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Suburban Homestead

Northern California

I am a designer and mother of three. Welcome to my blog!

Interests: Modern design, organic gardening, interiors and product design, cooking, entertaining, graphic design, textiles, patterns, color, music, childrens books, photography, farming, reading, photography..

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This was our first Halloween in the new house, which meant big business! Unlike the last two houses we lived in, where we never had a trick-or-treater, our new house is located one block from the epicenter of all things Halloween in our area. And we were THRILLED about this.... Continue reading

Posted Nov 7, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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How We Homeschool - October 26 - 31

IN THE CAR THIS WEEK Magic Treehouse audiobooks per the 6yo's request BOOKS BEING LOVED 11yo read: Half Brother 8yo reading: This week she devoured Cleopatra in Space, finished Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and started Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. 6yo: working on learning to... Continue reading

Posted Nov 2, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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How We Homeschool - October 19 - 25

BOOKS BEING LOVED 11yo read: The Outsiders (for tween boy book club), The Fort, and into The Titanic. All three books were selected by me, so I'm thrilled he took to all of them. 8yo reading: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Thank the universe for this series -... Continue reading

Posted Oct 26, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 17 - Gypsy Caravaning in the (almost) Lake District

Last spring, one of the first things I found for us to do on our road trip was a three day gypsy caravan trip in the Lake District with Wanderlust. Having read Danny the Champion of the World with all three kids, it felt like a dream come true! Now... Continue reading

Posted Oct 14, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 16 - Augill Castle, The Forbidden Corner + A Boar Feeding

One of my (many) goals for this trip was to stay in a castle. It seemed easy enough. It's the UK for goodness sake, no shortage of castles here! Maybe I didn't search it right because for a long time, I couldn't find anything that met my criteria: fun interiors... Continue reading

Posted Oct 11, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 13 - Highland Folk Museum to Glasgow

This post is dedicated to all those incredible humans who get the urge to dedicate mass amounts of time and money to restoring some tiny part of our history on a local level. We owe these folks a huge amount of thanks for their gifts to our cultures. The Highland... Continue reading

Posted Oct 5, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 12 - The Train to Malaig

The town of Fort William isn't anything spectacular, but the drive leading up to it certainly is. (It seems like it might actually be hard to pick a bad drive in Scotland. So far, all have been spectacular!) We came here to catch the train to Mallaig, on the west... Continue reading

Posted Oct 2, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 15 - Wordless Wednesday - Glasgow to Cumbria

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Posted Oct 1, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 11 - Plockton to Fort Williams

We left our magical town of Plockton today. In our two days of touring the Isle of Skye I've yet to see a town sweeter than this one. Tucked down deep at the base of tree covered hills, and only accessed by a long, winding, single-lane road, this tiny village... Continue reading

Posted Sep 30, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 10 - Isle of Skye

I had the days of our trip pretty buttoned-up before we even took flight. Three weeks were fairly well mapped-out, London, a bit better than Scotland. All that went out the window the minute we touched down. Go figure! ;-) We still got to do much of what we wanted,... Continue reading

Posted Sep 28, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 7 - A 6yo's Birthday @ Kidzania, BB Tea Bus Tour + Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Musical

Tiny Buns has knocked-out another year! We celebrated his big day with four surprises that could only happen in London! Surprise No. 1 - A morning at Kidzania! The kids were in heaven. Beanie and Tiny Buns played and played in a almost empty world of grown-up play (yeah homeschooling!),... Continue reading

Posted Sep 27, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 9 - Isle of Skye

Our first three nights in Scotland were spent in the tiny, picture-perfect fishing village of Plockton, with easy access to the Isle of Skye. Our house, our views, our temporary fantasy world, were all just perfect. I only wish we could have stayed longer and done a little kayaking, hiking,... Continue reading

Posted Sep 27, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 6 - The Making of Harry Potter at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London

Beanie Love's (second-to-best) dream came true on Monday when we headed to Warner Brother's Harry Potter Studios. (Her ultimate dream is Harry Potter World in Orlando.) Disclaimer: While I may have been driving the car playing each of the seven Harry Potter audiobooks, I wasn't ever actually listening, and so... Continue reading

Posted Sep 25, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 5 - Hotel Chocolat Kid's Workshop, Tower Bridge + Medieval Banquet

I can't remember what I was looking for when I stumbled on Hotel Chocolat's workshops for kids - but what a find! For one hour, my kids got to hang out with a handful of half-pint, sweet and chatty London locals, while learning about the chocolate making process, and decorating... Continue reading

Posted Sep 24, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 8 - Wordless Wednesday - London to The Highlands

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Posted Sep 24, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 4 - The London Eye + South Bank

Crikey! I forgot to get a picture of The London Eye in its entirety! I also forgot to do the same for everything else we did in South Bank - like The Globe Theater, The Clink Prison AND The Royal Hind. Anywho... Our day exploring South Bank was a first... Continue reading

Posted Sep 21, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 3 - Sketch for tea, Charles Dickens Museum, Jamie Oliver's for dinner, Matilda Musical for dessert

Afternoon tea at Sketch was at the top of my *Can't Wait* list for London. I'll go anywhere to see a fabulous interior, and I had read that Sketch was said to have the best one in the whole of London! Without even planning it out, we booked the first... Continue reading

Posted Sep 20, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 2 - London's Regency Cafe, Double Decker Bus, Harrods, Laduree + Churchills War Rooms

This trip marks a new start in travel for me. I decided I couldn't carry my prized 3.5lb, 6D Canon camera around with me all day anymore and invested in a FujiX30 instead. I was very nervous about switching so close to our departure - nervous I might compromise the... Continue reading

Posted Sep 19, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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UK Trip - Day 1 - London's Museum of Transport + Dinner at Dishoom, *A Bombay Cafe*

Six months in the making and we are finally here in London - one of my favorite cities in the world, and one I was lucky enough to call home for a short time in college. I will be alone with the kids for a week, then Hubs is meeting... Continue reading

Posted Sep 18, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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How We Homeschool - Feb 23 - 27

THIS WEEKS BOOKS In The Car: We finished up a great book in the car over our break, Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters. We are now onto Every Soul A Star, and everyone is enthralled. 10yo: He's reading Just A Drop of Water, a book... Continue reading

Posted Mar 30, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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Our Winter Break

I hesitate to say we've been blessed with beautiful weather this winter. As much as we enjoyed the past week for all it's warm, spring-like days, it no doubt came with a cost: my East Coast friends are being pummeled with relentless storms. My girlfriend in Boston and I kept... Continue reading

Posted Feb 24, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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How We Homeschool - Feb 2 - 6

MONDAY 9:30 - 3:00 Homeschool in the forest! Pack leader reports from this week: 5yo: "We had another excellent day with the Pup Pack on Monday. We brought our Little Bird song to life by making "molasses candy" pine cone bird feeders for the birds, which the children greatly enjoyed.... Continue reading

Posted Feb 10, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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This Is How We Homeschool - Jan 19-23

MONDAY 9:30 - 3:00 Homeschool in the forest meets on MLK day. Pack leader reports: 5yo: N/A 8yo: "We became true fox lizards last week as we focused on stealth walking, which we call fox walking. We practiced this through games and challenges during the day. We will slowly be... Continue reading

Posted Jan 28, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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This Is How We Homeschool - Week 13? 14??

I can't figure-out which week this is for us. Our fall classes started tapering off long before the schools let out in December, and our new classes are only just starting to ramp up. We've been keeping busy with lots of great stuff, but I've been terrible about documenting it.... Continue reading

Posted Jan 19, 2015 at Suburban Homestead

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How We Homeschool - Week 11

MONDAY 9:30 – 3:00 Homeschool in the Forest Daddy lets me sleep in until 8 and when I come out to the kitchen I witness the 10yo preparing hot, turkey leftover lunches for himself and his siblings. He puts all food, including freshly made hot cocoa, into vacuum-sealed containers for... Continue reading

Posted Dec 9, 2014 at Suburban Homestead

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