The Mama Lab, LLC

08/08/2024

"All life needs time below the surface, where it can breathe itself full and round, where it can reconnect with its nature and sprout again in its flushed form...." - 💗

This is 40! And I'm getting out of here, signing off to free up some head space and focus on my intimate relationships right in front of me. And as for business, I'll be handing out business cards?! 😅 I do love seeing people on here that meant a lot to me from different parts of my life. Message me to stay connected if we aren't already otherwise. Then you can call me on my future house line..😂

Time moves too fast and I'm often saying I don't have enough of it so I'm going to be very selective in how I spend it. Social media doesn't make the cut. 🤪

"We are doing ourselves no favors when we look to the crowd to tell us where we are." -Erin Loechner, Chasing Slow: Courage to Journey Off the Beaten Path

13/07/2024

Road Trip ❤️🤍💙

Everyone said something along the lines of "wow you're brave" when they heard our plans to drive to South Carolina.🤣 Traveling with kids is actually a favorite and though there were of course hard moments (I mean when is travel perfectly smooth even without kids?! 😜) it was a wonderful way to explore and worth it to see family.

01/06/2024

🍦 Celebrating a successful kindergarten and preschool year with (nostalgic bc this was my fav when they started as a food truck in !) and a trip to (if you're local and don't know of this place-run! 😉) to pick out summer reads.

I love seeing their hunger for information and their determination to learn. They truly embody that learning is happening all the time. Just because it is summer they are not looking to be done with "school" and continue to ask for morning time lessons. My idea of what education means continues to evolve and I'm so glad to be on this journey with them.

"What makes people smart, curious, alert, observant, competent, confident, resourceful, persistent - in the broadest and best sense, intelligent- is not having access to more and more learning places, resources, and specialists, but being able in their lives to do a wide variety of interesting things that matter, things that challenge their ingenuity, skill, and judgement, and that make an obvious difference in their lives and the lives of people around them." -John Holt, Teach Your Own

25/05/2024

Because deserves a spot on the grid! 🌻💛

Exploring nature and playing outside is a huge priority in our routine and we are so grateful for this amazing program (yes it's true, homeschool does not all happen AT home 😉). Our end of the year festivities included spending the day with the girls at the farm and seeing them joyfully in action. Truly one of our happy places!

"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts." -Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv

01/05/2024

"Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances." -Rudolf Steiner

Happy May day! Love this sweet tradition welcoming Spring and honoring the rhythms of nature. 💐

23/04/2024

"Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an essential investment in our children's health (and also, by the way, in our own)."
-Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder

Happy Earth Day! 🌎💚💙

01/04/2024

"Just as the artisans and carpenters of old built beautiful cathedrals for the glory of God, so do you. Yes, you- you who work tirelessly day after day over a geography lesson, a math test, a laundry pile, a kitchen sink. Those are the moments wherein you build cathedrals for God...
At the end of our lives, He is going to look into our hearts... Did we even realize that every Monday, every Thursday, every ordinary day, we were standing on holy ground, building a cathedral far more glorious than that we could dream up on our own?
No task is too trivial, no assignment too small. Educating our children is an offering of love we make to the God who was so gracious to bestow them upon us in the first place." 
-Teaching from Rest by MacKenzie Sarah

Happy Easter! May this Easter be a reminder of the life all around us and the responsibility we have to live it well and with love. I'll be carrying this as my mantra, "This is my cathedral. I'm building a cathedral." 💕🐰🙏

15/02/2024

"What if, instead of trying to make the most of our time, we worked harder at savoring it?" -Sarah Mackenzie, Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace

Easy to forget but I hope you're savoring the moments and the love. Happy Valentine's Day! 💕💗

15/02/2024

31/12/2023

Happy ! Definitely my new favorite tradition. 💜 Hope you head into the new year with this energy! 😎🎉

#2024

28/12/2023

"Home with the family
We’ll be together at Christmas
Snowflakes, sleigh bells
Bringing back memories
We’ll be together at Christmas
Some things change with passing years
Let this feeling stay
Old friends, new friends
Hoping we’ll always be
Here with each other together on Christmas Day" 🎶
-The Muppets and Jim Henson Company

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and holiday season.
♥️🎄🤪
**Who knows what movie this is from?! So fun to share my favorite with the girls and see them enjoy it just as much. 🧸

23/12/2023

“My eager heart aspires
To be a torch,
To bear the Spirit’s light
Into the dark night
Of a wintry world blessing and blest.”
~Rudolf Steiner

Happy (belated 😉) Winter Solstice! ❄️🕯️