Our Middle Ages unit is going to be so much fun!  This is one of my favorite time periods to study, and I have to admit that it’s going to be hard to tame the fun down to a manageable unit.
Here are the books I’m using as I plan.

Hands-On History: Middle Ages

Days of Knights and Damsels [...]

I promised an update on how the Motivated Moms chore system is working for me.  I’ve been at it one month now and I’m keeping up with chores better than I have in years.  I’m even doing some chores that haven’t been done in years! 
What do I like about it?
*I like having a week’s [...]

Okay, so my Charlotte Mason friends may raise their eyebrows to this post.  I can get overwhelmed with all the “stuff” that’s out there to teach.  Good stuff like artists, composers, Latin….  Things that just seem to slip by the wayside sometimes when the phonics and math lessons drag on far too long.
Even though [...]

Our toys are in jail.  They have visitation rights, but very limited.  You see, since I couldn’t lock the messy children up, the toys had to be the ones to suffer.
They’ve been in jail for almost a month now and the time apart from the children seems to be doing everyone well.
We took every toy [...]

Mammoth Cave is the most amazing site!  As the longest cave system in the world, there are many tours offered to cover miles and miles of underground beauty.  We chose the easiest tour because of Eli, but it also happens to be one of the most beautiful tours as well.  The Frozen Niagra tour is one of [...]