This is the difference between experienced parents and parents that only have young children in online forums— mom ?: which dress should my little girl hunt eggs in (pictures of 3 dresses)… reply by every other mom: ‘the pink one’ ‘the one with hearts’.. me: the one that’s the color CLOSEST to chocolate. Apparently no … [Read more…]
We’ve been working with the kids on all things ‘life skills’– what skills do they need for their stage in life RIGHT NOW and that will be useful in the future? Because the kids range in age from newborn to 7, there’s always a new stage to focus on and new skill to be learned. … [Read more…]
Did you vote today? I waited until my husband got home so I wouldn’t be taking all the kids with me, and then we just both voted and took them all inside anyway. It’s such a tiny place! They have cardboard dividers, and someone standing by a machine to read the votes by the out … [Read more…]
This week we took Monday off because the kids spent time with their grandparents this weekend. As adults, we were responsible and took care of the zillions of chores that are impossible to get to when we have all 4 kids being loud at the same time. We hung some shelves which helps to 1. … [Read more…]
This month we plan to focus our efforts on learning about responsibility, safety, citizenship, life skills, etc. After February’s focus on all things holiday (with a little money thrown in), it’s time to center ourselves back to being helpful family members. It’s become all for mom to do, and with all the kids home all … [Read more…]
Here’s the 411– on what it’s like to have 4 kids- the Leap Edition. I was up at 4 am to pack my husband breakfast and lunch. I lazily sat and browsed through my email and drank coffee until everyone woke up. It was a busy weekend. Well, I mean I switched laundry out, washed … [Read more…]
This weekend was FABULOUS! Bye bye winter blues! For church we were supposed to be performing a random act of kindness each month, and so I found it and took it in last week. I found the pic on my phone and thought I would share… As I was brushing my teeth I thought about … [Read more…]
Monday we celebrated what else?!? President’s day, here is our board, we only have 2 pins this year, but it has a TON of copywork, themes to go with our topical books (below) and some coin based pages, as well! President’s Day Pin Board The rest of the week we used our pin board for … [Read more…]
Finding an easy children’s prayer is as simple as a google search, isn’t it? Except putting them into practice can be harder than it seems. Prayers at night tend to drag on as kids decide that taking up more of mom and dad’s time is great, because it delays bedtime, but heading to bed early … [Read more…]
Week 2 in February for our home school was a bit of this and that because the holidays run together and how they are placed within the week. We started out by talking about the Chinese New Year. We read a book about the Chinese New Year, and the kids did some listening about how … [Read more…]