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Our Quasi-Updated Front Porch
We’ve
lived in our house for three years, but there still feel like there are
unfinished areas of our home. For example, our front deck has felt less
than welcoming for a long time now. I’ve been mulling it over for so
long. Do we want an outdoor couch? A rug? Some kind of storage for our
garden tools? A swinging chair?Finally I just spent an evening scrolling through chairs on Overstock and came across some chairs
that looked cool and comfortable (they actually look uncomfortable, but
they are similar to a chair featured on Young House Love a long time
ago that they swore was comfortable).We added… Read More -
The Laziest of the Lazy: Ordering Bras off the Internet
I’m pretty convinced that an intense dislike of shopping runs in my genes (I can’t even find a category to put this post into!). That’s why I was really hoping to find an online company from which to order bras.Because there are free returns, I didn’t feel like I had anything to lose. I tried True Love and didn’t love the style I ordered.This time I tried ThirdLove and had a great experience. They have half sizes, and I love the soft memory foam material. I went with what seemed like their most popular one: the 24/7 Classic T-shirt bra. It’s really comfortable! -
Let Children Make Mistakes: The Montessori Way
I recently wrote this piece for our school newsletter about how to let children make mistakes and wanted to share it with you, since the idea of letting children take risks and make mistakes is such a cornerstone of the Montessori approach!
My oldest son is in Pre-K4 at Magnolia Montessori For All. Recently, his teacher let me know that he got a little injury in class. He had purposefully been using a pin puncher incorrectly. A pin puncher is a slightly sharp object that children use to punch out a shape. Using it strengthens a child’s hand in preparation for writing.
Another child gave my son a warning about how … Read More
