Raise your hand if you’ve homeschooled without coffee and chocolate. {Raising my hand.} Back in January I shared about my challenge with arthritis in Awaking to the Aching. Guess what? My aunt saw my post and shared her success story. See, she also has had arthritis for lengthy time. Well, her doctor put her on […]
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Signs of Spring and a Spring Visitor
“The birds are singing!” ~ five-year-old “The grass is turning green.” ~ 11-year-old “I get to stay outside later because the days are longer.” ~13-year-old “The flowers are blooming.” ~ eight-year-old “The red bud tree is blooming.” ~ Hodgepodgemom We’ve been enjoying signs of spring these last few weeks before the official day was here. […]
Sunflower Peeps Cake
We made this last year and it was great! Easy and fun from Everyday Celebrating. Even if it sorta cracked and fell apart because it was made with egg substitute. Even if, because it cracked, we couldn’t ice the whole thing. Still, it made for laughs and a great last-minute-use-up-your-Easter-Peeps easy. We improvised and just […]
Seeing the Beautiful Things
“Time is a very precious gift of God; so precious that it’s only given to us moment by moment.” ~ Amelia Barr From my gratitude list this last week, the beautiful things I’ve noticed, moment by moment… 2309. A girl with her Daddy’s picture in her wallet. 2310. The same girl accompanying him to a […]
J is for Jellyfish
Thinking of the beach again… This one taken late August of 2008. The year of all those Gulf hurricanes. The day we were leaving, Hurricane Gustav was coming. My entry in the Homeschool Post’s A B See Photo Meme. Other entries: A is for Angel B is for Brown-Headed Nuthatch C is for Crayon D […]
Make Supper at Lunch
-an update from the archives Yes. You heard me right. I shared this routine on Twitter one day and several friends asked for the secret. Really, it’s no secret, just a bit of pre-planning. My friend, Kellie, asked specifically, “Give us recipes that are great to make for supper, during the lunch hour and give […]
Meal Plan: Cheap Eats for Two Weeks
It has been a while since I posted a meal plan because when Grandma and Grandpa retired out west, we were given the contents of their freezer and pantry. Wow! And, so, I am working around what we already have again, just like in the last freezer and pantry challenge. Supplementing with a grocery run […]
Jars of Clay
With warmer temperatures outside and budding flowers and plants everywhere, new life soars through your body. You feel like opening the windows (unless you have horrible allergies like me) and letting in the fresh air. You feel like opening closet doors and purging the closets of their contents. You get bitten by the spring cleaning […]
Grilled Cheese, Dressed Up
When Grandma and Grandpa retired out west a little bit ago, we got a few things from their pantry. One was a loaf of rye bread. So, I tapped my head, “think, think, think” and tried to figure out how I could get these children to eat it. They are very good about eating my […]
X is for Xylophone
Outside time at great-grandmother’s. I like both of these photos, so I’m sharing both here… My entry in the Homeschool Post’s A B See Photo Meme. And this one. Which do you like best? Other entries: A is for Angel B is for Brown-Headed Nuthatch C is for Crayon D is for Dough E is […]
Nebulizers, Inhalers, and Tissues…Oh My!
It is that time of year…environmental allergies and asthma are at their worst! All three of my boys suffer from allergies and asthma, so this time of year is a very active time for our family’s noses! There are many different things you can do to relieve allergies and what you do depends on the […]
My Lost Tooth by Littlest Girl
In her own words… My little brother is a good brother because he helped me lose my first tooth. I was pretending to be a dog and putting a washcloth in my mouth. And he pulled it out of my mouth as hard as he could! That’s how my tooth got loose and started to […]
The Easter Season – A Compilation of Favorites
For this Easter season, several of our family favorites… Amon’s Adventure: A Family Story for Easter I marked the date on the calendar. Back on that January day we received the much anticipated Amon’s Adventure. I marked the spring date we were to start reading the book. Amon’s Adventure is a family storybook for Easter […]