7 days in a skirt challenge – day 2

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January 10, 2011

So today is linen day! I LOVE linen. I love the feel of it. It’s cool and calm and I just love it. Did you know that there are health benefits to wearing garments made of 100% linen? Check out this post about the benefits of wearing linen by Andrea Nison.

I was blessed by my mother-in-law a couple of months ago who gave me a bag full of linen clothing that she doesn’t wear anymore! This beautifully embroidered blouse and super comfortable skirt are from her. Thankyou Wendy!

I don’t know if I’ll be in this all day today…I feel a little over dressed for going to the post office and the supermarket!

See you tomorrow!

Categories: 7 days in a skirt challenge.

Old Man Emu: ideas for an Australian Birds unit study

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January 9, 2011

The Emu is a large flightless bird. They stand to be 1.5 to 2 metres tall, and on average weight 36 kilograms. They have 3 toes, and long legs which allows them to run extremely fast. In this species, the female is larger than the male.

Emu’s feed on grass, leaves and small insects. They live all over Australia in grasslands.

The female lays up to 20 eggs, which are large and are soft dark green in colour. These eggs are often prized not only by humans for decoration pieces, but by animals as a food source. The male incubates the eggs for a period of 7-8 weeks, and does not leave the nest for this period. When the eggs hatch, the male emu looks after the hatchlings for another six months.

Amazing Fact: The Emu is the world’s third largest bird. The Ostrich and the Cassowary take the top positions.

Animal Facts: The nest of an Emu can be up to 1.5 metres wide!

Learning this fun song is a great way to become familiar with a few Australian birds (plus a kangaroo and a dingo thrown in!)

and for the little ones here’s the Wiggles doing the song with Steve Irwin :)

More resources for learning about Australian birds:

Categories: family, homeschooling.

7 days in a skirt challenge – day 1

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January 9, 2011

Suzanne over at YHWH Leads is hosting the ’7 days in a skirt challenge’ and I thought it would be fun to join in! So…here is my first entry :) I love this skirt. It’s 100% cotton. I try hard to only wear garments made of 100% materials (Deuteronomy 22:11), and only natural fibres such as wool, cotton and linen. This skirt is a really full, long wrap around in Indian print. My darling husband bought it for me from The Tree of Life when we were in Sydney last. On top I am wearing a light green cotton knit wrap over a white cotton singlet.

and here’s my favourite part of the outfit…my tzitzit :)

See you tomorrow with something in…oh, I don’t know…maybe linen?

Categories: 7 days in a skirt challenge.

Yummy Green Smoothies!

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January 1, 2011

so you take a banana, a handful of greens (I used baby spinach leaves today), and some cold filtered water.

blend it up…and…voilá!

Delicious Green Smoothie!

I have been drinking these for awhile now, but for the first time today I managed to convince someone else in my family that they really are very tasty! Yay! Now William is my green smoothie partner :)

Categories: family, health.

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