Gingerbread House Making Party
We started a new holiday tradition this year with a Gingerbread house making party. There were 5 families that participated with around 12 children total. My wonderful BFF graciously agreed to host...
View ArticleMadelyn Grace
We welcomed Madelyn Grace into our lives on January 31st at 12:08 p.m. We have loved every sweet moment with her and the children absolutely adore her!
View ArticleIn the Trenches
Miss Madelyn is almost 6 weeks old. I can’t even believe that it’s been that long. Although she has already grown so much! I have been asked often if having 4 children is harder than 3. I always...
View ArticleBrotherly Love
Oh, how he does love his baby sister. He is her number one fan. I want to capture moments like this and hold on to them forever. Madelyn was fussing and he quickly ran to her, and in the sweetest...
View ArticleTop 10 must have items for homeschooling in our house
Sometimes I really miss being a public school teacher…Well, actually I only miss having access to all the free materials and classroom supplies. Oh, and the tax break I got for buying the needed things...
View ArticleLooking towards next school year
I wanted to participate in this weeks Top Ten discussion of “Ten reasons I am excited about this new school year” But to be honest {and I feel horrible in saying it} I’m just not that excited about it....
View ArticleI am fearfully and wonderfully made
Photo credit Michael and Diane Porter I must have been five or six, visiting my nana, I don’t remember much but I know she lived in a small two story house somewhere in the Northeast. I don’t recall...
View Article10 Things about me that you might want to know…or I’m going to tell you anyway
1. I don’t remember anything. Well most things anyway. This works out well for you if you have ever hurt my feelings or said something stupid. It’s not so helpful when I’m trying to remember your...
View ArticleHome from Vacation but not quite back
We have now been home from vacation for about two weeks, but I have yet to return to real life. I’m mourning the 85 degree temperatures that allowed us to spend our days outdoors- sun up to sun down....
View ArticleWordless Wednesday
These are the kind of things that happen when I leave the kids and the baby unattended…
View ArticleBlogging through this mess
Please excuse the mess here. I’m revamping this site and learning all kinds of new things I never thought I could! It’s going to get ugly before it get’s better
View ArticleHomeschooling our 5th year
I can honestly say this year began like no other. There was no drama {on my part}, no dread, no uncertainty. At the same time the giddy excitement of a new year was also absent. The school year crept...
View ArticleTeaching our children to love poetry
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. ~ Edgar Allen Poe Poetry has always resonated with me. When I was little I used to have this little book of poems that was my grandmothers. I...
View ArticleThe post where I tell you it’s Fall
Fall glorious Fall with it’s cooler temperatures, warm tones, campfires, sweaters, soups…pumpkin EVERYTHING. I can get giddy thinking about it. We have only had one day of Fall temps here on my side of...
View ArticleLight and Shadows
I mentioned in my previous post that science is one of those subjects I struggle with teaching. In the past I found all of my own resources and did science when the opportunity arose. (read didn’t do...
View ArticleAmazing Pumpkin Dip
Friends, if you love pumpkin THIS is the dip for you. I can’t even tell you how I had to restrain myself from eating the whole stinkin’ bowl of this and then licking it clean. Thankfully I was making...
View ArticleCrafting with the Cricut
I love to scrapbook. Now, ask me when was the last time I sat down to do it? It’s been a long time friends…a long time. Our fourth baby is almost two and I don’t have a single picture of her printed!...
View ArticleThomas our Elf
Last year we gave in to all the hype about the The Elf on the Shelf . I’m not sure why we did it, especially in light of our much earlier stance about things of this nature but once we purchased this...
View Article10 Ideas to Keep Christ in Christmas
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. It seems like...
View ArticleFrugal Homemade Christmas Gifts
“Homemade gifts are best, because they come from the heart” This from my ten year old daughter this morning as we were discussing Christmas gifts. I tend to agree. This year my children have been on...
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