First of all, yes, I know it's Tuesday. I worked yesterday and it kind of threw me off but this is a post I've been wanting to write for a while. Secondly this post might confuse the way Americans talk to children. People often comment that we talk to our son differently and in a… Continue reading Montessori Mondays: STOP saying these things to your kids!
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My Romania journey…
In 2 days we will have three kids from the Children's Home we work in and our house Dad from Romania over. It's amazing that they were able to come to the states and we are thrilled to be able to show them some of the hospitality they have shown us. A big part of… Continue reading My Romania journey…
What I’ve learned in the last 2 years
My baby turned two on Friday... I'm not sure where the last 2 years have gone. Everyone said it goes by fast and they were sure right! One of my best friends had a precious baby boy on 10/11/12 (at 1:23- how cool is that?!?!) and watching her on this journey of Motherhood plus having… Continue reading What I’ve learned in the last 2 years
Montessori Monday: At the Table
One thing I always loved about working at the Montessori school was how tidy and well behaved the children were at meal time. I knew I wanted to work on this with my own kids some day and here are some of the ways we've done that. Ever since J could sit at the table… Continue reading Montessori Monday: At the Table
Introducing… Montessori Mondays!
Hello! Welcome to fall and the start of Montessori Mondays here at "Crunchier by the day." If you're not familiar with Montessori education check out the Wikipedia page about Montessori. I worked in a Montessori school as my very first job and worked there for almost 6 years. In many ways I grew up there… Continue reading Introducing… Montessori Mondays!
Raw Milk…. yumm!!!!
In my last post I mentioned a little bit about Raw Milk and wanted to share some more info on it today. First of all- I think a lot of you are probably confused because at one time we were dairy free. Why the switch? It all started with a chat with my good friend… Continue reading Raw Milk…. yumm!!!!
So what DO you eat?
Raw Milk Nourishing Traditions Gluten Free Organic Bulk Sugar Free Lacto-Fermented.... WHAT?!?!? These are common phrases in our household when we talk about food. Food has… Continue reading So what DO you eat?
Things you won’t see me buying anymore
I've been looking at the Green America website a lot lately and was inspired by this article Ten Things You Should Never Buy Again. Now, we have some of these items in our home- gasp! However, in my quest to be Zero Waste I won't be buying the following items anymore (some of these we've… Continue reading Things you won’t see me buying anymore
He’s here!!!!
Our little boy, J, arrived on October 19th. It's been quite the journey the last month, I realized I better get to it and write down details before I forget them. Sunday, October 17- Hubby and I decided we were going to go walk the baby out! After church we went and had a fantastic lunch… Continue reading He’s here!!!!
Diapers
People keep asking where we are at in terms of our cloth diaper stash so I wanted to give an update. We have enough to do laundry every other day at this point and have a pretty big variety. We are getting a diaper service for the first month so we don't have to do… Continue reading Diapers
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