Mia was what some call a late bloomer, academically. She’s probably the poster child for homeschooling success. I’m positive she could have labelled herself dumb (and NOT a math person) and hated reading had she felt the pressure to keep up with her peers in first grade. Instead, that was our first year homeschooling. We focused […]
It all started with a conversation under our basketball hoop–Pops, Auntie Lin, and me. “What should we do for Mom’s birthday?” “She doesn’t want us to do anything, but we should. It IS 60 after all.” “We could surprise her after church. Have a couple of her friends here.” Before we knew it, there was […]
While I love the mild weather and beautiful warm colors of fall, I would rather skip the “ber” months—September, October, November, December—all together. Let’s start with the lack of sunlight. I’m one of those seasonal affective people who needs the sun to be shining in order for me to feel like being productive. I’ve played […]
Buying products from a network marketing company usually makes me twitch. Even now that I work for a network marketing company, I still feel my guard go up around my Jamberry, Beach Body, Rodan + Fields, and friends. I know that essential oils seem to be the new trendy thing to do, and there is […]
The following is a guest post. Homeschooling can feel all-consuming which makes keeping your home tidy feel like an additional chore. If you have a lot of responsibilities and very little time to do them, take a look at these house routines which can help you and your kids. Here are some tested and proven […]
Last year, they gave Ty the only small uniform shirt. It was an ADULT small. We never got the replacement. I think they also lost all of their games…by a lot. At least he had fun. This season was a totally different story. I made sure he got the smallest shirt available, AND his team […]
Carrying a set of glass roller bottles around can get a little tricky. Sometimes they clank. Sometimes they leak. And always they end up at the very recesses of my bag, impossible to find. This easy to make carrying case keeps them safe and easy to find and absorbs any little leaks. Materials 10″ x […]
For those of you who don’t know us in real life…or have entered our lives more recently…I sat down to write out a blog-length version of our adoption story recently. I had agreed to it months ago. It was challenging writing it without the narrative being completely colored by where we currently are in our journey. […]