a big (little) family

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

TOS Review: BrainFood Learning

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BrainFood Learning offered three different DVD titles to be review by the Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Review Crew. I received The Fascinating World of Insects for review. When I was chosen for this review, I was pretty excited to receive Insects. I mean, living in Missouri, we’ve met a multitude of bugs I’d never even heard […]

TOS Review: Preschoolers and Peace – Circle Time

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  I received a download from Preschoolers and Peace called Circle Time: Plan the Best Part of Your Day! by Kendra Fletcher as part of the Review Crew to read, implement, and review for you all. Kendra is a veteran homeschooling mother to eight children – so if she can do this, I can do […]

Lazy summer days…

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Ruby gets full enjoyment out of the swing. You know, as opposed to the lesser enjoyment she gets out of other things in life. No, not so much. Life is full speed ahead and quite the fun game for Ruby. (And she wears this dress about three days a week. As in, every time it’s […]

Disconnected.

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Here I sit, typing a post that can’t be published for another two days – I hope it’s only two days, anyway. Life without internet seems strangely quiet. I rather expected to have a bunch more free time, but I don’t. I have a bunch more nauseous and tired time instead. Something about a rolling […]

TOS Review: Couponing Made Simple

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I’ve been reading and attempting to learn from Christi the Coupon Coach with her book Couponing Made Simple as part of the Review Crew. I’ve ‘couponed’ before, but never anything spectacular. I’ve had a hard time finding coupons for things that we’d normally buy – but I recognize that if I bought a different brand […]

The story of us. Part sixteen: now.

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Read part one here. Read part two here. Read part three here. Read part four here. Read part five here. Read part six here. Read part seven here. Read part eight here. Read part nine here. Read part ten here. Read part eleven here. Read part twelve here. Read part thirteen here. Read part fourteen […]

I hate stupid questions.

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I took the kids out for ice cream this afternoon with a friend. She also has six kids. The cashier asked if all of those kids were mine. When I told her six of them were, she sputtered, and then, honestly, said, “Tell me. How does that happen? I mean really, how does it happen?!” […]

TOS Review: Picaboo Yearbooks

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As a part of the Old Schoolhouse Review Crew this year, I had the honor of making a yearbook from Picaboo Yearbooks to use their website, receive a printed copy of my 20-Page Softcover Yearbook creation, and then be able to review it for all of you. I chose to do a “yearbook” of Pierce’s […]

Hello, welcome, yes, and excuse me while I find some clothes.

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The flag keeps falling off of our mailbox. In trying to fix it without making a sharp edge (ie. using wire) I used two bread plastic bag clips, clipped onto the peg of the flag that sticks inside. I haven’t decided if it was clever or trashy – but it worked. Hello Mrs. Mail Lady. […]