SIMPLIFYING THOUGHTS
Writing has always been an incredible way to decompress, to vent, to express myself and to learn more about myself and this month has been no different. We have…
WILL THERE EVER BE BALANCE?
It feels like we’ve had such a productive month over here, right? We’ve covered so much ground in our personal lives, our homes, and our schools about simplifying and…
DOING TOO MUCH FOR OUR KIDS?
Since the beginning of this month we’ve been trying to simplify. We have demand after demand that cannot be edited out, like feeding our kids or doing math. But…
CLEAR THE CLUTTER
Cluttered house, cluttered mind. That’s really so true, isn’t it? You could live in a house that really isn’t clean but it is uncluttered, so it appears cleaner…
STEPPING AWAY FROM THE LESSON PLANNER
Today applies to everyone, even mamas without a lesson planner. Because if you don’t have a lesson planner, you probably have a regular planner and if you do have both,…
CREATING CALM
Believe it or not, we homemakers really do make our homes feel like a home. It took me a while to figure this out, be we do. Our special…
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…
SIMPLE HOME DECOR
This is the time of year we’re pulling out our fall décor totes and our Christmas totes and sprucing our homes up all pretty for the holidays and…
SIMPLE NATURE STUDY
I love nature study. I’ve always said here the change of seasons is so inspiring to me and there’s nothing better than to be out in it, studying it…
COPING WITH STRESS
As much as we simplify our lives, sometimes there’s nothing we can do to avoid seasons of stress. Deadlines, colds, poison ivy, planning, holidays, and so much more has racked…
FITTING IN EXTRA CURRICULAR
Yesterday we talked about fitting in reading aloud together. There’s a whole lot of extra curricular things too that come with teaching your kids besides just math and science, and usually those…
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…
LEARNING WITH YOUR CHILDREN
I cannot even begin to share how much I’ve learned since we began homeschooling. This was not something I anticipated. I was ready to be the teacher, not…
THE ART OF SLOWING DOWN
All month we’ve been talking about simplifying. I hope you have been doing just that. A simpler life is ok. We don’t need crazy. We’re not going to miss anything,…
LEARNING WELL WITH UNIT STUDIES
We’ve been homeschooling for a long time, but sometimes it takes me a long time to catch on to things. It took me a while to let go of the…
SIMPLE FRIENDSHIPS
I’ve had both friends that were “love at first site” friends and friends that kind of grew on me over time. Both are legit ways to become friends–neither is a…
SIMPLE DATING
Regular dates nights are most definitely important. It’s a chance for you and your spouse to connect without kids to distract you. Date nights are definitely something you should not say no to, but they are also…
DINNER PLANS
Since we’ve covered simplifying breakfast and lunch, let’s talk about simplifying dinner menus and figure this one out because I’m pretty bad at it. I’m going to…
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