Zeb (now 12) and I have been reading together since he can remember. As soon as he was aware we began sitting together and reading through stories together. His favorite for the first few years of his life was Time For Bed, by Mem Fox: “It’s time for bed little mouse, little mouse. Darkness is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘traditions’
A Christmas Wish
We have family coming flying in and food to create; friends and family to visit and carols to sing; gifts to give and movies to watch. Today we spent the afternoon with grandparents, aunt, uncles and cute little nieces making, icing and decorating holiday cookies…and playing in the flour. I hope your Christmas is just [...]
Gluten-Free Lefse (A New Old Tradition)
Lefse (and now gluten-free lefse) is all about tradition. Justin’s family has been making lefse (pronounced leff-suh) since I’ve known them (and for a very long time before that). Every Thanksgiving they pick a home, tote over their Norwegian gear and paraphernalia and spend the evening grilling what is probably most easily described as a [...]
The Dollhouse
My mom and I began working on this tiny house when I was about 8 years old. But we had left it just shy of complete and it had sat untouched ever since. As we were packing up our art room it became very clear what we needed to do. So, Mom and I got [...]
Advent Activities and Ideas
Every year I procrastinate with Advent or holiday activities. I always intend to create something great but when the season comes, I have a difficult time embracing Christmas as early as Zeb does. This will be our last Christmas here, so we’re really trying to make the most of it. We hung lights outside for the first [...]
My name is Tara. I am a mama and a lover, a full-time nomad, a passionate devourer of Life and an Organic Life Coach.
