This year feels so BIG for Jacob. It is just constantly hitting me how big he is getting. He is maturing and is not so much my little boy anymore. It is exciting to think about all of the changes that will happen this year {and in the coming years!} for him. We are definitely …
{REVIEW} The Good and the Beautiful Science: Maturation and Sexual Reproduction
We finished up our second science unit of the year – Maturation and Sexual Reproduction – from The Good and the Beautiful and it was weirdly amazing. I say “weirdly” because I never would have guessed that this unit could be so “good” and “beautiful” – but that is exactly what it was. What is …
Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam
This little man started Sunbeams on Sunday and he totally rocked it. He walked right into the Primary room and went and sat down with his class all before I even knew what was happening! Sometimes watching your kids grow up is pretty amazing. Other times I just want to cry. Verdict is out about …
2020
I love that week in between Christmas and New Years. It feels like a naturally reflective time. I pause and think about the previous year – the things that happened, what brought me joy, what brought me sadness, but most importantly, the lessons I learned. At the end of the year, I have one overarching …
New Testament
“Seek, and ye shall find” Matthew 7:7 2019 our family spent immersed in the New Testament and it was incredible. There were countless days when I was studying and felt like I was reading the scriptures for the first time. Things were impressed upon my mind and I felt like I came to know my …
{RECAP} December 2019 Schoolhouse
I am not really sure what happened after Thanksgiving but I was suffering from some big-time burnout. I was just tired. I was staying up super late every night trying to get some Christmas gifts done and I was definitely lacking energy and motivation during the day. So I decided to simplify. Best. decision. ever. …
Lydia’s 7th Month
If I could freeze time with this little lady right now, I 100% would. She is an angel and we all truly cannot get enough of her. Lydia did a little bit of growing this month. She is 15 pounds 13 ounces (29%) and is 26 inches in length (38%). She is still in six …
{REVIEW} SQUILT Music – Christmas Carols
To add to our “Christmas School” we put our regular music study on hold and used Squilt’s Christmas Carols Volume 1. This was a super easy way to add an extra dose of Christmas excitement to our day. We learned what a “carol” is and studied two different Christmas carols this year. Carol of the …
{REVIEW} Peaceful Preschool – Christmas
Another Christmas season has come and gone and it was a beautiful one. We filled our time with togetherness and I am just so grateful. We put Sarah’s normal preschool activities on “pause” and instead did CHRISTMAS SCHOOL!!! Christmas School We just barely scratched the surface of The Peaceful Press Christmas Guide but it was …
Christmas
“Let us make Christmas real. It isn’t just tinsel and ribbon, unless we have made it so in our lives. Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and …