Welcome to Oakborn & Co! Oakborn & Co. is a company with quite a few different specializations. Part of the company focuses on pregnancy, labour, birth, and postpartum. Whilst the other half of the company focuses on herbal and aromatherapy. I call this half of the company the Apothecary. Whilst I have a lot of… Read More Hello & Welcome
Chili is something I hated growing up, probably because my mom made it way too spicy for child me and like other 90’s kids we didn’t get a choice or say in what we ate and it was eat it or go without. As an adult, I love chili. I love how customizable it is… Read More Veganuary Chili
You’re a star soup Another day of Veganuary! This one we made for lunch and it’s super easy and tasty. Soups are like that though. You don’t want or like soup until you have soup and then you love soup! It’s freezing here today, though you wouldn’t know that with the kids choosing to wear… Read More Veganuary-You’re a Star Soup
Let’s start Veganuary off with some non traditional stuffed shells. I realise shells are generally stuffed with 25 different types of cheeses, but imo that sounds horrendous, and that’s as someone who used to love cheese. This one was easy and basically spaghetti, but with jumbo shells and cheese. This was the first time we… Read More Veganuary—Stuffed Shells
Who is doing winter crafts?? Every holiday I love doing themed crafts. It fills my heart with joy. I’m also finding that my little prince really enjoys art, so I’m working on encouraging that and supporting that interest! Lately we’ve been doing watercolour! In my opinion watercolours are less messy and less work than finger… Read More Winter Watercolour
This one is a fun Thanks-giving craft to do daily with the kids that also gets them thinking about gratefulness and all of their blessings! Parents I challenge you to say one thing you’re grateful for when doing the Gobblers with your kids! It’s extremely easy. And doesn’t require much. You could also draw this… Read More Grateful Gobblers
“Autumn shows us how beautiful change can be.” (If you just want the playlist without reading my nonsense ideas and thoughts, then scroll down to the bottom!) I do love Autumn.I don’t like being cold, but I love autumn. I love every season, and I think if people got out of their heads and changed… Read More Autumn Playlist
I love a witch hat craft! And this one would be so cute if you attached a paper band around it so they could actually wear it! This is one of those crafts you’ll have to preface ahead of time that it will need to be done in stages. They’ll paint the plate, let it… Read More Witch Hats—A Halloween Craft
I think a lot homeschoolers or sahm’s might forget about small motor skills. It’s easy to overlook or just sounds difficult. If your kiddo has never used scissors, then skip this activity and work on some small motor things before doing this activity. Whilst scissors are small motor, I wouldn’t suggest a kiddo who hasn’t… Read More Ghosts! —Small Motor Practice!
Be honest, did you know ole zombie boy wasn’t Frankenstein? Frankenstein is the scientist who created Monster Man! Anyways, this is such a cute craft and super easy! All you need is green, white, and black paper, glue, scissors, and a marker. When you do crafts with your kids that involve paper, keep the scraps!… Read More Frankenstein’s Monster—A Halloween Craft
Another pretty easy craft coming your way! Hand prints! These double as keepsakes, as I call them. Who doesn’t want to look back and see how tiny their kiddos hand was when they were 3?? As someone who grew up in a home where my mom didn’t keep anything I ever made, let me tell… Read More Halloween Handprints—Witches and Ghosts
