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Mama You Need to Fuel Yourself

Being a mom is awesome, scary, challenging, rewarding, and character-building. I have had a tendency in the past though, to forget to fuel myself so that I could do my mama job well. Mom self-care is important. I know I'm not the only one who has let this slide before! As a homeschooling mom, sometimes I can finish one school year and then jump right into planning mode for the next year. While this isn't bad, I realized that I need to take some time to refuel, evaluate where I am emotionally, physically, and spiritually--- and rework daily routines to help make my day run smoother before … [Read More...]

Copywork Comments

Yesterday my 2yr. old and 7yr. old were working nicely at the table. Ok, rewind---that's what I hoped was going on. At first glance it seemed like they were getting along. It turns out that the 7yr. had left to do something and came back to find the … [Read More...]

Playing with Playdough

DD#3 is two years old. At two, she thinks she should be able to do everything the big kids do. So when we are working on school stuff, she wants to be right in the middle of it. Sometimes that is a good thing---other times it's not. In order to keep … [Read More...]

The Players

Spell Outloud Terminology:DH --dad, well actually it stands (most of the time) for Darling HusbandDD --Darling DaughterDS -- Darling SonDD#1 is 10yrs. oldDD#2 is 7 yrs. oldDD #3 is 2 yrs. oldDD#4 is 8months oldDS, yes is the only boy, and he is 9 … [Read More...]

Tuesday Tea on Thursday

Last year we started a tradition called Tuesday Tea. I wish I could take the credit for implementing such a clever idea, but I can't. I got the idea from the BraveWriter website. Basically, as a family you read poetry or books over tea. It is an … [Read More...]

Love Languages

The other day the kids and I were having a discussion about Love Languages. We talked about how some people feel loved when they are given gifts, others feel loved when they are hugged, and some feel loved when someone does something for them, like … [Read More...]