Officially Fabulous {and 40!}

on June 17, 2013
bday tea

It’s official: I’m fabulous. That’s what happens when you turn 40, right? I’m low-key when it comes to celebrations, and I prefer a smaller group of family and friends rather than a big party. It’s the introvert in me. Even though this is a “big” birthday, I’ve celebrated the same way I celebrate just about [...]

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Do Homeschooled Kids Hate Their Moms?

on June 6, 2013
Homeschool Kids Hate Mom

Can you think of a teacher you disliked during your school years? Most people can, sometimes quite vehemently! Isn’t that likely to happen with mom if she is the teacher for every subject in every grade? Some critics of homeschooling think so, and I can see their reasoning. As much as I’d enjoy having my [...]

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Interest-led, Unschoolish, CM-style Nature Study

on May 31, 2013
UnschoolNatureStudy

Although Scout will happily tell you that she is now homeschooled, I’ve done nothing at all structured with the little ones because: A) It’s summertime. B) Even after just one year of public school, Scout clearly needs some de-schooling. (That’s a post for another day.) C) They are still little kids! What they need most [...]

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Homeschool Questions and Answers {flashback}

on May 30, 2013
HSCousins

Before I started homeschooling, no one in my family had ever done it. It was a completely new idea to most of them. One cousin in particular grilled me on the whys and hows of my decision — but the next year she and another cousin started homeschooling, too! I don’t know how much I [...]

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10 Things that Make My Day

on May 28, 2013
LEGO_play

Top 10 {randomly ordered} things that make my day: 1 – Peaceful times in the day when all the kids are happily occupied. Lately, one of the best times for this has been when big sis Kathryn gets out the LEGOs and helps the littles build and play with them. 2 – An organized closet. [...]

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Nature Notebooking Pages

on May 20, 2013
Notebooking_Birds

We love using these bird notebooking pages for our nature journal. These are two from Kathryn’s notebook last summer. We have one in-process on robins since we have yet another robin nest on our back porch right now! (This post contains affiliate links. See disclosure.) We already love using NotebookingPages.com for our nature journals, but [...]

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Preschool thru College: Beginnings

on May 17, 2013
CollegeGrad

We’ve had a whole lot going on around here, from the youngest child’s last day of preschool to the eldest child’s college graduation, and all sorts of things in between. I was blessed to have all my kids at church on Mother’s Day, including my daughter-in-law! It’s funny: I never even thought to imagine the [...]

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ALS Awareness Month

on May 13, 2013
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I hate ALS. This disease took more from Dad than his final breath: ALS stole his speech. ALS stole his ability to eat, or even swallow his own saliva. ALS stole enjoying a cup of coffee with friends at Waffle House. ALS stole cruising through the mountains on his Harley. ALS stole wood-chopping and physical [...]

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