We may well be a third of the way through our homeschool year – but here we are writing about curriculum plans! I’ve tweaked Sarah’s plan a little bit – but I’ll talk more about that later in our seasonal schoolhouse post. Here is where we started. Overall Thoughts Sarah is a delight to teach. …
In the past, I have written this post usually around May for the upcoming year. Here I am, in January. And that pretty much sums up my life. I seem to be always playing catch up lately. But better late than never! I love looking back on what we have done each year. So this …
My “Draft” center is bursting with posts from the last six weeks. So even though more than one holiday has come and gone, we had a beautiful Thanksgiving. The kids and I were invited to a Thanksgiving craft party and had so much fun. I admire their willingness and desire to make new friends. And …
Benjamin loves to be outside. And his favorite activity is riding his bike. He is fearless. He made it a goal this year to ride a big kid bike, and he basically taught himself. This is a simple post, to remember this sweet time.
The kiddos FAVORITE place has become the Denver Nature and Science Museum. So when Lydie has an appointment down in Denver, we try and make it a point to go. This time we got to enjoy their new exhibit about the Apollo missions and exploration on the moon! Every time I go to the museum, …
This is Benjamin’s first year doing formal read alouds and we are so excited! It’s such a special time and I can’t wait to do it with him. Many of these books are picture books and can be read in one sitting – but there are some early chapter books sprinkled in – that have …
Sarah and I have a pretty exciting group of books that we are going to snuggle and read together this year! Our biggest undertaking is that we want to read the entire Little House on the Prairie series. We can’t wait! Here is our line up:
I love holidays – all of them, truly! However, I’ve always thought of myself as a little bit of a Halloween scrooge. Ever since I was little, Halloween was just never my thing. I don’t like dressing up and I am not really into candy – so for me, most of my life – Halloween …
I love going to the pumpkin patch! I love all of the autumn activities! This year, we were on the hunt for a new place to make autumn traditions and we were led to such a gem. A friend of mine told me about Hometown Harvest Pumpkin Patch and it was the sweetest. The owners …
Family picture season snuck up on me this year – but we took them a couple days before Halloween and I love them oh so much. A friend recommended Kim Cormier Photography and she was beyond fantastic. She immediately made all of us feel at ease and was incredible with the kiddos. BONUS – she …