A Must Before We Read

It’s because they have been in unknown places…because they have been through many hands…because they will slide across our kitchen table…because we will all cuddle up in bed together with them, I wipe down all of our library books before we read them.
Do you have you a behavior(s) that may seem odd to others, [...]

Ode to My Mixer

My stand mixer is not working well. In fact, I’ve been using my hand mixer for the past month. Ladies (and gentlemen), if you’re a cook or a baker, then you know my pain. It hurts sooooo much, but I am a survivor and until I decide on the new color of the next mixer [...]

What a Boy Wants?

Believe it or not River really did want this. He’s been asking beggin and pleadin’ for Darling D to give him a Mohawk cut for a couple of years while.

Well, he finally got it and see, he really is happy about it.

As for me, on the other hand…well, I’m happy for him (I think that’s [...]

See!

You don’t have to be a homeschool mommy to appreciate this photo. River and Lily studied cursive writing this school year. I don’t know if he actually dreams about writing cursive letters when he sleeps, but apparently, he does when he plays. See, he did learn something this school year.

By Flashlight

The storms came this weekend and of course, the power went out not once, not twice, but several times. I really shouldn’t complain because we were not affected as severely as so many other people.
Although, it really wasn’t an emergency, except for the fact that mommy needed a break, I gave each child one of [...]