When Halloween roles around our kiddos go bananas with expectation. Costumes, decorations, the "Trick of Treat" route for the year.....there's lots to plan! I try to squeeze as much Harvest Fun into our homeschool lessons as I can. We've studied the life cycle of pumpkins, done a unit on bats and their key place on the farm, as well as a lot of math with pumpkins. How do you test whether or not a pumpkin floats? Answer- throw it in the pool! In addition to making carmel apples and carving pumpkins (that have been fished out of the pool), I try to have some fun harvest-based activities to keep our minds off of candy and costumes. Years ago we landed on the tradition of creating "Jack-O-
There are times when Providence simply takes hold. In your wildest dreams, you could not have imagined yourself standing there. And yet, when you take stock, it is abundantly clear that God's Providence- God's Divine Will- has been at work. That is how we felt the first time we stepped onto this property in the fall of 2011. We were looking for a few acres in southwest Washington- just enough to have a horse, maybe a few chickens...and a big garden. I had imagined myself canning my own food, teaching our children how to care for the garden- and getting up at the crack of dawn to happily muck out a stall before sending them off to school. What was not in the plan......our plan anyway....w
