Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. It was a strange one here - we ended the week with snow days on Thursday and Friday and then Saturday was windy and frigid! But yesterday was bright and the sun made it warm enough for a good stretch of playtime outside, which made for... Continue Reading →
Hobonichi Weeks – Week 5 of 2020
Happy Monday! I missed last week's Hobonichi check-in because I was down with the stomach bug. Instead of scurrying to pull together a post, I just let that one go. Onwards and upwards! I am working hard to adjust the sleeping routines of my two youngest. The last couple of weeks they've been waking up... Continue Reading →
January 2020 Highlights
January has ended somehow! It seems like most people felt like it lasted forever and they might just be right. But I've been here in my burrow, plodding along with these little projects, and seeing daily progress in my life. January has been good to me! I'm here today to share some of my highlights... Continue Reading →
Hobonichi Weeks – Week 3 of 2020
Happy Monday, friends! I like to ease into my blogging my week by sharing last week's spread and this week's plan in my Hobonichi Weeks. It helps me reflect on my routine and think about how it can be tweaked to optimize my homemaking. Some combination of my children was sick every day last week... Continue Reading →
Hobonichi Weeks – Week 2 of 2020
We just ended a very strange weekend. It was warm and we were able to play outside without coats! This weekend was an incredible January thaw but we're expected to swing back into more seasonable temperatures soon. But really - it felt like spring! Those weekends are so much fun because they give us a... Continue Reading →
Hobonichi Weeks – Week 1 of 2020
I like to ease into Monday mornings by looking over my last week and thinking about my week ahead. As you can see from the picture below, I didn't quite get to use my Hobonichi Weeks as I had anticipated. My middle bug moved a dining room chair to reach up to the high shelf... Continue Reading →
Hobonichi Weeks – 12.23-12.29 2019
We just finished the last full week of 2019! How can that be?! This has been an amazing year for me in so many ways. But I'm looking forward to 2020 and for nature's cycle to begin again. Today we're being blanketed in snow and in a few months we'll start to see the crocuses... Continue Reading →
ALL the Notebooks
Have you ever heard of a morning basket? It's a concept that's big in the homeschooling community - it's a basket of books and activities that help the family ease into a day of learning and fun. Well, I have my own version of a mommy morning basket. It sits in a dark corner of... Continue Reading →
Hobonichi Weeks – 12.16-12.22
Christmas is this week! We have everything that we're going to buy and it's all wrapped up, so that piece is finished. There's still cleaning and cooking to do, but at least we have until Wednesday and my husband is off until Thursday. It will be a team effort! I did my best to soak... Continue Reading →
Hobonichi Weeks – 12/9-12/15
We are halfway through December! Christmas is less than ten days away - I hope you're feeling peace and calm and not frenzy. Now that I type these words, I'm feeling my heartbeat tick up just a bit when I think of all of the wrapping and prepping that I still need to do. But... Continue Reading →
