For those of you who know me, I always have my hair up in a pony of some sort. I have long hair, and everyone in the house loves it, I just don't know what to do with it most days. When I was asked by Heather, a consultant with Lilla Rose, to do a review on their Flexi-Clips, I figured I would give it a try. I wasn't expecting myself to fall in … [Read more...]
Another Week Gone By
In my life this week… Little Miss turned 2 this week!! She is my “baby” and I am just not ready for her to be so big yet. (I know, her hair is messy. She just woke up and had to open presents) In our homeschool this week… This week, Big Kid started using Time4Writing and is loving hearing back from a “teacher” and not just from … [Read more...]
The Top 10 Reasons I Like Summer
Here in Minnesota we are finally getting into summer. I think we completely missed out on spring this year, going straight from winter (including snow storms in May) to summer...in the 80s and 90s today! I really like the summer weather a lot more and here are my top 10 reasons why!! 1. This may be a funny one, but I love a good old thunderstorm … [Read more...]
Our Week in Review
In my life this week...I have started my "official" Facebook page to go with my blog. I had been thinking about it for awhile and took the leap this week. In our homeschool this week…We are trying to stay on track while still being outside enjoying the spring/summer we are finally getting. I asked Jordan if he wanted to do school outside … [Read more...]
Ten Things I Love About Homeschooling
I haven't been homeschooling for a long time yet, 5 months to be exact, but I love it!!! Yes, there are some days I wonder what I am doing to myself, but those are so little compared to the perks of homeschooling. Here are my top ten reasons that I love homeschooling. 1. I love watching my kids learn through everyday experiences. My … [Read more...]
Life Lessons
It's Monday, we should be doing school. Instead of sitting down in front of the computer and wanting to get stuff done while the weather was nice outside, we did some life lessons today. My great grandpa is in his upper 90s and we decided it was a nice enough day to help him out with some of his spring clean up. My kids love being with … [Read more...]
A Change in Weather
Can you believe we were supposed to get snow last night?!?!?! I am so thankful we didn't, but it sure did get cold! After enjoying all that time outside and not needing jackets, it has been rough trying to tell the little ones they 1need to put them on again. We pulled out our small trampoline for some energy draining today. The kids thought it … [Read more...]
Spring is Finally Here!!
Well, Minnesota has finally decided to give us spring!! We have been having so much fun outside without the extra winter jacket bulk! It's not very often that we can play in the snow in a t-shirt!! We started some bean seeds, first in a plastic bag so that we could watch them root and than transferred them into cups and soil to watch them sprout … [Read more...]
Time4Learning Review
About a month ago I got an email asking if I would like to do a review for the Time4Learning website. I jumped at the chance because I wanted to try it for my oldest son. Our first day on the website was just setting everything up. Ray Ray was excited to be able to try something new on the computer. Since he is 4 I signed him up at the … [Read more...]
My Great Grandma
It was a long two weeks. My great grandma passed away at 92 years old. She was able to spend her last days at her house on the lake. It was a Tuesday morning after having everyone down and visiting her all weekend. We sat next to her in her room, praying with her and singing with her. We downloaded the song … [Read more...]