KIDS CHORES: HOW WE GET STUFF DONE
A couple of weeks ago, I did a Periscope about my kids and what they do for chores.ย (If you aren’t on Periscope yet, you should totally look into it…it’s…
HOW MY NEW MORNING ROUTINE IS SAVING MY SANITY
September is like the “new” New Year in a way.ย It just seems like the appropriate time to restructure what’s not working in your daily routines, revampย your home systems and…
HOMESCHOOL WEEK ONE DOWN: WHAT’S WORKING
We’ve completed whole week and a half of homeschool already. I’ve already got a good idea of what’s working…and maybe what’s not going to work. Crazy how time flies when…
HOW TO CREATE A BOOK-BASED UNIT STUDY
Today is the first day of school. (Applause from all the mamas ready to get back to routine…crickets from the children. You can’t win ’em all.) Like usual, I’ve got…
TEN YEARS: A NAUTICAL PARTY
Jack’s birthday snuck up on me this year. July was a whirlwind and the 10th took me by surprise. Turning 10 on the 10th–the Golden Day–felt like I should have…
WHY I’M NOT AFRAID TO HOMESCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL
You’re definitely going to send Noah to school for high school, right? This is the question Jarrod and I get on pretty much a bi-weekly basis. Our answer…always…we’re not sure. Yes, it’s…
OLD FAITHFUL AND CALLING MULLIGANS
We’ve been home for about a week now from a pretty epic road trip. I packed the car to the gills, kissed Jarrod goodbye, and heading to the wild west…
OUR SCHOOLROOM 2015-2016
I love the beginning of a project–the plans and details are all ready to go and the excitement of the project is like a happy rainbow over the current “before”…
WESTWARD
The last six days have felt like a whirlwind of summer vacation, driving, more driving, lots of photos, lots of oohing and ahhing over amazing scenery, and more than that–lots…
OUR CURRICULUM 2015-2016
There’s been a lot of work going on in the school room, but not so much with actual school. I have yet to order anything and I still have lots…
KIDS + ADJUSTING TO A BIG MOVE
I’ve been collecting and storing up bits and pieces for a post like this for several weeks now. We’ve been living in our new state for about three months now and…
A REVIEW OF OUR 7TH YEAR OF HOMESCHOOLING
Today we’re putting a nice little bow on the seventh year of our homeschooling journey and packing it away. It’s been an irregular year, but now with a fresh, new…
WHAT I’VE LEARNED THIS SCHOOL YEAR
It’s been quite the school year, there’s no question about that. We moved across the country, we hung out for five months with family, did school in their basement, house…
MOTHERHOOD RIGHT NOW
Motherhood can feel so fulfilling. It will draw out my creativity, inspire me to be better, and light a fire in me that gives my life purpose. I know this…
LIVING ROOM + DINING ROOM PLANNING
We have so much open shelving going on in our new house–which is awesome! But it’s also a little puzzling as to what to DO with all this open shelving…
FRIDAY FAVORITES
Friday is like a recap day for me…what went well this week, what did we accomplish, what is carrying over to next week…Friday is a favorite day and here is…
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I BOUGHT YOU A HOUSE WITH A CHIMNEY, BABY.
A house update! Finally! If there was every any doubt before, I will remind you…moving completely bites it. Bad. It’s no fun and I’ve felt a little twitchy and sweaty…
ALMOST HOME
Hi there. I bet you forgot I moved in November….but we did. And we still haven’t made it to our new city. We’ve been camping out at my aunt’s in…
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