A collection of our ordinary days, recorded every week. At the end of the year, I’ll publish them into a keepsake to treasure.
Around here, I have been:
celebrating Our Lady’s birthday with friends. The kids created little triptychs, decorated cupcakes and sang Happy Birthday. It was simple and sweet and a good reminder to incorporate more of the liturgical year in our everyday.
laughing (as usual) at Sophia. Every week, she says something new and hilarious! Her latest is a hand-on-the-hip, big sigh as she tells me, “He bossin’ me ’round.” It’s never particularly true and she blames everyone from TJ up to M. She also tries so hard to keep up as her brothers talk about Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit. I hear her excitedly offer, “Bilbo Baggins!” every.single.time.
reading Loves Does and I just started the latest choice for the Inspired Reader’s Book Club (more info on Book #3 coming next week!).
receiving a box from Stitch Fix and for the first time, I kept all five pieces! I did sell one top on a Stitch Fix B/S/T Facebook group, and I’m iffy about the necklace, but the other three pieces (along with the 25% off discount) made the deal too good to pass up.
starting the Beta phase for T25. Definitely harder than the first phase, but I like it. Speed 2.0 is my favorite.
selling (or at least trying to!) unneeded things around the house. I started adding some baby clothing on Kidizen (find me there at Big White Farmhouse) and I’ve put a few items on our local yard sale Facebook group too.
working in bits and pieces on Big White Farmhouse. We launched a handful of new items for fall (gather towels in four colorways and lip balms) and I’m getting ready to order for the Christmas season. I still haven’t figured out how to add in regular “office hours” to my week yet, but every little bit helps me get closer to my goals.
planning a new part of our learning: open-ended unit studies. With a science or literature-based “spine”, we’ll be exploring everything from sharks to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I want to incorporate all kinds of learning: art projects, cooking, a combination of fiction and non, videos, experiments and field trips. I’ll introduce the topic and then the kids will take the lead. I’m excited to see what we all can learn. Next week, we start on bats!
