Once I realized what an impact detoxing our diet had, I set out to detox other areas. The additional benefit is that the new routine is actually much more cost effective. Hair Care. I use a simple solution of water, apple cider vinegar, and essential oils. My hair has always been greasy and oily. When...
{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 16
We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. The book list has been updated. ___________________________ History: Immigration ABC’s of Immigration Book (Appendix A and B) Map of cities with high immigrant population (Appendix E) Poem for memorization (Appendix E) Melting...
Essential Oil Popcorn
Because we allow ourselves to cheat on the grain-free thing 20% of the time, one family favorite snack is POPCORN! I experimented recently with how to incorporate essential oils. First, I tried popping it as usually and drizzling it with coconut and essential oils. It left a greasy mess in the bottom of the bowl...
What about the siblings?
I get a lot of questions about how our adoption of Ty affected our bio kids. Or how our out-of-birth order adoption of three unrelated teen/tweens affected the kids who were already at home. The human part of me is telling you it sucks and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. Jesus is whispering that...
{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 15
We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. The book list has been updated. ___________________________ History: Teddy Roosevelt, Spanish American War Intro: Multimedia website or video I thought this would be a fun week to explore Spanish culture a little since...
Foto Flashback Friday
I dug these up from LAST Christmas. As in 2013. Yup, pretty behind in life.
{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 14
We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. The book list has been updated. ___________________________ History: Industrial Revolution Intro: You have your pick–trusty YouTube or any of the 70+ videos found here. I loosely picked activities around this lesson plan....
{RECIPE} Grain-free Fried Rice
Although I didn’t grow up culturally Korean, I LOVE Asian food. Rice has been one of the really hard things for me to give up and often finds itself in the 20 part of my 80/20 commitment. Cauliflower is one of the things I can successfully hide from PJ (our choosy 11 year old, carb-craver)....