My first attempt went well! There are lessons learned, however: 20 pounds of tomatoes take a long time to process. Fortunately I planned for this, but I was still whooped at the end of it all. Processing 20 pounds of tomatoes take a lot of patience and will probably go quicker the next time because [...]

I’ve decided that, although I am still technically a first time mom (we all are forever if you think about it as it will always be our first time mom-ing a child of a certain age whether that child is 4 or 44), my blog needs a new name. Initially this blog was about what [...]

So, I thought I’d do an updated post as to what our schedule / lesson plans look like. Remember that Wednesdays we take off of school. We go to Treehouse Children’s Museum, the zoo, playdate at a friends’ house, etc. on Wednesdays. Also understand that this isn’t a ‘rigid’ as it may seem. It’s more [...]

So, another thing I got from Confessions of a Homeschooler, our chore chart:   Every ‘chore’ has a card. When that chore is completed the card is turned over and put in back of the stack and a ticket is added to the pile on the right. If all chores in a day are completed [...]

This week is L for Ladybug, so we started off with the kids coloring their L pages. I’m trying to encourage Eion to copy what he sees, hence the colored version on the table with them. This is one of Eion’s new activities. It’s sight words from Confessions of a Homeschooler with using the letters [...]

So… it’s that time of the year again! This year we have Emma, I won’t have just given birth, and Brandon won’t be deployed, so all 4 of us should be participating this year, lol This year’s walk is May 11th. Our goal is the same as always, $260 – $10 for each day Eion [...]

So, after many many, um, ‘less positive’, posts… I’ve decided to try something different today. We’ll see how it goes. No matter where you go with other parents, be it online or in person, people are always making comparisons. People freak out if their little Johnny isn’t doing such-and-such although little Sammy is. Conversely, if [...]

I was recently watching the movie Doubt. At one point the character of Father Flynn says the following during one of his homilies. It really struck me so I thought I’d share it here. A woman was gossiping with her friend about a man they hardly knew – I know none of you have ever [...]

I know, I know. First post in a long time and I decide to talk about ‘fake babies’ but this is something that was talked about on 20/20 a short while back.  It is something I kind of have experience with and I was kind of surprised at the vehemently negative reactions to this idea. [...]