DECEMBER FAVORITES
December rings true every time; the sights, the smells, the feelings. It’s been hard for me to get into the spirit, but I’m riding on the kids’ merriment and their…
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR KIDS TO MAKE: SERVING PLATES
This week’s last gift for your kids to make is so simple, you might even have everything you need in your house right this minute. Make some serving plates. All…
CHRISTMAS GIFTS KIDS CAN MAKE: BATH FIZZIES
Happy Thursday, friends! This week has been absolutely crazy…maybe because we’ve been packing in so many projects?? I’m off for more house hunting today, so my week seems shorter than…
CHRISTMAS GIFTS KIDS CAN MAKE: PERSONALIZED KITCHEN TOWELS WITH KID ART
Today’s gift your kids can make is an oldie but a goodie. My kids have made these several times and they are so quick and easy…and they love to give them. Triple…
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR KIDS TO MAKE: SERVING SPOONS
There’s times, in the middle of a project with my kids, that I wonder what the heck I’m doing this for and why I didn’t just have them watch an…
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR KIDS TO MAKE: MAP COASTERS
Okay, let’s make some map coasters! But wait… Happy December! I am a firm believer that Thanksgiving and December 1st need to have an extra week between the two, but…
GIFTS FOR YOUNG NATURE LOVERS
This Christmas will be a little different than most years, having just moved. But some things can’t be jaded–and yes, there will still be Christmas lists. I find myself a…
FAMILY TRADTIONS: THE JESSE TREE
November is normally the cue for Christmas music and lights and trees and all the other details that encompass Christmas. I’m not normally one to jump on that wagon yet…I’m…
THE ROARING 20s: MY NEW FAVORITE PHOTOS
Halloween has never been the joking matter at our house. My kids are very serious about what they dress up like, they would much prefer pieced-together, Goodwill costumes opposed to…
SIMPLE HOLIDAYS: CREATING A HOLIDAY PLANNER
I’m almost afraid to say this out loud, but yes, the holiday season is upon us. How did that happen so fast?? With Halloween in a week, Thanksgiving will be…
FITTING IN READ ALOUDS
this post contains affiliate links…thanks for supporting this blog! One of our favorite parts of our homeschool day is reading together. I’m trying to figure out if the kids are really…
SIMPLE ENTERTAINING: OKTOBERFEST
It’s not a big deal to everyone, but for me, I love to throw a fun party. I love the planning and finding those little details to sprinkle here and…
NINE YEARS + A Piñata How-To
I remember the night Jack was born. He was born at 9pm on the nose. My doctor joked with me about hurrying things along so he could watch LOST. …
SUMMER READING LIST: BOOK REVIEWS
So technically I have only read one book on my original summer reading list, but I did add two to it, both of which I did read. I’m thinking…
OH HELLO, JULY
Some might say that the Fourth of July marks the beginning of the end of summer, but we strongly disagree. We’ve got way too many great things on our summer…
SMALL TOWN LIFE
Sorting through last month’s photos one more time before I file them away for our annual yearbooks and I feel like there’s still one more post before we reluctantly move…
YOUR SOUTH DAKOTA FAMILY VACATION
When I was a little girl, our western South Dakota family vacation every other summer in a hot crowded car, I didn’t realize all the fanfare around it. I had a…
MY SUMMER READING LIST
Being in my hometown evokes a Pandora’s Box of memories. The little girls riding their bikes down the quiet streets so reminds me of myself. When I was 12, my summer…
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