Life in my large family. Hilarious. Horrifying. Sometimes even serious.
Making Educational Choices: Homeschool, Public School, or No School? I have a confession to make. I am feeling very conflicted about what to do with Apollo educationally next year. This year has been a hard one for our family and many … Continued
Encoh was our first baby born in Washington. I gave birth to him at 11:30 pm in our living room after a 30-hour labor. We were both exhausted. We got cleaned up and I took my brand new whopping baby … Continued
Last week our fifth homeschooler was inducted into Phi Theta Kappa. For those of you who don’t know, Phi Theta Kappa is the honor society for community colleges. In our house, it also stands for Punch That Kid. And if … Continued
Our family recently went through some of the most difficult days we’ve had as a family. I’m not going to go into the details (because of my No Fresh Blood on the Walls Policy.) I have many stories that I … Continued
Post contains affiliate links Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children I loved this book just as much as I hoped he would. I am a huge fan of “a year of” books (A … Continued
Percy Jackson, The Hobbit, and The Best Mom Ever {post contains affiliate links} You guys. Just when I thought things could not possibly get any worse on the read-aloud front, it did. Remember my horror at having to read Percy … Continued
A Series of Unfortunate Events Party Ideas (post contains affiliate links) We are long-time fans of A Series of Unfortunate Events books in our house. I read the first few of these out loud to my older kids and most … Continued
How to Create Your Own Unit Study {Most photos in this post are before I went digital and are taken out of our photo albums, so please exuse the quality.} I have been homeschooling for 17 years and now that … Continued
How to Create a Quick and Easy Unit Study Your Kids Will Love Post contains affiliate links Back in the day (you know, around the year 2000) when I was beginning to homeschool I knew that I did not want … Continued
{Updated and Expanded} How to Teach Your Child to Read Well, friends, I’m rather sad to say that 22 years into parenting, I do believe that my years of teaching my children to read have come to an end. As … Continued