Yesterday was a b-u-s-y day! Between a 15-month checkup with shots (ouch!) for little one and his first haircut, we really put Eli through the ringer. I’d been waiting until we got the new camera before taking him for his first haircut and this picture shows just how badly he needed it. 🙂 You’ll see…
Even with almost half of our club missing due to a funeral/illness/traveling, the first ever meeting of our Creation Club was a BLAST! This month’s theme focused on why we study God’s creation and how God has perfectly designed plant and animal interdependency through food chains and predator/prey relationships. The meeting started with a reading of Psalm 95:…
Teaching Biblical Stewardship and Allowances This topic can go so many different ways based on the preferences of parents. I’m offering just a brief overview of how we handle kids and money in our house. I’d love to hear some of your ideas and thoughts about raising money-wise, generous children. God tells us to…
Picking his first flowers for Mommy. Nope, there’s nothing much more precious than a flower picked just for you by your children.
This was another question asked recently at co-op. Another part of the question was: How do you plan for next year when you may or may not want to change curricula? Once again, here’s the answer I gave, but I know my friend would appreciate your thoughts in a comment. I’ve told you before that I…
This was a question asked recently at co-op. My friend’s question related more specifically to whether or not a child is ready to “move on” to the next grade level. Here’s the not-so-short answer I gave. I’m sure my friend would enjoy reading your comments, too. 1.) What grade you call a child is fairly meaningless…
I’m Baaaack! We finally bought a new camera yesterday! 🙂 I just haven’t been the same blogger since the old camera died. LOL Here’s the perfect moment caught on film, er, digital something or other….. Tonight was SO beautiful, we decided to take a short walk to the barn to visit with a couple of…
Thoughts of a 7 3/4-year-old boy on public school…. Mom, you know what I would like about going to public school? What? The school bus – and nothing else. Well, maybe the cafeteria, too. Why would you like the school bus? Because you don’t have to wear seat belts. Oh, and I like the brown…
I found the following quote on the Formation of a Habit page at www.charlottemason.com. “Charlotte Mason taught us that when you find yourself always telling (your children) to do the same thing, you have not trained them in the habits you wish they would perform.” Boy, do I find this to be true. And before I give…
I know I’ve said it before, but I’m part of a WONDERFUL co-op. Our leader, Cathy, is celebrating her 10th anniversary since starting the group. I’ve been incredibly blessed this year to help Cathy out by leading the Mom’s Room. The best way I can describe the Mom’s Room is in a series of words and phrases: prayer,…
These are the notes from a devotion I had the pleasure of giving at co-op this week. Living as Children of the Light Leads Children to the Light Read Ephesians 4: 17-32, 5:1-33 This passage gives us a very clear picture of living in the light vs. living in darkness. Light being things like:TruthfulnessPeaceHonestyWholesome talk…
Sometimes funschooling can be as simple as spending time in the kitchen creating super-easy themed food and reading a giant stack of really good books. Enjoy a laid back day of St. Patrick’s Day fun that will still go down as a wonderful memory in the minds of your children. This post contains affiliate links….