Guest post on NPN

I have a post on Natural Parent’s Network today. It’s an edited version of an older post of mine on consensual living. I have written a couple of follow up posts on actually implementing consensual living too but that reminds me I need to get them finished edited for them.

As [...]

Sunday Surf

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I don’t promise to actually be able to do this regularly, but I have some more links to share this week so thought I’d participate in Hobo Mama’s Sunday Surf.

Image credit: Louma Sader Bujana

First, you may have already heard of the plight of

My little secret

Grumpy car seat face

Years ago, before Meredith was born, one of the few things we really felt we needed was a car seat. We could do without a crib and stroller and most of the other “essentials”, but a car seat was definitely a necessity. I stumbled about the car-seat.org forums and was both fascinated [...]

Spectacle Lake & Bamberton Beach

Spectacle Lake

The weather has finally gotten nice, and we’ve been trying to take full advantage of it. Over the last couple of weeks, we have visited some new (and old) parks and beaches. We’ve spent time with some good friends and met lots of new people too. We’ve been invited to a weekly playgroup with [...]

Sharing Time

The biggest reason I don't blog much lately ;)

I would love to do a weekly or monthly post where I share some of my recent favourites, but I did it once way back in September and then got a bit sidetracked (moving tends to do that to a person I guess!). So I thought I’d share a few posts and blogs I’ve [...]

Pressed Flowers

Purple Columbine

We were out with a good friend at the beach yesterday, and Fiona fell asleep on the way home. When we got home, I parked in the shade, left the doors open, and Meredith and I proceeded to take some pictures and talk about some of the flowers growing nearby while we waited for [...]

Spring days

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Just a little taste of what we’ve been doing lately. Click any picture to see it bigger.

Painting, yes her hands really are moving that fast. Somewhere under all that paint there is a piece of paper too.

Lots of outdoor play [...]

Do you know what drowning looks like?

Drowning doesn’t look like drowning

If you ever take your children near water and haven’t seen this article, please click over and read it. I’ve seen it posted and reposted many places now, but it’s one of those articles I don’t think can be reposted too many times. It has a lot [...]

Children and Apple Pie Festival

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Friday I heard about a Children and Apple Pie Festival that takes place right in our little village, put on by a local independent school, Evergreen, as a fundraiser. It sounded like fun, so we decided to go check it out on Saturday. I’m glad we did. It was actually a great [...]

More unschooly learning

Doing what she does best: Play!

The other night we were sitting eating dinner, and Meredith pointed out that Kris’ taco looked like a triangle. We agreed it did and didn’t really think much of it, until she held up three fingers and said “That’s because it has three sides and three corners.” Such a seemingly small, obvious fact, but [...]

“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.”
~ Virginia Satir

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