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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 [...]
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 [...]
I like to keep it real. So today, let’s talk about the imperfectness of my homeschool… We are schedule challenged. Our days don’t start at a set time. (Actually, mine do now, but that’s because of the kindergartener in public school and a really early school bus.) That’s works just fine sometimes, but there are [...]
(This post contains affiliate links. See disclosure.) Books we recommend: Every now and then, I like to post specifically about some of the books we’ve been enjoying recently, so this is our latest installment of book recommendations. Big thanks to 12-year-old Kathryn for her input! Black Star, Bright Dawn – Scott O’Dell A young girl [...]
This post contains affiliate links. (Just being upfront and legal and stuff.) For more info, see my disclosure page. It’s May, y’all! Not much longer before we’ll be done with the official portion of our school year (though we keep some of our studies going through the summer months). Until then, a little of what [...]
The Titus 2:1 Conference: I was at the conference as event photographer, so of course I toted around a big camera all weekend, but these iPhone pics of me with blogland pals are super fun! L-R: Rebecca, Sarah, Tabitha, Jimmie. Rebecca (of Mom’s Mustard Seeds) lives only an hour or so away from me. Sarah [...]
Shhh! It’s a rare peaceful moment; nobody move! I’ve enjoyed the introverted homeschoolers posts at Simple Homeschool because all this chaos and noise with two extra kids is making me c-r-a-z-y. Seriously, some days I am NOT dealing well with it. And as of this week, we have baby Riley EVERY day for the whole [...]
Not many extras right now – and that’s okay! Both girls decided to do testing to try to earn the next belt in Choi Kwang Do — and they both passed! Now they are White Belt Seniors. I’m glad they were able to do this, as we’re in a season right now of not doing [...]
First, let me start with a random happy from my week… Weeds are my nemesis, and our front yard has been smack full of them. (That’s a Southern saying, y’all.) But I’ve had neither the time nor inclination to tackle them. So Ken made it into a game and he and the kids spent an [...]
Ask me my favorite thing about homeschooling, and you’ll always hear the same answer: flexibility. We’re in one of those times of life when flexibility is essential. Last week I spent nearly all day Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at the hospital and hospice with my dad. Friday afternoon, we moved in two new little people. [...]
I’ve missed a few weeks of homeschool updates because we’ve had so much going on with getting ready for overnight visits with our newest kids! No, it’s still not definite, but we’re moving right along and praying for the Lord’s will. We’ve spent this week putting together a bunk bed in Kathryn’s room, cleaning out [...]
This was a good week. Sure, there were some not-great moments, but I like to remind myself that even in those frustrating moments, this home educating lifestyle is a huge blessing. This week we had laughter and silliness; sweet moments like when Lindsey gave me a bouquet of flowers just because she wanted me to [...]
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