Adventures in Homeschooling

My intentions were to make this blog and my son’s blog a part of our homeschooling. His should be about the things that he learns. Mine will be about some of the things we do, and lots of things that I do or think or feel. However, we are struggling to remember to blog because … Continue reading →

Homeschool planning

Well, we are a couple of weeks into our brand new adventures in homeschool. It’s gone fairly well so far. We’ve started very slowly and then added as he showed interest. We started with Bible and character training. I’m using Character Building For Families Volume 1, by Lee Ann Rubsam. (For more information on this … Continue reading →

Memorial service

I’ll be gone for a few days, to attend my grandfather’s memorial service and visit with family back home. Unfortunately, I’m staying with my mom (that’s not the unfortunate part! LOL) and she still lives in the dark ages. No internet. I am working on her though. My grandfather lived 92 long years and he … Continue reading →

Cherish every moment

I have been a bit overwhelmed lately with starting homeschool and preparing for a garage sale and packing to go who knows where. My child is intense and requires a lot of attention. He’s mentally exhausting. That’s typical of a gifted kid. The constant questions, the know-it-all attitude. It can really wear you down at … Continue reading →

Perfect penguin party

Well, today was my dear son’s birthday party. He wanted a penguin theme, so I did what I could with a short time frame and a very small budget. We didn’t go all out, but I still think it was a great party. The little guy had a blast and in fact, knocked out quick … Continue reading →

Penguins and packing

Life has become a bit overwhelming in the last few weeks. We are in the midst of a serious life change. We are going to be moving. I hate packing. We live in a 4 bedroom, 2 bath, full basement (with 2 rooms) house. I have way too much stuff. So, since I know we … Continue reading →

If you build it, they won’t play in it…

My little guy was bored the other day, so I put aside everything I needed to get done and decided to fill his bucket. (It’s something they learned at school. Filling someone’s bucket is doing something to make them happy and dipping in their bucket means that you are doing something that makes them unhappy. … Continue reading →

Strawberry picking

We’ve been keeping busy since school ended this week. We attended a park day with our new homeschool group, built a tent (0r tents) in our living room and went strawberry picking. It’s been a pretty good week. Here are our strawberry picking pics! Some of us were picking and some were eating. It was … Continue reading →

Heavenly peanut butter cake pops

I love chocolate and peanut butter. Ok, I like chocolate and almost anything. But these just may be my favorite cake pop recipe. It’s so easy, too. I can’t believe I’m going to share this recipe with you. I usually have no hesitation in sharing recipes, but I have a dream! A dream of opening … Continue reading →

Peanut butter cake pops

These cake pops are amazing. I turned a simple but divine peanut butter cake recipe into cake pops and then dipped them in thick chocolate. Fortunately, my hubby took all but a dozen to work so I didn’t have to eat them all. Here are the pics. I’ll share the recipe soon!