As an extrovert, one of the things I love about CC is the community. For me, I’ve been blessed with both a local community and a more virtual one thanks to technology. I’m always surprised to look back and see how much this blog has morphed over the past 8 years. Heck, 8 years ago,...
Our last week was Friday. While I’m relieved to be wrapping up the school year, I’ve been a little hyper about looking ahead. With 2 teenagers joining our family in the fall, I want as much planning to be behind me as possible this summer. Enter our History outline for next year… WK CC Memory...
I’m a little behind on processing photos. Last night I worked through some from an early February field trip to a local theater called Center Stage. While I had attended shows at Center Stage before, I had no idea they owned an entire block of buildings downtown and did a lot of their own pre-production...
We truly believe that not every family is called to adopt but that every one who claims to love Jesus should be doing something to care for orphans and vulnerable children. Before you let your blood pressure start to rise or start typing an argument, let me assure you that the possible ways to impact...
I’ve been invited to try Time4Learning for one month in exchange for a candid review. My opinion will be entirely my own, so be sure to come back and read about my experience. Time4Learning can be used as a homeschool curriculum, for afterschool enrichment and for summer skill sharpening. Find out how to write your...
We are excited to announce that we have been matched with 2 unrelated children, one boy and one girl, both approximately 14 years of age. That is about all we can disclose until we pass court in Ethiopia and they are legally Corkums. So now what? We wait to be assigned a court date which...
When we started homeschooling in the fall, I researched lot of ways to manage all my kiddos and their tasks (from workboxes to software). Because we only have to keep a portfolio (not grades or attendance), many of the available free planning websites and softwares were too detail oriented for us. I had been sitting...
What are your favorite spring cleaning tips? Do you have any to add to Alicia’s 10-minutes-or-less list? I have to laugh that I was assigned this particular part of the Getting Organized campaign. My first thought was, “Spring Cleaning?!?! What’s that? Do people still do that?” Here’s my two-cents: Do a daily 10-minute declutter (read:...