a big (little) family

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

Clothing Swap

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Thing Five and Thing Six, when told to put their pajamas on last night, decided to switch things up a bit. Him in hers and her in his, they were calling each other their own names and laughing hysterically. Blaine’s conclusion: Pierce looks pretty good in pink. The ballerinas though… not so much.  

TOS Review: Maestro Classics

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The Old Schoolhouse has been reviewing four CD’s from Maestro Classics lately, and I received two to review, Casey at the Bat and Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Part of the Stories in Music CD series, Maestro Classics produced these CD’s with well known stories or poems set to symphony orchestra music. The beginning of the CD […]

Out.

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You know it’s been a long day of play when sitting down to go potty results in a nap. But when that nap has you falling off the potty and you stay asleep and the nap continues on the floor… maybe, just maybe, there’s been too much summer fun going on. Pierce came in while […]

A dirty proposition.

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I walked into my living room yesterday and saw. Really saw. Through the fog of pregnancy, reduced sleep with a newborn, and all that comes with it, I’d rather grown accustomed to a new normal. Laundry, feeding my family, grocery shopping… I’d kept up with all of that. But my house was maintaining at a […]

Shortcomings…

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Why do we compare ourselves? The question plagues me. When I look at my shortcomings next to my friends’ strengths, I find myself… short. When I look at what my house… isn’t… I become discontent. When I compare the best of others to the worst of mine… Really?! We aren’t talking apples to apples, I’m […]

TOS Review: CTC Math

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As part of the Review Crew for Old Schoolhouse Magazine, I’ve been given to use and review a 12 Month Family Plan membership to CTC Math, an online math tutoring program. I had Ruby, Sterling, Liberty, and Eden each work in their current grade level four days a week. They took quizzes to figure out […]

Ellie: 7 weeks

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Miss Ellie turned 7 weeks old on Saturday. She’s learned to smile, laughs just a bit, hates getting her clothes changed, and loves being in the sling on Momma. She didn’t smile in any of the photos that focused properly, so enjoy a somewhat out of focus 7 week old grin…         […]

TOS Review: Home School Adventure Co.

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These last few weeks, the Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Review Crew has been reviewing a few different products from the Home School Adventure Co. I received via PDF download The Wise Woman by George MacDonald with Literary Analysis Journal Questions by Stacy Farrell to review. The story is not written to women, but is rather about a Wise […]

Eww.

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We were walking through Walmart, land of the classy for sure, when Charlotte found something bright pink and sparkly on the floor. In typical three year old fashion, she picked it up to examine it. When she asked what it was, I examined it. It was a fingernail. Not a “oh, I broke a nail” […]