Kids – A Wild Family

Summer On The Farm

A look back at Summer on the farm, of our family & community.

Honeybees, Crop Dusters, & Little, Listening Ears

Life has been such an amazing kind of busy lately. We’ve been busy doing the kind of work that feels so right it must be play. The kind of busy that finds you smiling for long jaunts of the day….that helps you fall fast into a deep cozy sleep the moment you hit the bed….theContinue reading “Honeybees, Crop Dusters, & Little, Listening Ears”

More Wisdom from the Wee Ones

I think the favorite part of my day was splitting wood with Henry and Iris in the workshop today. Last week the kids and I were all sick and now today Johnny has been stuck on the couch all day with a fever, aches, and sore throat. I should probably be grateful he didn’t haveContinue reading “More Wisdom from the Wee Ones”

The Great Exhale & Presence, Over Praise.

It was the kind of morning that gave hopeful sunlight so enthralling, that our kitchen looked magical, even with all the dirty dishes and windows that needed washed. We moved around the house in a state of awe, cozying up in various spots, taking it in. It’s not often the kids are quiet in theContinue reading “The Great Exhale & Presence, Over Praise.”

Always something.

I don’t say this often, but we.are.tired. We’ve been up late working on a lot of different projects after the kids go to bed for the last few days, until one or two in the morning. Trying to finish the new website, finalizing details for our next big adventure, planning for Spring endeavors, taking careContinue reading “Always something.”

Get Outside

They have been outside for 3 hours now….making rivers, floating boats, sliding their bodies around in the slush. Then, they set out to make a fire- I stayed quiet and left them to their work. I love that if I were to tell our kids, ‘You can’t start a fire, it’s too wet out!’ ifContinue reading “Get Outside”