Do you guys miss the old hey-days of blogging? I do. I felt inspired to write a newsy life update today. I love going back and reading old posts like these. (I actually have about eight year’s worth now!) A lot of this is lengthy notes from Baby Land, where I know I will lose […] Read more…
It’s countdown to baby time over here, but I really wanted to get this post up before things get too crunched! (For my readers, but also for me!) I read last year’s post about our first grade plans, and it was fun to see how much things have grown and changed in our homeschooling life. […] Read more…
I know all of you who are familiar with our recent kitchen saga have been waiting so long for a kitchen reveal! I have been dreaming of the day I could write this post myself. Well. It was a very, very slow process. My kitchen is now totally updated and redesigned, but to tell you […] Read more…
Well, here it is! The post where I tell you guys what materials and curriculum we are using for first grade. We have dropped things I was just sure we would love, while picking up some unexpected additions. Charlotte Mason is still the main theme, but we have incorporated some other methods too. Our […] Read more…
One of my greatest fears about becoming a homeschool mom was having a chaotic home. I had heard a lot of negative stories about how messy homeschool was going to make my house. And frankly, being shut up in a messy house with three kids all day and no time to do normal housework sounded […] Read more…
HELLO! Wow, January was a long time ago. I need to start blogging like it’s 2011 again. (Good goal for 2018…Blog Like It Is 2011.) When people post pictures of rooms I generally skip the words and go straight to the scrolling, but sometimes I do go back and read the blah, blah, blah at […] Read more…
Well, here we are, in 2017, beginning this second week of the new year with a homeschool re-do! Last August we had planned to start K.K. in kindergarten, but I went in unprepared in every way. To make a very long story short, we quit after two weeks and I was low-key depressed about it […] Read more…
Wow, getting this post out every year is a lot like getting Christmas cards out. It’s not ever as perfect as I want it to be, but by golly, it gets done! By the sheer willpower of my ISTJ personality type. Easier and possibly even a little sloppier every year. (Last year’s post didn’t make […] Read more…