Can I confess something? I’ve been giving myself a lot of grace lately. After all, I have three kids (and all their activities), twelve chickens, two cats, a dog, a rabbit, four side hustles, AND I homeschool. When I put it that way, it’s easy to understand how I might be exhausted both physically and […]
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 […]
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If I scroll back through my messenger feed I have a minimum of one or two friends PER MONTH ask me about which curriculum we’re using for homeschool and how we like it. And I kind of panic every time. I should have a good answer by now, but I don’t. Here’s the thing. I […]
Read More So Which Curriculum Do You Use? (And Why I Have A Hard Time Answering)I don’t even actually know what season it is. I typically consider it fall up through Thanksgiving, but we awoke to three inches of snow and counting this morning. So I guess Winter has arrived on the Half Acre. Whatever the weather is telling me, my tummy is telling me it’s time for all things […]
Read More Pinterest Fall Recipe RoundupI’ve become an older mom. Ugh. I didn’t see that coming! I first realized I’d rounded the bend when I was reading a book by an even-older-than-me mom who reflected that she would love to sit and visit with young moms, but they seemed to find her reminiscence annoying. I was thinking I’d be thrilled […]
Read More Dear Younger Mom. . .We all know by now how important time spent in nature is for our health, and especially the health of our growing children. Not only is fresh air and exercise essential for healthy bodies, more and more studies are linking time in nature with mental and emotional health. Unfortunately getting out is one of those […]
Read More Five Baby Steps To Getting The Family OutdoorsHi there. I’m a homeschool mom. I haven’t quite gone over to the denim jumper side, but I’m pretty modest. I think it’s more a mom thing than a homeschool mom thing. I only bring up clothes because I took my kids to the water park the other day to commemorate the end of summer, […]
Read More To The Twenty-Something In A Thong BikiniI don’t know if it’s a Mom-Thing, or a crisis of faith, or both, but somewhere along the way I got the idea I should be able to sort out my own problems, meet my own goals, and provide all my own needs without any help – divine or otherwise. Sound familiar? Finish Reading At […]
Read More Is Prayer For Me?When each of my first two babies (not babies anymore, but my babies still) was new, in those sleepless, bleary-eyed first months I would lay awake at night, listening to my husband snore, and eyeing the baby monitor, suspicious of it’s silence. Exhausted, barely managing to breastfeed, self-feed, and generally function as a human, I […]
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