Family, Moments of Pure Joy

Be the Fun Mom – 11 Ideas to Engage your Kids in Family Fun

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

Garden Updates, Harvest, Moments of Pure Joy

Garden Update 6/19/18

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

Homeschool, Moments of Pure Joy

Story of the World – Social Studies

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