Thanks to Nature Anatomy the kids figured out the name of this rock we collected in Mexico last year.
I love the Nature Anatomy book (it’s beautiful and has a lot of great information in it) and plan on using it more intentionally this spring and summer. I currently don’t have a specific idea on how we will use the book but will share more when I do.
The kids are involved in a kidpreneur fair next month and they have been working on their projects: wooden swords and wooden cameras. Last year I was not interested in them being involved because I didn’t think they would follow through with their ideas but so far so good! They still have more to do…
Yesterday Raeca decided she wanted to make a diaper for her oldest-very-loved-chronically-dirty-one-eye-is-always-half-closed-floppy-necked-because-I-removed-the-noise-device-years-ago doll, “Susie”. A quick search on Pinterest lead us to this simple DIY and pattern and then a quick trip to Dollar Tree for some supplies and a short while later she had two diapers and a few baby wipes for Susie. I…
Welcome to our first Day in the Life! I’m hoping to make this a monthly series here. I really appreciate our ability to have slow mornings. Unless we have to be somewhere early I let the kids wake up on their own and we usually eat breakfast separately since some need to eat as soon…
We started a new audiobook this week! I’ve heard a lot of good things about this series but never read or listened to them before but after listening to a homeschool veteran rave about this series the other week I knew it was time to give it a try. Judging from the condition we got…
This week we are continuing with Redwall at lunch. The kids are both really enjoying it. We are going through a little slower than normal because it is on discs from the library instead of an online audiobook so we aren’t listening while we are driving/doing errands like we normally do (we’ve been listening to…