SIMPLE HOLIDAYS: CREATING A HOLIDAY PLANNER
I’m almost afraid to say this out loud, but yes, the holiday season is upon us.ย How did that happen so fast??ย 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.ย ย 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.ย I love the planning and finding those little details to sprinkle here and…
NINE YEARS + A Piรฑata 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
๏ปฟ 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.ย I hadย 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…
May: A Favorites Post
A fresh new month. A new list of goals. A new page in the calendar filled with fun things. And a quick little mindless post to spread some simple pleasures, some…
One Year: A Peter Rabbit Party
One thing I love about blogging is sifting back through photos of an event, looking more closely at the tiny moments, deciding what to share and what to keep, replaying…
Six Years: An Enchanted Fairy Party
There are moments during this role that we call parenting that we sigh at the barf on our black-shirted shoulders and cry at what a horrible job we think we’re…
Two Months of Antisocialism
At the start of the year, I set out to have a different sort of year. This year I am seeking quiet focus. Quieting my thoughts, my ambitions, my actions,…
Tips On Traveling With Kids
We are home. We successfully travelled to South Dakota with SIX people (including a 6-month-old) TWICE in about a month’s time. That would be: ten total connections, eight total checked bags, approximately six…
8 Years: Camp Jack
Saturday night we celebrated our 8-year old with his very own CAMP, created just for him and his buddies. The day was happy and muggy and crazy and…
Recovering
We’re still in full-on recovery mode over here after our shindig on Saturday night. We rang in 8 years of Jack with a big ol’ camp party and the…
Tea Time: An Impromptu Summer Celebration
I don’t think its any secret that I am a planner-type person. We planner people understand that “impromptu” is not a word greatly used in our vocabulary. We use words…
My Favorite Homeschool Resources-Old and New
I spent all day Saturday ALONE at a homeschool conference. It was lovely. Not only did I get to look at (and smell) approximately 50,000 books and art supplies, I…
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