I remember the day we hired our first babysitter. It only took us 2.5 years to get around to it. A wedding was coming up that our entire family would be attending as well, so our go-to childcare option was off the table. It was the first time we paid lots and lots of money […]
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Fresh Inspiration for Nature Walks!
Well, I’m back and settling into normal everyday life and dealing with those periodic pesky technical issues that currently center around email. :Gasp: I accidentally deleted my entire blog/book email inbox. So if you have tried to reach me in the last couple of weeks (there are one or two of you), I’d love it […]
How We Do School with the Flu
Well, flu might be an overstatement, but last week all was plugging along nicely… I was even outside running around with the kids as they recreated Sparks-a-Rama in the backyard. We stopped to run to the store for dinner ingredients. When we returned, the customary hurry-and-clean-up-before-daddy-gets-home commenced. Except that a certain 6 year old suddenly […]
There and Back Again… Musings from a Homeschool Grad.
It is always interesting to go through similar experiences but from a different perspective… I still remember that first year of motherhood. It rocked my world in the best kind of way and yet was also challenging. I had a whole new respect for not only my mother, but mom’s everywhere. I’ve had moments peppered […]
Afternoon Anticipations… Art + Olympics!
Today was the perfect day to pull out our new Olympic Art Pastel lesson book on the kindle fire. It was overcast (rare for Arizona) and just enough nip in the air to make these desert dwellers feel in the mood for the upcoming winter Olympics. We’ve been using A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels this […]
Teaching Typing Skills – Quickly and Efficiently {VLOG}
Tap, tap, tap… “YESSSSSSSSSSSS!” I hear my son shout. He has just received a promotion. We are in our second month of exploring Keyboard Classroom and we both couldn’t be more pleased. Finally, after searching off and on for a while, we’ve found a typing program that we both like. Our time is just too […]