potw: baby chick
As we move into the swing of things for our fall learning routine, I decided to start doing our Poem of the Week again with my little ones. I love the challenge of memory work and poems are such lovely...
View Articleyes we can, yes we can, yes we can
I love homeschooling. Absolutely love it. Believe in it. Preach it. Teach it. Live it. But I don’t want to present only one side of the picture lest someone think homeschooling is all roses smelling of...
View Articleanother monday has come and i am so not ready for it
Is it Monday already? Wowsers, last week kicked my hiney and I need another day of sleep before I am ready for Monday. But here it is. And I am going to put on my can-do attitude and tackle it. Here...
View Articlesuccess
We are settling into our new routines and it doesn’t seem quite as painful to get up at 6:00 in the morning as it did two weeks ago. Learning time has been going really well this week and my “life is...
View Articletogether on a quiet morn
Early morning scriptures. Snuggling in bed with my little ones. Reading about Harriet Tubman’s escape with Fisher. Doing math with Annesley. Stillness in my trees after a night of gentle raindrops...
View Articledelightful moments
After a lazy day of puttering around the house, getting letters sent out for next month’s baptisms for church, working on a big book order for the new Tuttle Twins book, and having learning time with...
View Articleour current books
We are spending lots of time snuggling and reading. There isn’t much else I can do right now, so it is a season of books. Annesley and I have started reading Little House in the Big Woods. I have my...
View Articlefatigued
Oh my heck, I am tired. So incredibly tired. I have been exhausted for days on end. Annesley and Richard could not wake me up for scriptures this morning. When I finally opened my eyes around 7:30, she...
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savoring
Blythe is playing the piano with passion and power, Keziah is throwing sticks to Charley in the yard, and I am reclining on my chaise savoring these moments. My girls are growing up so quickly and I...
View Articlegearing up
Ready, set, GO! It’s play week which means piles of FUN! It also means meals on the run, late nights, little sleep, long days, concessions out the wazoo (I have been the concession manager for almost...
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liberty girls
I love mentoring Scholars. LOVE it. Youth that have their heads screwed on straight, have the tenacity and courage to do hard things, the desire to learn, and the ability to digest and discuss big...
View Articlesquares and mazes, wahoo!
If you are anything like me, you pin things and then never do anything about them or flat out forget about them. Recipes, learning ideas, and home cutification ideas get pinned and forgotten on a...
View Articlecelebrating the family video
I saw this video yesterday and have to share it because I love it so much! I set a goal to memorize The Family: A Proclamation To The World this year in our homeschool and even had an awesome giant...
View Articleread to me
Me: I need to work on the computer for awhile, why don’t you listen to this audio-book from the library. F: Mom, it’s SO MUCH better when you read the book. Me: Really, better than a professional...
View Articlenarnia
We started our next read-aloud for 2016 tonight. In the midst of grumpy kids who were tired from late nights, sugar-laden, and about to dddiiiiiieee from taking down the Christmas decorations, magic...
View Articleeasing back into life
Recovering from late nights, too much junk food, and lack of commitments. New scripture study time. (In the morning at the butt-crack of dawn. Actually long before the butt-crack of dawn since it is...
View Articlethe magician’s nephew
We started our reading of The Chronicles of Narnia on New Year’s Day and we finished last night after the children begged and pleaded for me to finish the last two chapters in one sitting. They...
View Articleannes and the police station
Miss Annes is full of zest. Chock-full of curiosity, stories, creativity, enthusiasm, and is about as cute as can be. Everywhere we go people love her. Except for the few people she drives absolutely...
View Articlethe lion, the witch, & the wardrobe
On February 7 we finished the second book in our Narnia read-aloud adventure! Quite the accomplishment since I had been ill since the 23rd of January and getting my voice to squawk out a whole chapter...
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chicks!
It has been awhile since we have had new chicks at our home. They are a lot of work and we haven’t had enough gumption to put in the work the past few years since Fisher’s chicks were all attacked by a...
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