I did a thing. I bought our first curriculum EVER for the start in our homeschool journey. I used to teach toddlers and pre-school and I always planned on doing my own thing for pre-school. I am also a huge proponent of play-based learning and do not believe that a...
Before we were even engaged my husband, Phil, and I knew that we wanted to homeschool our kids someday. Phil was homeschooled, along with his 8 other siblings. I was not. Growing up, my cousins were homeschooled and the idea intrigued me. So when Phil first mentioned...
Life continues to move on. It doesn’t stop just because we are grieving. I mentioned before that, for me, the process has been a bit of a roller coaster; but in general I have felt like I have been on an upwards trajectory. But, I imagine, for anyone that experiences...
There is something that has been on my heart lately and I wanted to share now, towards the beginning of this blogging journey. And it may be something that needs repeating at times. I took an extended break from blogging and being active on social media to really pray...
Written while we were still living in Illinois. A few Saturdays ago I surprised the girls (my 2 year old daughter and my 10 year old SIL, with whom we currently live) with a fun breakfast of animal toast. It was something very simple and it did not take very much...
The last few months have been a roller coaster and sometimes it feels like a dream. After six months of hoping and praying to get pregnant, we found out in January that we were. We were over the moon; even more so when we discovered that we were expecting twins! But...
For anyone who is new around here, or maybe who we haven’t been in touch with for awhile, we moved from Illinois in June, back to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (where I grew up). At some point, as a young teen, I began to dislike small towns/country life (Or what I...
“The days are long, but the years are short” is a quote that seems to sum up parenthood in so many ways. As I sit watching my daughter rock her baby doll and reach for the baby’s bottle, she looks up with excitement to tell me, “Baby Sophie crying. Awwh Baby, it's...
Previously Post on Other Blog. Recently, I saw someone share a post that said something along the lines of “As a parent the days often feel never ending, yet the years fly by in the blink of an eye” And wow, did that resonate with me (already). It feels like just...
Previously Posted on Other Blog. As I write this, Phil is working through his second week of school....Hurray!! I can’t believe that we are here. After more than a year and a half of prep, 7 prerequisite classes, and a move half way across the country, Phil has...