A Winner and an Award

The winner of the Playsilk Giveaway is comment #23 ~ Stephanie at Caffeinated.

Congrats!!!  I hope you guys enjoy your new silks as much as we do!!!

I also wanted to take the time to acknowledge a blog award given to me by both Olives and Pickles and Little Blossoms!

Little Blossoms is a delightful blog with many wonderful ideas.  I've especially enjoyed her post on weaving frames (beautiful) and her recent post on exploring friction!

Olives and Pickles is full of beautiful crafting ideas, nature play and montessori related activities!  I love the sailing ship her daughter recently made!

The rules for accepting the award:

Rule Number 1: Thank the one's who gave you the gift.  Thanks Little Blossoms and Olives and Pickles.

Rule Number 2: Share seven random things about yourself.

1. I was a total tomboy growing up.
2. I've lost that tomboy touch.  We recently had a Black Widow infestation and I made my husband kill 7 of the 8 that we found.  I even screamed like a girl at one point...
3. I was failing 1st grade and pulled out of school, but went on to graduate summa cum laude from ASU (my 1 credit microbiology lab was my only B). Home education worked for me!
4. I need to be outside or I go crazy.  August is a diffucult month for me because of this.  October through May are AMAZING! 
5. Every time I have to use an egg when I cook, I rearrange the eggs in the crate so it makes an appealing, symmetrical design. When Rich wants to irritate me, he will go in and mess up the ‘order’.
6. Having children has really drawn me closer to God and closer to Rich. It is amazing to see that having more to love increases my love for those I already have!
7. My educational philosophy is a bit Charlotte Mason, Montessori, delight-directed and a whole lot of hands-on unit study! :)

Rule Number 3: Pass the award to 15 bloggers.
I'm an ecclectic person, my list is very ecclectic.  Most of them are education related blogs.

The Forest Room - Love this blog.  We share a love for nature, hands-on learning and a bit of montessori! :)
All Join In - is a wonderful blog with lots of inspiring ideas for playing and learning with your children!
One Hook Wonder ~ A great montessori blog.  I always find lots of inspiration there!
The Wonder Years ~ Wonderful blog with great links!
This Journey ~ I always come away from reading her blog refreshed!
Our Home for His Glory ~ This is my newest find and it is delightful!
Simply Necessary ~ She always makes me think and I LOVE her book recommendations!
Camp Creek Blog ~ Amy at Simply Necessary turned me on to this blog.  Posts are always insightful, interesting and inspiring.  She refers to her approach to education as project-based homeschooling. 
Mustard Seeds ~ I loved her Easter ideas for sharing faith with our children.  She also loves everything vintage! ;)
Scraps of Starlight ~ beautiful and inspiring relaxed approach to learning!
The Write Start ~ nostalgic playful childhood encouragement and a bit of crafty rolled up in one!
Kiara's blog - She always has interesting things to share and I love reading about her adoption related posts.
Overweights of Joy ~ Her goal is to find God in the everyday dance of life.  She does just that and encourages everyone else too!