I read somewhere a while ago that we can’t be the “Fun Mom” all the time. Our children need parents, not friends. We must discipline and provide order and direction. There will be time when they are grown to be friends with our children. While I technically agree with much of this, I think sometimes… Read More Be the Fun Mom – 11 Ideas to Engage your Kids in Family Fun
The last couple of weeks have been travel weeks, so I have been unable to update on what is going on around the garden. I have instead been checking out the natural beauty around me. Pretty much the only updates I have for this week are the harvest tallies. I managed to harvest a bit… Read More Garden Update 6/19/18
And this is why homeschooling is such fun. We were studying the Maori Warriors. He-Man was voted to be our guinea pig. We had lots of fun using (washable) crayola markers to try and replicate some of the designs we saw. This is going to be a lovely blackmail shot later in life. Hee, hee,… Read More Story of the World – Social Studies
He-Man cracked me up today. We have been picking up yummy produce from the stores and he recently learned some tricks for picking a good watermelon. Today, as baby Warrior Princess was sitting in her highchair, he leaned over and put his head next to hers. At first I thought he was giving her a… Read More Are Ya Ripe Yet?
Muscles is in love. At least he is in 9 year old love. Which sounds a lot like regular love to hear his description of it. “You feel in heaven and worried and rushed all the time to get back to talk to her.” He said it makes him feel nervous. He said that “two… Read More Romance is in the Air