Eco-Kids Tuesday

Bunny was sick yesterday ... the nasty, throwing up kinda sick.  She's a trooper and was pleasant and so grown up about it.  She napped a lot and watched various movies throughout the day. (for me it is all about balance when it comes to screen time)  Baby Sister missed having her to play with and would pull herself up to the couch and fuss until Bunny would talk to her.  I love the love they share! 

Since Bunny was sick, Nana decided it was a good time to make juice jigglers, using grass-fed gelatin.  Inspired by recipes linked here at Eco-Kids Tuesday, she warmed three cups of juice.  While that was warming, she mixed 1/4 cup gelatin with another cup of juice and let in sit for a minute.  Then she removed the pan from the heat and mixed it all together.  After pouring it into a 9X13 glass baking dish, she refridgerated it for a few hours.  It cut nicely into jiggler cubes and tasted great! 

Bunny appreciated the treat!

recipe here

Each week I am amazed at how much I am learning from the bloggers that share their links with us! 

Thanks so much to all of you for taking the time to do so. 

~This Week's Features~

Little Bins for Little Hands shared an Earth Sensory Table featuring air, land and water. 

What a learning experience!

Shalom Mama shared her 9 Real Food Switched You Can Make in No Time!

We have been eating whole foods and adding in things like bone broth and feeling so good!

This time of year means TICKS here in WV. 

I am grateful to read this post from Jo's Health Corner about using essential oils to deal with ticks!

Kate's Apartmentsteading shared her post DIY Waldorf for Poor People. 

I have really enjoyed her waldorf posts!

These bush critter from The Craft Train are so cute and fit our nature art activties. 

I am sure you will be seeing these again here soon!

If you were featured please feel free to grab a button for your blog.  And please keep linking up great all your Eco-Kid ideas!

And now for this week's Eco-Kids Tuesday Link-Up!!

I hope that you'll share some great family-friendly posts that are also friendly for the environment.

Some ideas include:

• Nature Activities
• Outdoor Activities
• Crafts made with re-purposed or recycled materials
• Sewing and DIY home projects
• Science Experiments
• Posts on environmental issues for kids or families
• Non-toxic living
• Homeopathic Remedies

Eco-Kids Tuesdays is co-hosted by Organic Aspirations and Like Mama~Like Daughter this means that anything you link-up shows up on both blogs!

Feel free to link up several of your posts.

There are only a few rules:

Please follow both co-hostess' blogs, and visit some of the other posts and give them some encouragement!  Please stick to posts and photos not giveaways or items for sale.

By linking up, you are agreeing that Organic Aspirations or Like Mama~Like Daughter can feature your photos next week with a link back to your site.  

Please link back to my site using this button (once I get it fixed !!) OR simply text linking within your post!

Creative Kids

I just love when children take the lead and do some pretty creative things all on their own.

No adult suggestions. No adult guidance. No lesson plans. No prepped craft.

Just creative kids!

One child started decorating the tree with flowers and the rest joined it!
Very pretty!

Each week I join several linky parties!  What a fun way to share and learn! 

Natural Living Monday,  The Children's Bookshelf,  Monday's Kid Corner, Hey Mom, Look What I Did!, Montessori Monday, Made by Little Hands, Homemade Mondays, Mama Moments Monday {Link Up}, The Gathering Spot,  Little Wonders' Days,  Mom's Monday Mingle, Mommy Moments, Frugal, Crafty Home,  Hip Homeschool Hop, Mom's Library,  Tuesday Tots, (tot school tuesday), The Tuesday Baby Link-Up, Keep Calm Craft On {crafting on}, Tuned in Tuesday, Teach Me Tuesday, TOO Cute Tuesday, Open Call Tuesday, Backyard Farming Connection Hop, Tuned in Tuesday, Kids in the Kitchen,  Waldorf Wednesday,  It's Playtime, We Made That Linky, What I Learned Wednesday, Super Link Party, Kids Co-Op,  Artsy Play Wednesday, Healthy 2Day Wednesday, Wildcrafting Wednesday, Adorned From Above, Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways, Kids Crafts, Link and Learn, Thrifty Thursday,  Hearts for Home,  needle and thREAD, Made U Look, Tender Moments with Toddlers and Preschoolers,  Natural Living Link-Up, Small Footprint Friday,  Our Days Homeschool Link-Up,  For the Kids Friday, FarmGirl Friday Blog Hop,  Kitchen Fun and Crafty Friday, Read. Explore. Learn., Creative Learning on Friday,  Preschool and Kindergarten Corner, Friday's Nature Table, The Friday Baby Shower,  TGIF Linky Party, Family Fun Friday,  Creative Friday, Friday Flair Link Party, Shine on Fridays, Friday Favs, Outdoor Play Party,  Do Something Crafty, Weekend Whatever,  Saturday Show and Tell,  Tot School Gathering Place,  Sharing Saturday, Share It Saturday, Country Kids, Link and Learn, sharing creative, ideas {all weekend}, Show and Share Saturday, Stress Free Sunday,  The Sunday Showcase, The Preschool Prekinder Nook, Fun Sparks, The Sunday Parenting Party, Making Boys Men, Spring Carnival, Made with Love, Raising Memories

An Enchanted Childhood Playschool ~ April 29th-May 3rd

Each week we spend more and more time outside. 

On this particular day the children took our nature bags and went in search of all sorts of nature:

dandelions, violets, dried tulip petals, buttercups, pinecones, grasses....

After gathering all sorts of lovely nature,

the children glued them to cardstock to make a nature picture!

While out and about we stopped by Poppaw John's garden!

Our peas are up!!

 We nibbled onions and lettuce and brought some back for lunch!

And like every time we visit the garden, the little ones MUST hunt worms. 

Poopaw John is a good sport!

Climbing, creeking, and rolling down hills makes up the rest of our mornings!

**I'd like to thank Carla for reminding me how much fun Nature Art can be!

Each week I join several linky parties!  What a fun way to share and learn! 

Natural Living Monday,  The Children's Bookshelf,  Monday's Kid Corner, Hey Mom, Look What I Did!, Montessori Monday, Made by Little Hands, Homemade Mondays, Mama Moments Monday {Link Up}, The Gathering Spot,  Little Wonders' Days,  Mom's Monday Mingle, Mommy Moments, Frugal, Crafty Home,  Hip Homeschool Hop, Mom's Library,  Tuesday Tots, (tot school tuesday), The Tuesday Baby Link-Up, Keep Calm Craft On {crafting on}, Tuned in Tuesday, Teach Me Tuesday, TOO Cute Tuesday, Open Call Tuesday, Backyard Farming Connection Hop, Tuned in Tuesday, Kids in the Kitchen,  Waldorf Wednesday,  It's Playtime, We Made That Linky, What I Learned Wednesday, Super Link Party, Kids Co-Op,  Artsy Play Wednesday, Healthy 2Day Wednesday, Wildcrafting Wednesday, Adorned From Above, Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways, Kids Crafts, Link and Learn, Thrifty Thursday,  Hearts for Home,  needle and thREAD, Made U Look, Tender Moments with Toddlers and Preschoolers,  Natural Living Link-Up, Small Footprint Friday,  Our Days Homeschool Link-Up,  For the Kids Friday, FarmGirl Friday Blog Hop,  Kitchen Fun and Crafty Friday, Read. Explore. Learn., Creative Learning on Friday,  Preschool and Kindergarten Corner, Friday's Nature Table, The Friday Baby Shower,  TGIF Linky Party, Family Fun Friday,  Creative Friday, Friday Flair Link Party, Shine on Fridays, Friday Favs, Outdoor Play Party,  Do Something Crafty, Weekend Whatever,  Saturday Show and Tell,  Tot School Gathering Place,  Sharing Saturday, Share It Saturday, Country Kids, Link and Learn, sharing creative, ideas {all weekend}, Show and Share Saturday, Stress Free Sunday,  The Sunday Showcase, The Preschool Prekinder Nook, Fun Sparks, The Sunday Parenting Party, Making Boys Men, Spring Carnival, Made with Love, Raising Memories

And each week I co-host Eco-Kids Tuesday Link-Up!

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

Each Day

Sunny days make for busy, dirty, little girlies.

We have been spending hours outside every sunny day.

Oh how lovely the childhood spent in nature.

Oh how lovely the adulthood, as well.

At the end of the day the bathwater is a dingy shade of brownish green.

Bunny and Squirrel fall asleep easily. Resting up for the next day's adventures.

In my washer, I sometimes find six dirty dresses from one sunny day.

And on rainy days, in my dryer, I sometimes find a little girl pretending to lay eggs in a nest.

We try to make the most of each day as it comes.

Wonderfull (Full of Wonder) Wednesday

 

Looking for the wonder in everyday life! 

I'd love for you to join me on this journey. 

If you find wonder along the way, please leave a link in the comments,

so others can share in your wonder!

 

A worm in your hand + dandelions + a creek = A wonderfilled childhood! 

 

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in” ~ Rachel Carson