This week’s adventure for our adventure-a-week challenge has been one of my favorites so far: stargazing! For one thing, since it wasn’t a weekday adventure, our whole family was able to do this one together. For another thing – I just love stargazing! Generally the night skies are most interesting in the earliest months of […]
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Time for week 3 of the adventure-a-week challenge! This week’s adventure is a little bit different and at first glance might not seem as obvious as an adventure. However, it did certainly feel like an adventure to my little one! 🙂 And it fits all the rules as outlined in the first post. Specifically, that […]
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Welcome to The Flourishing Abode! I’ve been blogging here for a couple months now so wouldn’t you agree that it is high time for the official grand-opening-kick-off post? Yeah, I agree, a little overdue! Pin It Ever since deciding to shut down my “FlourishandDebonair” shop and blog (though you’ll still find some older posts from […]
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Well, our weekly adventure challenge continues! (If you haven’t seen the challenge post yet, you can see it here.) Last week I shared our pirate nature scavenger hunt, and it was geared more specifically for small children. This time for our second adventure we did an activity which isn’t targeted at any specific age, and […]
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I am the primary writer on this blog, but my husband Tim may be putting up occasional posts here as well in the future, and so I thought I should start off by letting you get to know him a little bit. So last night I “interviewed” him. HA! Generally you interview someone you don’t […]
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Well, this past week was week one of my Adventure a Week Challenge, and I think we are off to a great start! I made an illustrated free printable, and its available at the end of the post, for anyone else who would like to do this scavenger hunt adventure, so be sure not to […]
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Yep, it’s cabin fever season! And so I’m starting a new challenge – an adventure a week. My four year old daughter drew an adorable valentine card for me with a picture on it of us driving in the car. I asked her what it was a picture of, and she said “You and me […]
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WinterFest has a different theme each year. This year it was Russia. We loved the theme ideas many of you posted – and for next year, we were inspired by the suggestion of Lori B from IMK,IML to think outside the box of theme by country. We’ve already decided for next year, and I […]
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My husband, Tim, makes breakfast on WinterFest … this year he made blini, a thin Russian pancake (you can see his recipe is taped up on the microwave)… Apparently, they are eaten both savory (with sour cream and fish) or sweet (with fruit spreads). My favorite was with a little sour cream and […]
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Tomorrow is WinterFest, so everything is bustling with cozy-winter happiness around the Starr home! WinterFest is our family’s celebration of all the things that make winter a special, beautiful and cozy time of year. The holiday colors are ice blue, cranberry red, black and white (one of the reasons I love ElleMoss’s photo, above, is […]
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