-1- Honey for a Child’s Heart Booklists are my jam. I scour blogs and lists looking for diamonds that my family will treasure. We’ve found some family favorites that way (I’m looking at you, The Seven Silly Eaters). Many of my favorite blogs have recommended Honey For a Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt because of the extensive book […]
Seven Quick Takes It’s been a good week. I’ve picked out seven happy tidbits from the week to share. For quicker takes, check out Kelly’s. -1- Family Time by Vlasic For awhile we’ve tried to do a “sweet, sour, service” discussion as a family at dinner time. With younger kids who are home all day…our […]
We’re coming out of 3 years of survival mode homeschooling due to Cee’s illness. The kids and I have enjoyed parts, and we’ve learned too…but “loving our homeschool” hasn’t been a major focus. It’s more of a fortunate occasional byproduct. I’ve been devouring a new-to-me blog lately. I don’t really know the author, but she’s […]
Okay. Cee will be 8 this fall, but in many ways this is our first summer. I worked full-time up until a few years ago, and then Cee got sick. During those summer flares we were pretty limited on what we could do. That makes this first job-free, flare-free summer all the sweeter! Here’s what […]
Linking up with Kelly for quick takes! 1. The Good: Cee is finishing up her standardized testing for the year. Many strong opinions exist on standardized testing, and we fall somewhere in the middle. I appreciate the insight into how my kids handle the standard directions without any extra explanation or discussion. But- – -our testing […]
Here are the highlights of what the kidlets have been up to this week -1- Bea is officially out of the “easy baby” stage and into the “into everything” stage. She’s also started making a noise we call the angry pig squeal when she doesn’t get her way. She made David’s glasses an offer they […]
The Solo-Parenting Edition -1- The girls love picking dandelions for me. I do my best to put them in water right away, but they still don’t last long. The other day I challenged the girls to a dandelion picking contest, and here is Elle with her winning bunch. We don’t spray for weeds, but both […]
My first quick takes! Woo hoo! We just finished reading Poppy by Avi aloud. It’s our first try of an action/adventure book, and the kids enjoyed the suspense and danger. Owl pellets! Porcupines! I have selfishly edited out a lot of “dude”s in my reading. My kids incorporate bits of the books we read into our daily […]