Category Archives: Family Lore
Changing the Day Frame
If you follow me on IG (@kyndrasteinmann) you’ve seen that I’ve been adjusting our main routines for the day. I find that I have to do this about once a year now the children are big for the most part … Continue reading
Posted in Family Lore, homeschooling, Housekeeping, Life, Organization, Schedule
Tagged Charlotte Mason, Day Frame, homeschooling, large family schedule, schedule
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A Little Reminder
One of the readings on Sunday was from Colossians Chapter Three. Put on then, as God?s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience,?forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Creativity, devotional life, Discipleship, Downloads, Life, Scripture Memory, spiritual formation
Tagged family altar, Printables, Scripture Memory
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An Alternate Ending To Kipling’s Elephant’s Child
Backstory: The Just So Stories are a great favorite around here and the Elephant’s Child is probably the one we love the most. Bull thinks it’s very funny for me to pretend to be the crocodile and (gently) bite his … Continue reading
Posted in Family Lore, free play, Heard Around Here, Life, Memories, Preschool Play, Reading
Tagged free play, Heard Around Here, Life, preschoolers, W
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Heard Around Here II
Bull likes to come downstairs in the morning and snuggle whoever is down here (usually S but sometimes me). This morning when he came down his diaper was very wet so I changed him. B: Mama, I loves oo, oo … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family Lore, Heard Around Here, Memories, Uncategorized
Tagged conversations with F, conversations with W, F, Heard Around Here, W
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Heritage of Trust
A couple of weeks ago I was at my middle sister’s place and we were talking about children, and changes in our lives, and she said something about trusting God that grabbed my attention. I don’t actually remember what she … Continue reading
The Bustler
W is a large child. Not fat really just big- broad shouldered- with a big neck and sturdy legs. I take things out of F’s drawer as he outgrows them and move them right into W’s. A size four will … Continue reading
Conversations with F
Lately F and I have been having theological discussions. They often have to do with the “how” of things… No Hands? “How, ” he asks me frequently, ” could God hold the world if he doesn’t have any hands?” “Well, … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Creativity, Family Lore, Joy, Memories, Pages in Our Heritage of Faith, preschool educcation
Tagged conversations with F, Creating, F
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Merry Christmas!
Posted in Celebration, Christmas, Creativity, Family Lore, Memories
Tagged christian calendar, Christmas, F, Feasts, Su, W
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St. Nicholas Day 2011
Last year our St. Nicholas celebration was marked by S wrecking his truck. This year things were a little more peaceful. I did have a couple of electricians here restoring power to the children’s rooms while I was trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Beauty, Celebration, cooking, Creativity, devotional life, Family Lore, feasts, feasts, Hospitality, Memories, Pages in Our Heritage of Faith
Tagged Advent, christian calendar, cooking, Creating, daily devotions, Feasts, St. Nicholas
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Advent in Action: The Wreath and the Creche
One of the things that makes the church calendar an important part of our lives are the rituals and traditions that we bring out at different times of the year. On the Saturdays of Advent this year I am going … Continue reading