My friend Caroline arranged for a tour of a small apple farm on Friday. We had a ton of fun – who would have thought an apple farm would have horses, honeybees, and hayrides? (Not to mention homemade doughnuts and cider.) Here’s a glimpse of our day from my homeschool journal: September 2. We went […]
Yesterday morning was spent in clayful wallowing. I think a good half of the satisfaction of clay is in the squish factor… the other half is in the creations. Caleb made the bird, Zia and I did the seal, whale, and bear. As soon as David was off work, we piled into the Jeep and headed […]
A few days ago, I took the kids to the lake. Caleb fished awhile, then we hit the beach for a couple of hours. That girl loves a good crowd. Her mamma? Not so much. But I had a ball anyway – of yarn. Although I am rarely a sunbathing beach babe, I am always a […]
Remember “the Unsinkable Molly Brown” of the Titanic? She was a Denver citizen, and today Caleb and I visited her house. Margaret Tobin Brown was a wealthy philanthropist who survived the 1912 wreck of the RMS Titanic. She was never actually called Molly in her lifetime, but Maggie; Molly was a nickname given to her […]
Our friend Will from Kansas City dropped by over the weekend. It was great to see him, and we spent Saturday in Denver at the art museum. The current exhibit is about mud. Yep, mud. So there were lots of mud and clay creations. This is actually a floor made of loose pieces that are all […]
