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Our new additions to the family this year were the perfect excuse to make new Christmas stockings! Cute stockings need cute fabric! These felt stockings seemed easy enough and were totally cute, so I drew up designs to make for each of us. However, when I went to buy wool felt at a local craft […]
Just a quick post because so many of my awesome affiliates are having specials going on right now and I want to make sure you don’t miss out on these! Of course there are a gazillion online sales this weekend but these are my favorites. As a bonus, I always appreciate a sale that doesn’t […]
Mister Rogers spoke of the holidays this way: “I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending.” Holidays can […]
One morning recently I instagramed a “perfect” relaxed homeschool morning: my preschooler played with wooden word puzzles; my 1st grader sat nearby drawing; and my 7th grader sat knitting and helping the preschooler. It was a moment that made my heart happy. It’s rare when our days look like that “perfect” morning, but when it […]
Though I’ve not yet attended any of GHC’s conferences, I hope to do so in 2014, and I’m happy to have them as a sponsor so that I can share news and goodies with y’all! (Disclosure: I was compensated for this post.) This month Great Homeschool Conventions announces THREE fabulous new speakers, another wonderful free […]
Around here, we like books. We really like books. I’ve thought about counting all the books in our house, but that might take a while. {I might have a teensy addiction to books.} I haven’t read as much with Scout and Jem as I’d like, but we do read to them. I plan to start […]
Nothing says autumn (my favorite season!) like colorful fall leaves, so we chose leaf-themed crafts for this month’s Pinterest challenge. You know how our Pinterest projects — like Kathryn’s duct tape roses, my lamp shade, and the fabric-wrapped wreath — have come out really well every month so far? Well, this month, our projects didn’t […]
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