Surely it was just yesterday she was soft and squishy with her rooster hair, barely making a sound and sleeping lots. But no. It was six years ago! And that actually only lasted six months. As we celebrated her birth today, the conversation swung around to her name. It went something like this. “My name, […]
January 26 is Australia Day and we celebrate every year. Our first Australia Day was less than a month before Willa was born when Ray was just shy of two. We were living with Australians waiting for Beanie to arrive and learning what we could of their culture. Throwing flip-flops and putting fake tattoos of […]
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters just the same….” (excerpt from “If” by Rudyard Kipling) Three girls, one room. Though it can be challenging for Ray and Willa at night when Gemma struggles endlessly to settle down, they have worked out their own cozy corners. When I saw […]
Homeschooling has had its fair share of challenges over the years, there’s no doubt about it. But as we end 2020 and look at starting a brand new school year on Monday with ALL THREE girls (how… I don’t know), I can’t help but feel that we’ve been inordinately blessed by it all. We were […]
Last year we started learning about traditions around the world as anchors in our December month honing all focus towards Christmas Day. The girls particularly loved learning about why so many little girls wear white dresses and put candles on their heads on December 13th! We now know the ins and outs and even some […]
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