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Crafts, activities, decorations, and recipes! This is what we do in our home during the Fall or Autumn

Welcoming Fall with my Little Ones

September 21, 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I am so pleased to be partnering with Oak Meadow today to bring you this post about welcoming Fall. Have you ever noticed how it truly is the tiny, little things that bring so much joy? A cup of hot chocolate after sledding. A quiet moment and a tea while the little ones nap. Even…

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Filed Under: Farm Life, Grade School

Three simple things to do each day that have made me a calm mom! An ideal gentle parenting article for those of us striving and beginning.

Three things I do that make me a calm mom.

May 16, 2017 by Sarah 8 Comments

I am so happy to be partnering with Oak Meadow today to bring you this post on bringing calmness to your home. A calm mom. This is what I strive to be. A calm person for my children. A space of quiet and peace in an otherwise busy and often chaotic world. The word strive…

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Filed Under: Farm Life, Life, Preschooler, Quiet Time Tagged With: Calm mom, calming activities, gentle parenting

How to answer your child's WHYS

How to Provide Nurturing Answers to the “WHY’s?”

April 12, 2017 by Sarah 2 Comments

I remember very clearly declaring, likely to myself only, that when my daughter (my first child) entered the “WHY” phase I was going to answer every question. I was going to take the time to answer every little question that popped into her head. And I did try. I would explain everything as thoroughly as…

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Filed Under: Farm Life, Learn, Life, Natural Living, Other Learning Fun, Toddler, Toddlers Tagged With: Respectful parenting

These are such great and simple tips for boosting your immunity and staying healthy. Perfect for winter but good all year round too!

How to Stay Healthy in the Winter

January 3, 2017 by Megan Powell 2 Comments

Winter is in full swing for many of us. This also means more germs and viruses floating around. Many people find themselves getting at least one bad cold or flu bug each winter season. If you also have little children, those germs can seem like they multiply much more quickly! Thankfully, there are lots of…

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Filed Under: Farm Life, Healthy Living, Life, Uncategorized

Local restaurants using local food - love this initiative of Subway! Ad.

Locally Grown in Ontario!

October 21, 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of SUBWAY® Restaurants. All opinions are 100% mine. I have some wonderful news to spread and am eager to partner with SUBWAY® Restaurants to do so. But first, as always, a brief (not so brief) story … As you might recall, we had wanted to…

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Filed Under: Farm Life, Life, Life as a Wanna-Be-Homesteader Tagged With: Healthy living, local produce, subway

Knitting for Kids

October 19, 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

If it seems unbelievably ridiculous that I am about to write about knitting – hold onto your hats – because here I go. I am excited to partner with Oak Meadow today to bring you some of the cutest and most engaging knitting projects for kids. If you come here often you might recall my…

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Filed Under: Activities for Big Kids, All Ages, Art, Create, Farm Life, Grade School, Kindergarten, Kindergarteners, Learn, Life, Life as a Wanna-Be-Homesteader, Loads of Ideas!, Mama Creates Too, Playful Art Tagged With: knitting, knitting projects

There are so many uses for beeswax. These crafts, lotions, soaps, and potions using beeswax are awesome!

Crafts, Lotions, and Potions that will have you running for Beeswax

July 27, 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I did something over the weekend that I thought I would never do again. I made soap. Sounds simple, but goodness that Lye makes me nervous. But I did it. I conquered my fear, I tried it again, and guess what? The second time was not nearly as bad. Only moderately terrifying. Perhaps next time…

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Filed Under: Create, Farm Life, Healthy Living, Life, Life as a Wanna-Be-Homesteader, Loads of Ideas!, Mama Creates Too, Nature Crafts Tagged With: beeswax, crafts, soap

How to make a pole bean teepee for kids to use in the summer garden! Perfect little hideaway fort!

Pole Bean Teepee {A photo on Friday}

July 15, 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

A photo on Friday, because sometimes all you need is the picture. (But I have a little story this Friday too …) Last year I shared a snap pea trellis fort I had made in the garden for my little ones. Not all of my ideas are fabulous (or in fact even good) and unfortunately…

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Filed Under: Activities for Toddlers, All Ages, Explore, Farm Life, Get Outside, Life, Life as a Wanna-Be-Homesteader, Natural Living, Outside Play, Toddler, Toddlers, Toddlers Tagged With: forts, gardening with kids

Have you ever thought of raising chickens? THere are some fabulous benefits, especially if you have kids!

Chickens and Kids

July 11, 2016 by Sarah 4 Comments

I have realized that I don’t write enough about my chickens. So today, I will do exactly that. Oh where to begin? These ladies were precisely the reason we moved out here in the first place. Silly? I suppose. But true. We were longing for  a simpler life. Growing and making our own wherever we…

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Filed Under: All Ages, Farm Life, Get Outside, Healthy Living, Kindergarten, Kindergarteners, Life, Life as a Wanna-Be-Homesteader, Natural Living Tagged With: chickens

Worms in the spring garden!

Spring!

March 29, 2016 by Sarah 3 Comments

The most amazing thing happened on the weekend – Spring! Well, one day of it at least. The snow did return yesterday, but that is just part and parcel for living in Canada, eh? But that one day – goodness, it was good. We spent every last minute outside and enjoying the sunshine (and the…

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Filed Under: All Ages, Explore, Farm Life, Get Outside, Life, Life as a Wanna-Be-Homesteader, Natural Living, Outside Play Tagged With: chickens, farm, gardening

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