Eight days ago we arrived in the The Netherlands, a bit jaded from our lengthly travels, but mostly filled with wonder to really be here. This move was such an unusual, surreal project. Now the goal is tangible and the shape of it becomes so very real.
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Merry Christmas, friends! I hope you will be enjoying some special time this week with people you love. 2018 has been a wonderful year. Really, I couldn’t have guessed how the year would bless and change us…
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Finally the clouds have cleared and the sun is shining! I asked Rora if she would like to take a walk to the end of our driveway. With a joyful babble, she struck out eagerly down the lane.
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This week is Elora Faye’s birthday week! We’ll get to celebrate her birthday along with Thanksgiving, and a more fitting combination I cannot imagine.
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Meow! Toddler Rora makes an adorable kitty cat, don’t you think? Well, she’s pretty adorable any which way, but this costume certainly worked out! Let me tell you a little about how I made it.
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There are moments when you look back on a decision made, a path you took once upon a time, with awed gratitude. Ten years ago we decided
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Guess who's 21 months old today? I'm glad it's time for another update, because Elora has developed so much in the past three months. Come enjoy her with me!
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What do you think? We love it! This ruffle sleeve top was easy to sew and is just as easy to wear. The top is basically a tube top, with an elasticized top band and elasticized sleeves…
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Happy half-birthday, Elora! You're eighteen months and full of toddler spirit. Why, just today I realized you've mastered the head shake for "no". You're such a little person now!
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Not all homeschoolers choose this path because they want to. In the United States, some feel we have to homeschool in order to provide quality education for our children.
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Let's see, where to start? First, she's my sweetie baby. She's such a very, very good girl. A good sleeper, an affectionate temperament. Oh, she gives hugs now! That's the best.
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This year it is easy to be grateful, for how could we feel otherwise about a year spent watching this little one thrive? It is so fitting that her birthday coincides with the Thanksgiving season
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And now she is 11 months! It is an age of special significance to us because Eleni passed on before she reached 11 months. I can't help but think of Eleni extra much in the past few weeks
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I mentioned in my last post that the end of summer was a chaotic and stressful time for me. Well, just after several big issues hit a crescendo, Aria announced this news
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There is no more perfect baby than your own happy child! We are all beaming from the inside out as we see her discover and enjoy this world. 10 months old is a wonderful age.
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Think of the holidays as an opportunity to shape your family culture. Each family gets to decide what matters to them, what traditions reflect their values, what ways of spending time
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Her summer has been sweet: swinging under the oak tree, watching the kitties play, discovering toys and movements of all kinds, attaching to her different people
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Another month of precious babyhood has flown. Elora has been our bright spot in an otherwise slow and uneventful summer. We each find silly ways to tease out her squeals and smiles every day.
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