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…
Last year I came wonder if I had an addiction to my phone. It was after reading this article about smartphone use in teens. The research findings disturbed me. The idea of giving kids phones never set right with me, but I had never heard anyone really articulate why. The author spoke about […] 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…