Looking for some creative, inspired ideas to decorate pumpkins with your kids this fall? I can’t really help you with that. Sure, I wish I was one of those DIY craft blogs with beautiful photos and videos of my perfect pumpkins. But I have come to realize that is just not going to happen for…
Serious confession time: I had a period of real doubt about my decision to homeschool… just a couple of weeks ago. A homeschooling friend of mine told me that she nearly put all her kids in school (for the first time!) this past year because the school work had become so challenging. She said, “I…
When I was first considering homeschooling, I was painfully curious about what a normal homeschooling day would look like. What do homeschoolers do all day? Is it school all day long? Would I be standing in front of a whiteboard for hours? Is school done before lunch? Is everybody lying around in their pajamas? Do…
Our Daily Quiet Time is probably the reason I have not gone insane as a homeschooling mom of 3 kids ages 7, 5, and 3. I shudder to think of what the last 4 years would have been like if I had never discovered and used the magic of Quiet Time. My last child may…
As I sit down to write this, I have a fresh cup of coffee by my side, a little sweet snack, and a guarantee of little to no interruptions for the next hour or maybe longer! But wait, don’t I homeschool? Aren’t my kids supposed to be piled in my lap from morning to night?…