Wood Acorns (plus mini learning block)

I purchased a bunch of cute little wooden acorns a few years from A Childs Dream Come True (purveyor of… Read More

Pumpkin Patching

Over the weekend we enjoyed our annual trip to our local pumpkin patch. The weather was perfect and we all… Read More

A sublime, hot afternoon waterside with my four babies, a picnic basket, and a shady spot. Not even the ants could… Read More

Is it possible that my wee sweet baby girl is really TEN? Yes. She is. Whenever our children have birthdays, I… Read More

Well, gosh, I haven’t blogged on First Heralds for 2 months! I’ve been very busy with my other blog, Catholic… Read More

This week Americans sit down around their tables to celebrate Thanksgiving. Over the years I’ve learned about so many special… Read More

Autumn is probably my favorite season, but this year we’ve had a really weird one so far in the San… Read More

The children and I were at a Harvest Party on Monday and one of the leaders lead the children in… Read More

Philip’s family left today. The kids are bit blue, but it was time for them to get back into a… Read More

I awoke today at 7 a.m. and it was barely light outside. If I want to take a walk before… Read More

Yesterday Philip’s parents and I took the children to Sycamore Grove, a nature preserve in our home town. I take… Read More