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Brainstorming: A Montessori Bedroom
Henry’s Montessori bedroom changed a lot during the first year of his life when he went from lying on a movement mat watching mobiles to pulling himself up on furniture and low shelves. When he turned one, we moved to Austin and his room became even more simple (primarily since we moved into a bigger house and we didn’t need his bedroom to serve so many different functions). It honestly hasn’t changed very much from 1-2, except that we recently traded out his crib mattress floor bed for a twin-sized mattress with a duvet cover.
As we prepare to move into a new house, I’m rethinking his bedroom and wondering… Read More -
Stocking Up & Hunkering Down: Preparing for a Second Baby
Our little family of three (well, six if you count our bloodhound and chickens) is in the final stretch before a cascade of changes sweeps through our lives. Honestly, I haven’t thought enough about preparing for the transition this time around. My thoughts are consumed with purchasing land and undertaking site development for Austin’s first public Montessori school. (Note to Self: Think more about the transition to second babyhood!).The one thing I have thought about is meals. We won’t be able to afford take-out like we did post-Henry. It’s imperative that we set ourselves up to prepare meals at home, even amid the stress of a new baby.A… Read More -
Rubbermaid Closets
It’s unreal to be able to literally stand inside our house and get a sense of what it feels like. I’m surprised by how much I’m enjoying the building process. I never had the dream of building our own house; it just kind of worked out that way because of the particular neighborhood we wanted to live in (both in terms of affordability, diversity, and proximity to the school I’m trying to start) and our aesthetic preferences (we didn’t want to renovate a ranch house, which is what the rest of the neighborhood is comprised of).… Read More
But now that we’re building it, I’m thoroughly enjoying the process. We visit it
