Montessori Beginnings

I wanted to write a post to record a special moment that happened in our house the other night.  L has been helping in the kitchen since ...

It was high time to change the art in LJ's bedroom.  I was excited to try something with both L and LJ this time. I first found a sil...

One of the highlights of our recent trip to Kelowna was getting to visit Mount Boucherie which is an extinct stratovolcano.  L was really ...

Naturally after learning about volcanoes our conversations turned to rocks and their different forms.  The Internet is an amazing thing and ...

L was invited to a friends birthday a few weeks ago and we were trying to think of a present we could make.  We came up with these beads ma...

One of the things on L's summer to do list was to build a fairy house with mommy.  We started collecting items for the house at the beg...

Learning about volcanoes is always super fun!  We read several books from the library as well as watching eruptions on Youtube.  We talked ...

One of the first things on L's summer to do list was volcanoes.  I figured before we dove in and made a cool volcano erupt we needed to...

Poor L has been totally neglected on this blog since Little J came along.  I felt it was high time for an update!  Now that she is home for...

Trying to think of a year end gift for L's teachers is always tricky.  I want L to be able to make the gifts so they are more personal....

Baby J's room was long overdue for some new artwork.  L and I had some time this weekend so we tried out this cool project from Art Pr...

 This is Mr. Jingle.  He has come to our house this year to make sure we are getting ready for Christmas and having a fun time doing it! ...

The last couple of years I documented every day of our advent activities but I've found this year I just simply don't have the time...