August 2009

Refinishing Our Free Piano

This school year, we decided that each of the kids should take some type of lessons. It was an easy decision, because each of them had been expressing a desire to try something that involved lessons. Jack wanted to try violin, Molly wanted ballet, and Noah wanted to try the piano. Not having so much [...]

Many Little Links: August 30, 2009

On-the-Go Clothesline — Chasing Cherrios This is such a super cute idea for little kids. I just love it! I wonder what Molly would think about it. Then again, I don’t know that she has ever seen a clothesline. Let Me Show You Inside a Secret Blogging Alliance — ProBlogger Really great ideas for bloggers. [...]

7 Quick Takes: August 28 (Vol. 13)

~ 1 ~ This week, we took our first official field trip of the school year. We were thrilled to drive about an hour and a half to visit a priest who used to be at our parish (who we had really become friends with), but who was recently transferred. Not only did we get [...]

In Tears About My Faith and Church

This week, I have had a few different opportunities to be with people from my church, as well as to be with my homeschooling group (which is a Catholic homeschooling group). Apparently it was just exactly what I needed. How do I know that? Well, last night, I was thinking about my church (both my [...]

An Unexpected Source of Blogging Topics

A few weeks ago, I grabbed out my blog idea notebook and noticed that there weren’t tons of ideas left in it. I realized that I needed to do some brainstorming. But, then I realized that I had overlooked a very important source for topics. I got comfortable out on my porch, grabbed my camera [...]

Review: Activity Bus from Plan Toys

I was recently able to review a toy from an online store called ebeanstalk. Ebeanstalk has great educational toys, as well as educational baby gifts. The toy that my family got to review is called Activity Bus from Plan Toys (a company that makes eco-friendly wooden toys). The Activity Bus is for kids three and [...]

Many Little Links: August 22nd Edition

20 Indoor Activities for Kids – Besides TV — Simple MomA fabulous list of ideas! Some of them are just so simple, but so wonderful! Sticker Crazy — Let’s ExploreReally fun ideas for using stickers. I think that my kids would just love them. I might even have to introduce them to making stories with [...]

7 Quick Takes: August 21st (Vol. 12)

~ 1 ~ I have had a strong desire lately to work on another mixed media painting. I just loved working on the ones that I gave to some of my sisters for Christmas last year, as well as one that I kept for myself. (The one shown here was the 16×20 canvas that I [...]

Reading in the Bathtub During the Tornado Warning

It had rained off and on throughout the day on Wednesday, but during a nice part of the day, I had the children out with me working on picking some grape and cherry tomatoes. We had only picked a few before, out of nowhere, the tornado sirens began to sound. Having a couple of naturally [...]

Visual Cues to Help Homeschoolers Become More Independent

Last week, I was going to be gone in the morning, so I left the kids a few of their books that they could do without me (to do while my Mom was here with them). I thought about leaving her a list of what they needed to do in each book, but, instead, I [...]

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