Yep…today is my birthday! A woman never reveals her age, so let’s just say I’m holding firm at 29!!! Today has been a typical Monday for sure! I think we should outlaw birthday’s on Mondays. It’s been a rough one for sure! But I am so thankful to be a Mommy to these four wonderful blessings. [...]
Launching April 2, 2013!!! Educents will feature daily deals on the latest educational products at 30-90% off!! Including software, ebooks, curriculum, online learning and more!! Do you like FREE?? My long-time motto has been, “If it’s FREE…it’s for ME!!” Now while I don’t take this approach with everything (i.e. my unders and socks…those MUST be [...]
Several weeks ago, while I was planning our schooling for November I started looking for Pilgrim Unit Studies. But everything I found combined the Pilgrims with Thanksgiving. I wanted to study them separately, since the Pilgrims are so much more than just Thanksgiving. So, I set out to make another Unit Study.This Unit Study can [...]
Fall seems to be the time for pumpkins. Whether it’s decorating, painting, carving or counting – pumpkins are all the rage. As a child, I can remember carving pumpkins with my Dad and brothers. And while we were carving them, Mom would be inside roasting the pumpkin seeds.YUM!!! It is one of my fondest memories. [...]
It’s GIVEAWAY time!!!!! But first, let me say, I am beyond blessed!! For months I have been praying about this “blog thing” and asking God if this was something He wanted for me and my family. Over and over He has proven to me this is exactly where He wants me right now. I have [...]
The week started out great when Mister Bull was able to go to the Air & Space Museum to see “Fifi”. For those of you who don’t know ”who” that is, Fifi is the only B-29 bomber still in flying condition in the United States. And lucky us, it came to our local Air & Space [...]
I remember taking a ton of field trips when I was in Elementary School. Maybe my memories aren’t completely accurate, but what is accurate are the fun memories I have from those field trips. Mostly I remember FUN times, but being in the gifted program we also had papers and assignments to complete too. When [...]
I know I promised some Hands-On Science, but we are being blessed this week with an unexpected field trip and I just had to share how we’re making it even moreFUN!!!! As a homeschooling mom, I’m always on the lookout for new, fun and exciting field trips for my kids. I’ve mentioned before that we’re [...]
This week has been a great week all-around. We have finished our Calendar Notebooks, Bible devotions and all papers BEFORE lunch everyday this week!!!! With a 2yr old, 3yr old and 2nd grader I’d say that’s an accomplishment and a SUCCESS!!! I was thrilled with how school went this week. By finishing our “book” work in [...]
About a week ago I was reading my blog subscriptions when I came across something AMAZING!!!! You see, our school time has been lacking in several areas and I am the first to admit that being “creative” with school work is difficult for me (to say the least). I was the student who loved papers. [...]
