“Thank goodness I was never sent to schools … it would have rubbed off some of the originality.” -Beatrix Potter September, with its fresh crisp mornings and warm afternoons, cool evenings and painted leaf-tips, is here. And so it begins … another chapter in our homeschooling journey … the pencils are freshly sharpened, […]
Bone-chilling temperatures, frosty windows, ice-covered roads, biting winds and whirling snow flurries … it is mid-winter here in Southern Ontario. For many of you in the warmer areas, you do not experience a harsh winter like ours. But if you visit Ontario in mid January, you will feel an immediate chill to your […]
A simple afternoon craft with the three bigger girls while the babies slept … painting rocks on green grass, the maple tree’s leafy branches providing shade and the birds singing in the treetop … mountains painted to remind one of British Columbia … Naptimes are wonderful and babies wake up […]
“Oh, Marilla,” she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it? Look at these maple branches. Don’t they give you a thrill—several thrills? […]
As many of us must home church now in light of the events of 2020, I thought I would share this. Our family found this blog post by John MacArthur spot on. “Christ is Lord of all. He is the one true head of the church (Ephesians 1:22; 5:23; Colossians 1:18). He is also King […]
