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A Montessori Home (Ages 7 and Almost 5)
During my Spring Break I spent some time reorganizing our house. Simone’s online course about preparing a Montessori home inspired me to make changes. It’s crazy how much new stuff sneaks in all.the.time. Here’s our Montessori home for ages 5 and 7.
Update 1: Boys’ Room
I find that it takes constant vigilance to keep up with growing and changing boys. Tate and Henry still share a room. I spent some time donating toys that they have grown out of. I also made sure each thing in their room has a spot. They are constantly bringing new things into the house (mainly things they get from other people, such as … Read More
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Have a Great Spring Break!
For the past couple months, I’ve been dreading Spring Break. Normally, we go on vacation together as a family, which I love. This year, however, Matt got offered a position as a photographer for SXSW. Of course I had to say yes to my taking on more child care, so that he could pursue his passion. He has done so much for my career these past seven years. Of course I can do whatever he needs me to do. I owe him a ton!But I was bummed about it. Not only were we losing our family vacation, I was going to be saddled with lots and lots of solo… Read More -
Inner Child Therapy
Did I already talk about my conversation with an inner child therapist? I don’t think I did, but I apologize if this is redundant!The basic idea is that we all have these hurt inner children in us, and an important part of healing and growing is to acknowledge the hurt children, to try and understand the hurt, and to soothe it.My childhood could have been way worse, but there were things that caused me hurt: I never met my father; he didn’t want anything to do with me after my mother got pregnant. We moved from city to city and I never got to spend very much time… Read More
