Baby chicks!

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Back in September, we had one of our hens go broody. I tried a few times to stop her but she was very insistent, so eventually I gave in and put a few eggs under her. I had read on Backyard Chickens that with a mother hen, chicks should be fine even at this [...]

Burritos (Good for Freezing)

Before Fiona was born we cooked and froze a whole lot of food to have for the post-partum period. It was one of the best ideas ever. I highly recommend it to anyone who is pregnant if you have a deep freeze. We filled ours to the brim (the picture below was before we [...]

Happy Halloween!

Little Red Riding Hood costume

It has been a while since I posted anything. I keep meaning to post and have lots to write about, but then I wonder where I should start. Back in the summer where I left off, or from where we are now, or somewhere in between? Well, it’s NaBloPoMo this month and it seems [...]

Today we…

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We had a busy day today. I got woken up by a strange sound. It took me a few minutes before I realized  it was a rooster crowing! I’m not sure which one it was, but one of the roosters has finally found his voice. I joked with Kris that the hens were behind [...]

Guest post on NPN

I have a post on Natural Parent’s Network today. It’s an edited version of an older post of mine on consensual living. I have written a couple of follow up posts on actually implementing consensual living too but that reminds me I need to get them finished edited for them.

As [...]

Sunday Surf

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I don’t promise to actually be able to do this regularly, but I have some more links to share this week so thought I’d participate in Hobo Mama’s Sunday Surf.

Image credit: Louma Sader Bujana

First, you may have already heard of the plight of

My little secret

Grumpy car seat face

Years ago, before Meredith was born, one of the few things we really felt we needed was a car seat. We could do without a crib and stroller and most of the other “essentials”, but a car seat was definitely a necessity. I stumbled about the car-seat.org forums and was both fascinated [...]

Spectacle Lake & Bamberton Beach

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The weather has finally gotten nice, and we’ve been trying to take full advantage of it. Over the last couple of weeks, we have visited some new (and old) parks and beaches. We’ve spent time with some good friends and met lots of new people too. We’ve been invited to a weekly playgroup with [...]

Sharing Time

The biggest reason I don't blog much lately ;)

I would love to do a weekly or monthly post where I share some of my recent favourites, but I did it once way back in September and then got a bit sidetracked (moving tends to do that to a person I guess!). So I thought I’d share a few posts and blogs I’ve [...]

Pressed Flowers

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We were out with a good friend at the beach yesterday, and Fiona fell asleep on the way home. When we got home, I parked in the shade, left the doors open, and Meredith and I proceeded to take some pictures and talk about some of the flowers growing nearby while we waited for [...]

“All children behave as well as they are treated.”
~ Jan Hunt

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