It was Nana’s idea. Just in time for fall. A quick and easy lesson with gorgeous results! She decided to use just a small piece of paper again. A quarter of an 8 1/2 x 11. She passed out colors. And we pictured fall apples… She started by drawing a heart shape, using either an […]
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Prayer Does Change Things
Back in January, at the start of the new year, we agreed to begin our year knowing that prayer changes things. Inspired by a post at (in)courage by the same title, I rolled out the big ream of drawing paper. And we all gathered around. Each added their own prayer requests. Some of serious nature, […]
Fall Fairs All Around
If I couldn’t tell it was fall by the weather I surely could tell it by the busy. It’s fair season. Each year we submit art work and flower entries in the North Georgia State Fair. When we went this week to enter our flowers, we saw that the children’s chalk pastels had received ribbons […]
WHAT WILL YOUR JOURNEY LOOK LIKE WHEN IT’S OVER?
I’m currently in a Bible study with some lovely ladies of God. We are studying the book of Philippians. The study starts out with a little background information on how Paul came to Philippi. Philippi was not on his agenda at the time and it took a bit of supernatural force to place him there. […]
Mamaw’s Cheese Salmon Loaf
I remember having salmon loaf growing up. I don’t think I realized then that it was my grandmother’s recipe. I surely didn’t know just how frugal the recipe is. And it wasn’t until I served it to my own family that I found out what a hit it would be. I expected them to make […]
Pears, Apples and Nature Journal Art
We packed a lunch and went where we knew the pears would be. Over on the family road where we found the queen anne’s lace. We hopped out and ran to the pear tree. We found one lone pear. We played with the kitty. And the fake snake that keeps the critters away from the […]
Take it Outside
These fall days, before the big, deep chills, take your homeschool outside. Pack up the school books or pack up your lunch and escape. To your backyard. To the park. Have your family supper outside. Mix it up some. Do it now while you can. Before you have to wear a jacket. Before the harsh […]
Take it Outside
These fall days before the big, deep chills, take your homeschool outside. Pack it up or pack up your lunch and escape. To your backyard. To the park. Have your family supper outside. Mix it up some. Do it now while you can. Before you have to wear a jacket. Before the harsh wind drives […]
Coca-Cola: A Pastels Tutorial
Being from the south, all things that are syrupy and carbonated are called Coke. Especially here in Georgia, around the Coke capitol of Atlanta. Just last month, we went as a family to the World of Coke for Middle Girl’s birthday. All that said, we thought it appropriate to enjoy a Coca-Cola pastel. Nana helped […]
Aleida’s Challenge: Photos of You with Your Children
While we were at the beach I got photos of each of the children with Hodgepodgedad. What fun he is! “Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.” ~ Ansel Adams (from Eldest Girl’s Digital Photography study) I’d meant to do the same with me while we […]
Fast Food for Slow Sundays: Slow Cooker Hamburgers
This is one of those sorta made up recipes. One of those I was scratching my head Saturday night trying to figure out how I was going to fix hamburgers for Sunday lunch. It worked! I put a dozen, warehouse club-bought, pre-formed hamburger patties into the slow cooker. (They were not frozen). Just piled in […]
Balancing the Needs of the Age Range + Helpful Habit
Someone discovered he really likes blue kool aid. This week was chocked full. I’m still finding the days fly by as I am aiming to balance the needs of the age range. Preschooler. Kindergartener. 4th grader. 7th grader. 8th grader. Plus I have this little passion for taking pictures. Plus, we have to stay busy […]
Taming the ‘Wild West’ – Mobile Devices
In a recent post on Passionate Purposeful Parenting entitled Defense in Depth, I wrote about the methods we use to protect our children from the “wild west” of the Internet. The techniques I mentioned work very well for our computers and other devices in our home. But what about those pesky mobile devices? You know […]