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Picture Books for Black History Month

January 10, 2016 by Jen 1 Comment

I truly love our diverse family. Raising children who look differently than we do can be a challenge though. I wish I could say I had the perfect recipe for raising black children in a white home who will never experience racism or never be on the receiving end of a negative stereotype assumption. That’s […]

Back to the Classics Challenge 2016

January 2, 2016 by Jen 9 Comments

This year in an effort to make my reading more intentional, as well as to read more classics, I joined the Back to the Classics Challenge 2016 at Books and Chocolate (love that blog name!). This is my preliminary list and I reserve the right to change my mind 😉 My goal this year is […]

Goals and Reflections for a New Year

January 1, 2016 by Jen 2 Comments

Do you create new goals for yourself and your family in the new year? We always create goals for ourselves and help our children create goals as well. Throughout the year we often have discussions about how we are coming along with our goals, changing up goals and the fact that if goals are met […]

Most Popular Posts of 2015

December 30, 2015 by Jen Leave a Comment

Thanks for reading along in 2015! In case you missed a post or two, below are the most popular posts from this past year. As always it was a busy year in our home as I’m sure it was in yours as well. I don’t expect 2016 to be much different in the busyness department. […]

Homeschool Encouragement

December 29, 2015 by Jen 1 Comment

Homeschooling is an awesome adventure for the whole family. Except when it feels like drudgery, or is completely overwhelming, and a giant fail. Homeschooling can often feel like that oh about January or February, both for the beginning homeschool mom and the veteran homeschool mom. The excitement of the new year or the new endeavor […]

Favorite Organizational Posts

December 27, 2015 by Jen Leave a Comment

I’m on a continual quest to be more organized. Â Life is busy, with too much stuff and too many distractions. Unfortunately being organized isn’t just a one time and done activity. January is a prime time for getting rid of clutter and getting some good systems up and running that were perhaps waylaid by the […]

12 Days of Christmas Books

November 16, 2015 by Jen 9 Comments

(Contains affiliate links) Christmas books? Yes, please! Each year I like to add a few books to our collection. I know some families do the wrapped picture books for everyday of Advent. What you do is collect your Advent books (perhaps adding a few new ones) and wrap them up, place them in a basket, […]

5 Reasons to Take Family Photos

November 10, 2015 by Jen 7 Comments

The last time we had family photos taken was in the summer of 2010, shortly after Anna & Levi joined our family. Photo Credit Ever since we moved to Florida I have wanted to have family pictures taken at the beach. Can you believe we have lived in Florida for two years already?! Some days […]

Homeschool Reading – What We Have Going Right Now!

November 6, 2015 by Jen 3 Comments

Sometimes I miss writing a blog post just to write a blog post. No agenda, just sharing what we are doing and documenting our progress in our learning. I haven’t done a “what we are doing” post in a LONG time. I’m glad that October is over and we have moved on to November. I […]

Saint Francis of Assisi – Easy Ways to Learn About Saints

October 19, 2015 by Jen 5 Comments

Our Catholic faith is so rich with tradition. One of those traditions is celebrating the saints who have gone before us. Men and women who have led exemplary lives and can inspire all of us to lead more holy lives as well. One saint that we celebrate in the month of October is Saint Francis […]