I’ve reviewed for Progeny Press before, with the book Dragon’s Hoard, an E-Guide on Little House in the Big Woods and Uncle Jed’s Barbershop, and a study guide for Miss Rumphius. When a review for The Sword and the Tree E-Guide came available, I didn’t hesitate; we love Progeny Press! Since this one was written for grades 4-6, I had […]

My kids recently discovered I occasionally cook without a recipe. It’s a phenomenon, I know. I sprinkled a handful of things on pork chops, grilled them, and I was world’s best chef. Now they keep asking my to cook up a creation again. I think I should be flattered… but I’m not sure that failing […]

A couple years ago, I bought the planner published by The Old Schoolhouse. You have to understand, I want to love a planner. I want to have a plan. But… kids. Plans rarely go the way I, umm, plan. It’s easier not to plan. But… when it comes to homeschooling, I have to have a […]

Yesterday, entirely by accident, I found a pacifier that Stellan will take – and actually keep in. For four months, this boy has screamed more often than not. He’s the fussiest thing I’ve ever met. I’ve tried pacifier and pacifier, and he’d finally resorted to his fingers. He’d never ever kept a pacifier in his […]

Sterling’s wish to have a mud fight on his birthday was granted. The kids had a great time, and other than a load of incredibly dirty laundry that miraculously came clean the first wash, a whole lot of grass clippings in my washer after said load, and a muddy shower curtain, no damage was done. […]

We’re on summer break, and that always leads to forgetting what we’ve learned. Sunya Publishing offered their brand new game Sunya – The Magic and Wonder of Math and Science Adding & Subtracting for review from the Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Review Crew, and I have, for the last several weeks, watched my children keep their […]

Upon request, photos of our freshly painted living room. In the interest of keeping it real. I didn’t clean up more than I try to keep it normally. Or I’m just feeling lazy this morning, take your pick. It’s dark and dreary and rainy and light isn’t helping me much in showing color. The walls […]

Yesterday evening, after telling kids for the umpteenth time to get their bedrooms cleaned up, I finally resorted to “supper isn’t happening until they are clean”. The finally stepped it up. Moments later, I was trying to sew bandanna bibs for the baby that spits, because let’s face it, the bandanna is far cuter than your […]

If you know me very well at all, you know I far prefer hands-on learning over learning from a screen. My kids have had very limited exposure to movies, computers, etc. We have a large collection of books and we use a textbook approach to learning the core subjects. When I first learned about Science […]