Family

Lingering Thursdays ~ First Soccer Trophy

May 18, 2012

My middle child, Okhan has been waiting since he was about 3 so that he could be on a soccer team. Having a father that has been a soccer fan since he was a little boy, naturally my son caught the soccer love early and wanted to play in a real team. These past few [...]

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Lingering Thursdays ~ Fast riders

May 10, 2012

Free rides and did the boys ever enjoy it! Free rides as in you can sit in the car as it didn’t move at all, but that didn’t seem to matter to these two wild riders. This car is stationed right outside the Ace store on 2nd at Long Beach along with a train table. [...]

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A terrarium-inspired fairy world

May 1, 2012

For my daughter’s 7th birthday we did a terrarium-inspired craft that the girls really enjoyed. I gathered rocks and twigs, bought moss and flowers from our local florist, and used the flower fairies cupcake decorations. And since we reuse glass jars in our house, I simply grabbed some of our jars to use for the [...]

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Happy 5th Birthday Okhan

March 28, 2012

Happy birthday my handsome sweet boy! I can’t believe you are today 5 years old. So many parents have told me how quickly it goes and they’ve been so right. You were just born in what feels like yesterday. I remember when you were just a little baby, so big and chunky. You always had [...]

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Happy 3rd Birthday Evren

March 1, 2012

You were born so intensely and so powerful in what turned out to be a very short labor of just under 3 hours. You were by far my most intense birth experience with each contraction coming strongly right after each other. With me was your Baba and my dear friend Stephanie who was our doula. [...]

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68 reasons why we homeschool

February 24, 2012

We’ve been a homeschooling family since our kids were born. At first we started as unschoolers and then later we moved into Waldorf Education and now we’re an eclectic mix of both. And that’s the beauty about homechooling, you can make it what fits into your family and personalize it to your children. And who [...]

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The beauty of natural silks play

February 1, 2012

Around here we love silks for both girls and boys. They use them from early on as creative playing toys…yes toys. My kids make forts, tents, ropes, play food, capes, baby doll blankets, and more. Some of the silks come in ready-made toys such as garlands and capes. And even these have additional creative play [...]

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Lingering Thursdays ~ Boys can be sisters too.

January 26, 2012

My daughter really wants sisters. So, on Monday she decided she’d just make them by turning her brothers into girls. And since they are always up for a game…they agreed! And what a fun time it was pretending to be girls all together. Lots of giggles and lots of goofiness and way too many photo [...]

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Lingering Thursdays ~ Best Buddies

December 29, 2011

Each Thursday I want to write about or post a picture about something that happened that week that made me want to linger there. Those moments in time where you want to rewind over and over and stay in the moment a little extra before it passes by. And so this week, here’s my lingering [...]

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Christmas 2011

December 26, 2011

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s my favorite holiday. I love Christmas! Loved it as a child and so much more as an adult since I get to share it with our kids and share in their holiday joy as well. And this year is extra special since my mother is visiting [...]

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