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Ridiculously FUN Race Ideas for Kids

July 30, 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

If there is one thing I know about us – and by ‘us’ I mean you, me, and the other fabulous Mamas in this space – it is that we have active kids! Wonderfully busy little people who love to run, jump, and play. This active nature is truly a beautiful thing – but sometimes…

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Filed Under: All Ages, Get Outside, Healthy Living, Preschooler Tagged With: active play, gross motor

Teach kids to grow their own food this spring and summer! A fabulous kids activity to get them outside and learning in nature. Growing your own food is an important skill to teach! #howweelearn #springactivities #summeractivities #Scienceactivities #getoutside #childhoodunplugged #gardeningwithkids #growingfood #vegetablegarden

Garden Fun: Teaching Kids to Grow their Own Food

April 8, 2019 by Sarah 4 Comments

The snow is officially done here in Ontario (I hope you are listening Mother Nature – we are officially done … please). And this means it is time for some fun in the garden with my kids! Over the last few years I have really taken to vegetable gardening. I am far, far, far from…

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Filed Under: Activities for Preschoolers, All Ages, Explore, Farm Life, Get Outside, Grade School, Healthy Living, Learn, Loads of Ideas!, Nature Crafts, Outside Play, Preschooler, Preschoolers, Science

Amazingly fun trampoline games for kids

8 Awesomely FUN Trampoline Games

May 31, 2018 by Sarah 8 Comments

We were hesitant to purchase a trampoline. My boys are rather rowdy, and one little one tends to be a bit accident prone, making me think twice about a trampoline. Or three times. Even four. By the fifth thought, and a lot of convincing and promises of safety, we found ourselves owning a trampoline. The…

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Filed Under: Activities for Big Kids, All Ages, Explore, Get Outside, Grade School, Healthy Living, Kindergarten, Kindergarteners, Outside Play Tagged With: gross motor, Outdoors

Easy casserole recipes perfect for gifting to a friend in need

The Best Casseroles to Gift a Friend

November 30, 2017 by Sarah 14 Comments

While it appears that things have been smooth sailing over here this past month (thanks to the magic of writing and scheduling ahead of time) the truth is my family and I have been struggling. More than struggling. In fact, we have been through Hell. Almost exactly one month ago we lost our baby. The…

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Filed Under: Farm Life, Healthy Living, Life Tagged With: casserole recipes, food kids will eat, recipes for families

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

Our preschool day at home! This is a great routine for homeschool preschool

Our Rhythm for Preschool at Home

January 2, 2017 by Sarah 2 Comments

Happy Holidays! I hope you and your loved ones had a wonderful holiday season. We had a great holiday with lots of visiting, fun, and late nights too. Which means these little ones of mine are ready to get back into our daily rhythm. They may not think they are ready – but goodness are…

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Filed Under: Activities for Preschoolers, All Ages, All Ages, Explore, Healthy Living, Kindergarteners, Learn, Life, Other Learning Fun, Preschooler, Preschoolers, Preschoolers, Quiet Time Tagged With: preschool, preschool at home, rhythm, Waldorf

Making potpourri with kids! Fun and gorgeous results. Perfect for homemade gifts.

Potpourri Making with Kids

December 14, 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I am excited to partner with Oak Meadow today to bring you this post on making potpourri. We sure do love our homemade gifts around here. With the holidays just around the corner I was thrilled to see ‘making potpourri’ in our Oak Meadow grade one curriculum for this week. There is a large nature…

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Filed Under: Activities for Big Kids, Activities for Big Kids, All Ages, Art, Christmas, Create, Easy Crafts, Explore, Grade School, Healthy Living, Kindergarteners, Life, Mama Creates Too, Natural Living, Nature Crafts Tagged With: crafts, grade one, kindergarten activities, oak meadow, preschool

A suggestion for all of the overwhelmed Mamas out there. parenting is so hard, this idea can really, really help.

Doing it all

September 19, 2016 by Sarah 4 Comments

I missed being here on Friday. And I am super late posting today. The reason? Something simply had to give. I hit that Mama wall I have hit before. I am overwhelmed, depleted, and it has taken it’s toll. The thought of me writing about it was intimidating, but since I have found something that…

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Filed Under: Healthy Living, Life, Natural Living, Other Learning Fun

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

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 forĀ  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

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