Author: Cindy

I'm a homeschooling mom of three wonderful children living on a cattle farm in Central KY with my college sweetheart hubby. We're a Charlotte Mason family with bits and pieces of Classical education thrown in for good measure. We love unit studies, lapbooking, notebooking and lots of living literature! I personally enjoy encouraging and inspiring other homeschoolers.

Ball Season and Much More

Baseball and softball season makes for a b-u-s-y life. But, it’s so much fun. Fresh air, exercise, cheering on my children, encouraging other children – good stuff. This is Caleb’s 6th year of ball – 1st year in B-ball (kid pitch) where he plays 2nd and right-center field for the Red Sox.  Their team is…

A Precious Family Reunion

This is my Granny.  She’s 88.  She lives with my aunt and uncle in Alabama.  Her health is declining and she once told me she would probably never make it back to Kentucky again.  The Lord saw fit for her to be able to not only make it back to Kentucky, but have the energy…

Another One Turns Ten

What??  I have TWO children in double digits now?? Happy 10th Birthday Caleb! Caleb requested pineapple upside-down cake for his family party, and it just so happened that there were 10 pineapples in which to place candles.  🙂   (I had to make cupcakes for church friends AND chocolate chip cookies for his baseball team. …

Honeybee Swarm!

Look what I found in a small tree IN MY YARD yesterday!! (Sorry the closer pictures are a little blurry.  You can imagine that I was standing at a distance using the zoom!) They were only there for a couple of hours and then gone without leaving a trace.  I had no idea what was…

My Three Year Old

Eli attended the Mother-Daughter Banquet with us this year.  He wanted to look special, so he added a very handsome tie to his outfit.  With a strawberry spongecake smile he posed for this most precious of pictures.

Our New Additions

Goats!  The kiddos are going to try their hand at showing goats at the fair this summer.  They’re just as cute as can be, but I hear horror stories about goats carrying lice.  (Gasp!)  I’m amazed at how much fun my children and husband have “playing” with animals and hanging out at the barn.  Me,…

Lessons at Blackberry Inn

Ah, it’s summer break and I’ve finally found some time to nourish “mother culture”.  Charlotte Mason encouraged momma’s to dive into living books, too!  If we’re truly encouraging the idea of a lifelong love of learning in our homes, then we must also love learning.  (I must admit that my “selfish” moments of “learning” are…

Flood!

Below are some pictures of our farm during the recent flooding of Central KY (and other places.)  I know it’s hard to tell that the land is flooded if you aren’t familiar with what it looks like typically.  Rest assured – this was a FLOOD!  We estimate about 45 acres (three bottom land fields) were…

The Tractor and the Giant

You may remember me telling you about our bottle fed calf that was truly a giant baby when he was born.  Well, not only is he still a literal big baby, he’s a figurative big baby as well!  I’ve never seen a calf take to my children like this one.  He follows them around the…