I’m a little later than usual with both of these, but it was one of those weeks.  (Have I mentioned that Gabriel has four teeth coming in?  So you can guess how well I’m sleeping, lol.) Nonetheless, I am grateful.  Grateful for all the sunshine we’ve been soaking up.  Grateful for how my two little ...
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Ella and I are dipping our toes in the magical world of letters. We started with the letter B. We’re using Waldorf methods, so the letters come alive in a story and a drawing, like the bear you see here. I found this post very helpful, and I’ve also been using info from Ms. Marsha’s ...
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Nurture. Open for all mothers to share, support, & grow. We will meet the first Sunday of each month, 2-4 pm. Babies welcome. My dear friend Sarah and I are starting a mother’s circle. Join us starting April 1 – email me at arbreadrie(a)yahoo.com for the location, or with any questions. (And if you’re a ...
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Happy Monday morning everyone! We’re hoping you might help us spread some love by hopping over to our Yelp page and writing a review for Wheatberry. It’ll only take a few minutes, and if you leave a comment here telling us you wrote one, we’ll enter you in a giveaway for a $50 gift certificate ...
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This week, I sat down to patch some tears in our warm-weather quilt, and noticed that the quilt is not only getting pretty patchy, but the white patches are getting decidedly not-white.  At first this really bummed me out, but then I thought about it a while and realized this quilt has been our main ...
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When does the day begin: when I wake up to feed the baby at 1?  At 3? At 5, when Ella says, Mama, let’s go downstairs.  I’m hungry? When does my “real” work happen: when the baby is napping and I race around doing housework?  When he is awake ad cooing, and I am trying ...
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Joining Ginny today for Yarn Along.  Books and knitting – so good.  I’m reading Steiner’s Discussions with Teachers, as prep to begin teaching Ella her letters, and really enjoying hearing his actual directions to teachers, instead of just hearing other people’s interpretations of his words.  Also, I’m reading, and loving the Householder’s Guide to the ...
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Someone asked me way back in the fall whenI posted about crafting for the diaper free baby to talk more about ECing (elimination communication) with babies. Sorry it’s taken me so long, but here at last, are some thoughts about it. Our reasons for ECing were to reduce laundry/waste, and to not train our child ...
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It was a good weekend.  I made yogurt and creme fraiche (I keep it warm in a cooler with jugs of hot water and a towel).  I made some bread, and I eve started painting the floor in the little ones’ bedroom.  There are so many painting projects in this house it’s hard to know ...
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On our date this week, Ben and I sat down to write out a garden/farm calender for the year. We wanted to have dates for all our plantings, etc written out. So often in the thick of the growing season it’s easy to forget about the second planting of carrots, or when to get the ...
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