and is not only beautiful to look at, but it brings laughter and play to the children. In fact many famous educators such as Maria Montessori, Charlotte Mason, Rudolf … [Read more...]
Toddler Sensory Play with Natural Play dough
This season we seem to be having a lot of fun with sensory play. Sensory play is perfect for toddlers and preschool age children to explore, learn, and get their fine motor skills working. As you can see here Little Miss Bell is loving it. Toddler Sensory Play So for today I set up a fabulous little play dough center for Miss Bell. I used our homemade natural play doh (recipe at the bottom of the page) scented with peppermint extract, red and green pipe cleaners cut in half (it is a lot … [Read more...]
Santa’s Toddler Treasure Basket (Holiday Link-up)
Baby Bell and I have been enjoying treasure baskets for a year now. In fact you can check out some of our other baskets here and here. I love watching her explore everything in the basket. She touches, shakes, looks at, and sometimes tastes everything she finds. Toddlers are so curious about everything, why not give them a safe treasure basket to explore? … [Read more...]
