a big (little) family

Trying to maintain my sanity and live to blog about it.

Ruby’s 7, Baby’s a Baby, and other moments of insanity.

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I had my 20 week ultrasound last week. Halfway there! Everything looked good. Yes, we found out what we’re having. Strange, since we’ve only found out with Sterling and Ruby before now. I rather love knowing. No, I’m not ready to spill the beans here. We told the kids this morning. That wasn’t nearly as […]

Back to co-op photos

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Before we headed out this morning, I lined up the kids for photos. Without further ado… Liberty, entering 7th. Age 12. Eden, entering 6th. Age 10. Sterling, entering 3rd. Age 8. Ruby, entering 3rd. Age 6 years, +363 days. Charlotte, entering kindergarten. Age 4, +340 days. Pierce, entering K4. Age 3, +335 days. Elliot, entering […]

Review: Flight School

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When Jason McIntire emailed me and said he’d written a new book and asked it I’d be interested in reviewing it, having reviewed several before for him and for Elisha Press, I jumped at it. My girls have fallen in love with the characters in The Sparrow Found A House and this is a sequel titled […]

Co-op: Day 1.

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We start co-op today. I’m pretty sure it’s the day my kids look forward to most all year. They have outfits picked out, backpacks packed, and the day started bright and early. We decided to do speech and debate this year – this means we leave the house by 9:15am and get home after 5pm. […]

Sterling

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Sterling was running, tripped, and skinned his knee the other day. It was the first time in his life he’d skinned a knee. Sterling is eight years old. The dear, careful child who crawled for seven months, who didn’t walk until he was 19 months old because he wanted to be good and sure he wouldn’t […]

TOS Review: Alpha Omega Publications

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I have been working with Charlotte on the 1st Grade Phonics & Reading Set from Alpha Omega Publications for the last several weeks. We received this to review as part of the Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Review Crew. Many members of the Crew were offered a variety of options from Alpha Omega’s Horizons homeschool curriculum, and I chose […]

Routines and baths. Lots of baths.

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We’re revamping chore lists and routine lists today. The kids are determined a list of all the chores is all they need – that they will divide them up among themselves each day. It sounds like a recipe for disaster… ie. fighting… but I gave them what they asked for. This ought to be interesting. […]

Wishy washy potty training, dead dishwashers, and blue poop.

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We’re just surviving lately. It seems  we do a lot of that. It’s hot outside (But my lawn hasn’t gotten the memo with so much rain lately… going to have to address that today.) and we gave up (as in, I was going to lose my sanity and my husband addressed the issue for me) […]

Who is training who here?

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I am a glutton for punishment, I’ve decided. Ellie is just so stinking smart. The other day when Blaine asked all the kids to back up while he was working and they were crowded around just a wee bit too close, she took one look at all the others obediently backing away a step or […]

TOS Review: Funtastic Unit Studies

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A few months ago, a review for Funtastic Unit Studies came up, to review their Science Unit Studies for Homeschoolers and Teachers. Science and History were my plan for the summer, so I was excited to use this. I’ve been told time and again that unit studies is the answer for the mom of many, […]