This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you make a purchase through these links, I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support! We’ve always been what I would consider an outdoorsy family, but in the last year or so I’ve been making an effort to […]
Read More 3 Essential Items for Enjoying The Outdoors In Less-Than-Perfect WeatherWe schedule the entire month of December as our homeschool Christmas Break, but if we don’t have something planned, I find we get irritable and worn out. So instead of loafing for an entire month we take a casual approach to school, join our library’s winter reading program, read a few Christmas favorites and don’t worry too […]
Read More Six Must Read Christmas BooksThis is less a blog post than a list I’m keeping for my own information. But it may be useful as encouragement for those of you who either want to homeschool and think it will be too expensive, or are homeschooling and wondering where all the money is going. It doesn’t have to cost an […]
Read More Homeschool expenses 2017/2018Can I be honest for a minute? I’m having a hard time replacing “time wasting” with Mother Culture. But that is exactly WHY I need to be more deliberate. The nature of my time wasting habits (internet/facebook) is definitely making my brain dull. I don’t want a dull brain. Today I took the proactive step […]
Read More Mother Culture Monday #4Welcome to Mother Culture Monday #3 How did you do carving out a few minutes for yourself this past week? I did some time wasting, but for future reference, I’d like to be more intentional about my “Mother Culture Minute” and do something that really feeds me. The goal here is to do something to […]
Read More Mother Culture Monday #3Oh my. We have been on a bit of a wacky cake kick. We love the classic cake, but we’ve been playing with the recipe, and have some variations that are to die for! Actually “we” is a misnomer. I hardly get involved at all anymore. This cake is so simple that my daughters (8 […]
Read More Super Simple Chocolate Wacky CakeSo, today I was feeding my sourdough starter, and I made a seriously Charlotte Mason quality connection. Mother Culture; you have to feed it, or you run out. If you’re not a hardcore CMer you’re probably wondering what on earth I’m talking about and how it applies to you. What the heck is “Mother Culture”? […]
Read More Mother Culture MondayI never knew my great grandmother. But looking through her commonplace book, I know I would have admired her. And she probably would have been puzzled by, but tolerant of my my wide-eyed enthusiasm for doing things the hard way. I can almost hear her saying ,”For pity’s sake, just use your microwave”! What is […]
Read More My Great-Grandmother’s Commonplace Book
Homeschooling has been such a blessing this year. I love being with the kids (most of the time 😉 ) and I love watching their wheels turn, while they make new connections, and discoveries. And while I’m sure I still have TONS to learn, I feel pretty confident sharing our successes and tricks. A topic that […]
Read More Schooling Outside The Box
Have you ever noticed how exhausting a week off is? Needed a vacation to recover from your vacation? I know I have. We have this week off of school, and I tell you I’m beat! It’s from all the fun activities and extra projects, right? NOPE. Haven’t done a single honey-do, catch up or special […]
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