a big (little) family

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

The story of us. Part fifteen.

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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 […]

TOS Review: Badge of Honor by Susan K. Marlow

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I received a copy of the paperback book Badge of Honor by Susan K. Marlow as part of the Old Schoolhouse Review Crew. Book one in the Goldtown Adventures, Badge of Honor was published by Kregel Publications in 2012. With 143 pages, this book is geared for ages 9-13. In my home, it was read […]

Oh, for cute.

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Four new circle skirts made from this pattern slightly edited on the waistband for ease of knowing where the back is (and covering my sewing machine’s hatred for sewing two piece of elastic together) and four new necklaces, made from matching fabric from this pattern, made four very happy girls. Four very cute very happy […]

Organize the big-family van.

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Or organize your smaller-family car. You pick. Either way, these things have really helped me: I put bowls (because plates and cars don’t get along) and cups and spoons in the van, to stay there. Everyone has one, their name is on it, and we keep them out there. We don’t eat in the van […]

Kitchen ponderings.

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Liberty watched as I cut the cantaloupe in half. I handed her a spoon, she scooped out the seeds, then handed it back to me and watched me cut off the rind and slice the fruit. “Why is there always a hole in the middle of the melon?” she asked. I stared at her. My […]

Favorite finds in our world lately.

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Pierce really likes this pie. We all do, actually. It’s been requested for many a birthday in recent years, including Liberty’s last month.               Photo Credit   But mine doesn’t look like that. It wasn’t even close to photo worthy. I’m not that good. But it tastes fantastic, so […]

The story of us. Part fourteen.

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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. I couldn’t do […]

Holiday surprise.

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They must think that without coffee, we’re incapacitated. I wonder where they got that idea.

TOS Review: Classical Conversations PreScripts

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As part of the Old Schoolhouse Review Crew, I have received one copy of Classical Conversations’ PreScripts Cursive Words and Drawing: Scripture spiral bound book for ages 5-10. I’ve had Liberty, age 9, and Eden, age 8, using it. Since I wanted both girls to do it, I’ve had them work on separate paper, but […]

Murphy’s Law?

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We burn wood for heat. Come about now, when the heat is enough to make Sterling question why on earth we’re cutting wood for heat, we start cutting for next winter. So when Blaine read a CraigsList ad from a family who had a bunch of trees that need to come down, we started on […]