Informative Reviews for Homeschooling Moms…and a slice of our life as well
With all the talk about Valentine’s decorations, food, and crafts, I occasionally get inspired to make some of them. Like last year, when we decorated and ate a heart-shaped cake. But to me, the most inspiring Valentine’s articles are always the stories and practical tips with suggestions on how to show love to your family. One [...]
We’re halfway through the summer, and rather than moan about it, we’ll celebrate by sharing a few highlights of the past weeks. I’ve got all sorts of beautiful, cute, and funny pictures of the kids, but since my husband doesn’t want any of our pictures online, I can’t share them. That’s too bad, but I [...]
Our family, except for my husband, is blessed with a week off. We are settling in for a blissful winter break. All I want to do is be lazy, eat dark chocolate (and other good things), read books, and go cross country skiing. The kids each have their own goals, involving the movie TinTin, music, books, DVD’s, [...]
After unpacking and spending a week madly catching up on the gardening and preserving, I’m going through photos of our amazing holiday adventure. We lived in this tent for most of three weeks. Mr. 16 had his own personal tent since he is too tall to fit in with the rest of us. In total we drove [...]
This is the final installment of our summer planning series. We’ve already talked about dreaming big to ensure that our summer meets our goals, and we’ve made lists of all the necessary activities. Now we need to make all that practical. I used to write out a contract for each child. First I’d list the [...]
Dreaming is the best part of planning for the summer, and a summer filled with dreams will leave a lot of happy memories. I posted about our Dream Lists last week. However, to avoid regrets when the fall comes, it’s also important to plan the necessary activities: Obviously, there are daily chores. Summer is a [...]
Summer happens. Days pass, one by one. Some are memorable and enjoyable. Some are boring. And then, suddenly, it’s all over for another year, and all we’re left with are memories. We want those memories to be happy, so every year our family plans the summer. The first step is to brainstorm our dreams. It’s [...]
Yesterday was a crazy day because we tried to finish the year?s schoolwork … as much as possible. Today, however, is holiday time, and we celebrated! We started off with a rare treat, a trip to the swimming pool. The children were blissfully happy, swimming, sliding, enjoying the hot tub, slipping into the sauna (!), [...]
I can hardly believe that we’ve finished our summer holidays! After a cooler week, we had a week of hot, hot weather and spent hours in the pool. More and more garden produce is ripening and I’m not keeping up with it very well. But we’ve been enjoying company, having a touristy time, and drinking [...]
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