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giveaway| ecru collection + blueberry scones recipe
Although I enjoy a good scone most anytime, there is something almost magical about eating them straight from the oven when the edges are still crispy and the blueberries are still warm and soft at
a little tea party
Olive turned six on Wednesday, and I still can hardly believe it. To celebrate in a small and simple way, we invited a few of her friends over for a small garden party with hot
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09 | If you could be any character in a book, who would you be? Why? olive | WonderWoman in the comic books because she’s so strong and has an invisible jet.  |  When a
Finding Community in Motherhood
Finding friendship as a mother can be challenging.  Our time is so often filled with taking care of our homes and children and work that we can simply forget to reach out to our existing
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week 08 | what do you love most about homeschooling? more specifically? olive | I love reading activities and playing dress-up. (That part about the reading isn’t always true.)  Most days you flit around our home
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07 | What do you hope to be when you grow up?   olive, 5 | I either want to be an artist, a dancer, or a pizza girl. | This week I found you playing
learning patience
There’s a large hole in the window screen just over our kitchen sink. Inside it, two tiny wrens are building their nest, their secret. All day, they pop in and out of that hole, one
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  olive | Last weekend, you asked me to buy you a Teen Vogue Magazine and these $1 earmuffs while we were running errands. Although you could not understand why I said no to the magazine,
simplifying home | nurturing the family table
Cooking is both simpler and more necessary than we imagine. It has in recent years come to seem a complication to juggle against other complications, instead of what it can be—a clear path through them.
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