Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
A home schooling mentor once gave me some good advice: Begin with the end in mind. Looking back, my friend was insightful. But when you are a new homeschooling mother, you are– I don’t know–just plain overwhelmed. And scared. Well-meaning people unintentionally put fear–no, out …
I have been thinking a lot about words. The words I use every day with my kids. As a homeschooling mom, my kids are with me all day. They see and hear all that I do. As I was thinking about training them the right …
Since we homeschool our children, we do not take snow days. Instead, we take “beautiful days.” When warm weather comes, we can’t stand to be bent over our books, so we head outdoors. The girls swing, I paint and we just plain enjoy the sunshine. …
My oldest daughter is growing up! I know it has been 17 years in the making, but it hit me like a ton of bricks the other day. I was happily checking my mail, when I saw the latest Timberdoodle catalog. We order tons of homeschooling …