the 16th day of christmas

I’ve left this post later than I should have. I’m tired and need to sleep. Forgive me for the hurriedness of this. Today was all about chilling out together. We woke up (after a nice sleep in – woo hoo) and spent some time cuddling on the couch under blankets. Ah…my favourite thing to do with my [...]

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the 11th day of christmas

Our holiday celebrations would  not be complete without a batch of fresh, homemade gingerbread. Since giving up grains, legumes, sugar, and most dairy…I worried that Isaac would be really disappointed that we would not be making gingerbread this year; it’s his favourite part of the 24 days of Christmas, I think. But then I remembered [...]

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the 5th day of christmas

Cookies are a favourite around here and since we’ve cut grains out of our diet, we’ve had a lot of fun trying out new recipes to decide what ones we like best. Today Isaac’s envelope said “Let’s Make Cookies” and he was thrilled. Ingredients – 2 1/2 tbsp butter – 1 tbsp honey – 1 [...]

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a trip to the ranch

Last Saturday we made a drive an hour and a half northeast to a lovely little farm (ranch, actually) to pick up some grass-fed beef. We’ve been searching for a source for a couple of years, but have never been able to find something locally. This past summer we volunteered with our local CSA to [...]

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our halloween

We weren’t sure Halloween was going to happen at our house this year. Isaac was feeling tired and thought maybe he’d just stay in and go to bed. WHAT? What five year old doesn’t want to go out for Halloween? My sweet boy. After talking it over for a bit we discovered that the reason [...]

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