Although we often have snacks on the go, sometimes in carseats and other times picnic-style, when we are home, we aim to sit down together at the child-sized table for fifteenish minutes of nourishing food and togetherness between meals. When I create a space for an intentional slowing down and incorporating beautiful touches into our snack time, I see it as a deep inhale during our day which grounds us then fills up for the next round of “exhaling” activity.
Waiting Until 12- What You Don’t Expect When You’re Expecting
A gentle voice within keeps encouraging me to share our baby, this journey, here. Even though many may not relate, perhaps sharing my experience may help one woman who may be in a similar place of excruciating waiting.
How to Make a Montessori Entryway
Reasons to make a Montessori entryway: 1. We want our children (and their little friends who visit) to have a strong sense of “you are welcome here” 2. Having a place for everything allows us to have a consistent routine for leaving the home and also upon returning to it i.e. LESS STRESS 3. Our children gain more and more independence and experience the joy of doing these things on their own!
A Wooden Anniversary (Part 2)
Nicholas and I are joyfully celebrating our 5 year Anniversary this weekend. The priest who walked with us through marriage preparation gave us an assignment a few weeks before our wedding: “tell me what you love about your future spouse.” In Part 1, I shared Nicholas’ response. Here was mine…
A Wooden Anniversary (Part 1)
Weeks before our wedding five years ago, our priest asked Nicholas and me to share with him some things that we love about each other, separately… it was quite an unexpected surprise to hear what Nicholas wrote, just minutes before becoming his bride and before all my family and friends…
“It will not be hard to list the many reasons that lead me to love this woman; in fact, I will list many, but my love for her goes deeper than any list that I can create. So, here begins the storied love…”
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