Taylor began tackling a concerto back in October. The process of moving from notes on a page to music was grueling, not only for him but for all the inhabitants of our home. For the piece to resemble music, he…

Yesterday I followed a a trail of foil scraps to the table. The tape dispenser was snickering up at me. “Oh Søren…what’s this?” “A weapon.” Okay, I have to admit, Da Vinci would be proud.

Cloe was a budding poet from the time she could hold a pencil and has grown into a teenager who poetically describes the value of cultivating imagination. boldness fuels creativitylonging for its sweet honeydreaming of liberationimaginationdrowned in a stagnant poolis…

Today I gave Søren the job of dusting window sills. Quick as lightening. “All done Mom.” “Great, thanks buddy.” About an hour later, concerned by a large slice of silence, I wandered into the kitchen and discovered my son at…

My intentions are innocent enough… Just one click to visit a favorite blog to get a quick nugget of inspiration or encouragement. Then it happens, I see the blogroll beckoning me from the sidebar. Like the promise of a multi-family…

My middle son is an amazing writer, a deft creator of unique characters. He will sit for hours crafting a tale. He usually enlists his younger brother, Søren, to illustrate because he is not particularly fond of drawing. Every Thursday…

Last night the boys camped out in the studio, excuse me, the summertime-Man-Cave. This is the room where my boys are free to explore all things creative from Legos to paint and canvas to hot glue and Popsicle sticks to…

I imagine spending summers with my family at Dalguise House in Pertshire with Beatrix Potter. I imagine chasing Peter Rabbit down a lush Scottish lane. But hoe in hand, all the chopping at clay soil I can muster does not…

Taylor was told that a seed from a vegetable purchased at the market would not produce fruit. He had no in intention of growing a bell pepper for consumption, only to test what he was told and relish in the…

Plain and simple, book clubs are fun! Nothing seems to fosters the higher-level thinking that allows children to form ideas and opinions about real life, more than hashing through a story in a discussion circle. There's something about listening and…