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A lovely post submitted by Mary, who owns Paradise Farm in West Bend, WI: My nineteen-year-old son joined me in the garden after spending a few hours helping his dad clear brush at the farm a few weekends ago. Since I had a group of people there for a Family Garden Work Morning, I promptly […]

I began this blog post on Friday, May 17th, my youngest child’s 2nd birthday. I was on my way to California to celebrate and learn with some amazing women at the first-ever LifeWays conference. I was excited, nervous, and already missing daily life with my family–that I am often eager to get a break from.

Pamela Perkins, who resides in Hawaii, created this small festival and offered to share it with the LifeWays community. Enjoy! Wandering in the Meadow A Springtime Mini Festival I created this simple festival for my 4- and 6 year-old granddaughters and a few friends to celebrate springtime. I chose (with some poetic license) to incorporate

Editor’s Note: To kick off May, albeit a bit late, I asked members of the LifeWays community to share how they celebrate festivals with chidlren. Sarah Baldwin, owner of Bella Luna Toys and author of Moonchild Blog, and Sarah’s husband, Max Alexander, were kind enough to contribute pictures. May Day and Maypole Dancing We celebrate

Spring has arrived in Milwaukee, or at least it has officially begun according to the calendar. You can see buds popping up all over, as long as you have warm layers and a slicker on for it is raining and raining and raining some more. Actually, today it is flurrying! I know, I know, spring

Bridget writes: My new baby, my third and probably last child, is almost six months old.  I have only had the honor of calling her mine for mere months, but Nayana and I have a history that goes back years before the quiet October night when I held her fresh, slippery body in my arms

I had waffled for the last few weeks over whether to buy the cheap Easter egg dyeing kit but opted instead this year to give natural dyes a try. The kids and I boiled some eggs (both white and brown), mixed up some new natural dye concoctions, got out some crayons, and set to work.

Jaimmie writes:  When my husband asked what I wanted for my first Mother’s Day, I told him I wanted to go camping.  So we packed up too much gear and our nearly one-year-old baby and headed out to nearby Kettle Moraine State Forest.  It was cold and rainy at night and the gravel-covered site was