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Montessori Moments: 2 years and 3 months
These “Montessori Moments” posts are meant to highlight some of the ways we implement the Montessori method in our home. Many of the activities that are featured–cooking, cleaning together, going out into nature, etc.–overlap with other parenting philosophies or might seem like things that parents just do with their children intuitively. I’ve still chosen to highlight them here because they are integral to the Montessori approach to parenting and education and fit within a comprehensive continuum of activities that support children as they undergo the important work of forming themselves. For more information about incorporating Montessori into the home, I recommend How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way… Read More -
Living, Growing Scrapbook Update
I’ve heard youngest children complain about how their baby books pale in comparison to their older siblings’, and I’m actively trying to make sure that doesn’t happen to baby #2 (whose name might be Tate, Crosby, Harper, Sidney, Quincy, Sawyer, or–if Henry has his way–Po Po Brother).
Of course every child’s experience is different within the same family, but I don’t want the experience to feel inferior in any way for our second child. I’ve been trying to keep a scrapbook going for the second baby, just like I did for Henry’s pregnancy and first year.Luckily, the format is very laid back and easy to keep up with. I… Read More -
Growing into Motherhood
I spent the weekend at my cousin’s wedding on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. When I booked my ticket back in the fall, it was nearly $500, and we couldn’t figure out how to spend $1,500 for all three of us to attend the wedding for a couple days (since we were feverishly saving up money to convert our 85% loan-to-value construction loan to an 80% loan-to-value 30-year-fixed mortgage).… Read MorePart of me was really excited to have a weekend away by myself before the baby comes. But as it got closer and closer, I grew sadder and sadder that my guys couldn’t join me at the beach.
Although I
