~this moment~ tie dye elf

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~a friday ritual~

a photo capturing a moment from the week.

a simple, special moment.

a moment i want to pause, savor and remember.

other posts you may enjoy:~dwell~ ~this moment~hippie glop gourmet ~ soup stock from veggie scrapsquinn’s sixth month

boat moon balance

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our commute into town from home takes 20-25 minutes, and for most of that drive tuesday night, quinn was exclaiming over the beauty of the moon (phase: boat moon, aka half) and expounding on his theories of what it might be made of, “because it seems like air, but it also seems like it can’t . . . → Read More: boat moon balance

little artist

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documenting a slice of time that i know i will remember as quinn’s artist phase of 2011… before finishing his oatmeal in the mornings, he is already at work, skinny markers and stacks of paper at the ready.

loving the facial expressions i’ve been catching… . . . → Read More: little artist

a month of unschool

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my ~a month of unschool~ posts chronicle a handful of the enormous learning-while-living moments that happen in our lives. i focus mainly on what quinn is learning, as part of the motivation for keeping these posts up is to have a record of his learning life in case of any future need for such documentation. . . . → Read More: a month of unschool

a month of unschool

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~you turned four! and wrote about party hats on your birthday~ you draw boats that have keels, sure sign of a shipwright’s son~ you drew the most amazing cedar tree that i plan to keep forever ~ you started lots of baby seedlings ~

~your food pallette . . . → Read More: a month of unschool

photo heart fun

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i told my friend i was backflippingly excited about this new technique. i really am! so happy to have stumbled upon the tutorial at this lovely blog!

you should definitely refer there for the instructions, i am not at all going to claim i understand how this works, nor do i even know the definition . . . → Read More: photo heart fun

~this moment~ wet on wet

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a friday ritual. a photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special moment. a moment i want to pause, savor and remember. inspired by soulemama

other posts you may enjoy:setting the tonea natural beautya happy birthday!~this moment~ shoot for the moon

a month of unschool

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~ lots of active outdoor play when we get breaks in the rain ~ mulching and harvesting 3 kinds of kale and 2 kinds of chard from our community garden plot ~ observing and picking up beach plastic and talking about the dead seagull we saw (a lot) ~ . . . → Read More: a month of unschool

~this moment~

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a friday ritual. a photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special moment. a moment i want to pause, savor and remember. inspired by soulemama

other posts you may enjoy:overwhelm and compassion~this moment~ straw bale funa month of unschool~this moment~ pancakes reunited

a month of unschool

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~cutting up magazines and making our own books~ boom out of nowhere you suddenly know how to write letters ~ new favorite books like amos and boris and buoy~ telling time with winnie the pooh and boom now you know your numbers too; did we really just count to . . . → Read More: a month of unschool