Author archives: emily

Book review: Outliers

Book review: Outliers
Ok, time for book review #2. I promise it won't be as long as my first book review a couple of weeks ago. And if you're wondering why I am spending time writing book reviews, head over to this post to get familiar. And now for the book, drumroll please.... Our good friend Dan... who is kind of like a human encyclopedia. It's true.   So this isn't a [...]

DIY: Wood slice alphabet magnets

DIY: Wood slice alphabet magnets
It seems like we spend a lot of time in the kitchen. A lot. And I really enjoy my little kitchen helpers, but if they aren't helping me with a meal or the dishes, it seems like they have chosen their preferred play spot right under my feet while I am cooking. So this project was an attempt to give my kiddos another something to do while I'm working on things in th[...]

A favorite photograph… #1

A favorite photograph... #1
Today I am introducing another new blog series. As you can tell from my 2014 goals I shared recently, I am changing things up and am going to spend more time writing about things that are important to me, like books, creating with my kids, and more. And this new series is all about photographs - some of my favorite photographs. They aren't necessarily technically perf[...]