Category Archives: Grateful Friday

This week I am grateful for my sweet Emily’s love for books, for how every room is slowly turning into a library, books piling up on shelves and tables. I am grateful that you can usually find Emi reading a … Continue reading →

This week I am grateful for… …painting decorations for the little one’s new space-themed bedroom. I am grateful for sunny days, and I am grateful for the horses we say hello to every day, and for how much the little … Continue reading →

This week I am grateful for.. days full of fun and sunshine, and Arthur’s new love for noise. I am grateful for looking at books with sweet Georgie, and for early morning pretend-picnics with Emily and her favourite doll Lotta. … Continue reading →

This week I am grateful for… new favourite books, and a little one who is finally feeling a little bit better. I am grateful for bright colours and happy days, I am grateful for our home, and for Christmas decorations … Continue reading →

(I know it’s not Friday yet, but I won’t be around tomorrow, so I thought I’d share my Gratefuls with you already!) This week I am grateful for .. .. a new gingerbread house because “If we build a new … Continue reading →

I am grateful for conversations with Emily. We are reading yet another version of the Christmas story. But is it really,actually real, Mama? Emily asks. Of course it is, I assure her, Why do you ask? Because it is called … Continue reading →

This week I am grateful for the creativity that December seems to carry into our home, for the effect it has on my little ones, the making of felt food and felt snowmen, and for the peace December brings, the … Continue reading →

This Friday I am grateful for a husband who comes to rescue us when we get stuck in the village, I am grateful for hot chocolate on rainy days, I am grateful for a quiet corner to gather my thoughts, … Continue reading →

This week I am grateful for crayons melted onto a picture frame, bringing us a little joy and colour, (inspired by this.) for new books bringing calm thoughts and love, for “secret” night-time reading and her bedroom full of books, … Continue reading →

This Friday I am grateful for fuzzy friends and creative play, for a game of Mancala at least twenty times a day, and for reading and sharing this special story with Emily. I am also grateful for making spiced chai … Continue reading →

This week I am grateful for… autumn sunsets across the farmer’s fields, for rainbows found in bedrooms, (“The fairies must have put it there for me to find,Mama!“) and for starting the new homeschool year with a freshly organized dining-room … Continue reading →

This week I am grateful for… …sings of Autumn everywhere I look. I am grateful for new little corners, for rain and the big apple tree, for hair like a thunderstorm, clouds of curls and lightening, and for a love … Continue reading →

This week I am grateful for.. ..generations of tiny stitches full of love,handed down, played with, hugged and cherished. I am grateful for signs of amazing love carved into stones and glass by waves and sand. I am so grateful … Continue reading →