One of my goals for 2013 has been to try to be a little more organized. I love lists, I'm just that type of person. However, those lists don't really do you a whole lot of good when you either can't find them or you've made several versions and you're no longer sure which one is the most recent. With that in mind, I decided to try to make a conscience effort to ...
Planning to Homeschool: Starting Early
Nicholas just turned 2 a few months ago but we have already known for quite a while that our plan was to homeschool our children. Since he first started talking, (prior to his verbal regression) I have been reading and researching everything I would need to know to be able to teach him at home. I've been trying to figure out at what age I should start him, ...
Baking with Fresh Fruit: Blackberry Cobbler
Recently, we went on a fun little berry picking trip and now we have pounds and pounds of fresh berries that need to be used in one way or another before they start to spoil. There were a ton of ways to use them running through my head on the entire drive home and one of those just happened to be a berry cobbler. The hubs loves blackberries and I think the hardest ...
Homemade Italian Bread Crumbs
If there's one thing that most of us moms have in common, it's that we're almost always on the lookout for ways to save our families money. Some of the fastest and easiest ways to do that can be found right in your very own kitchen. Making a few simple staples instead of buying them can go a long way in cutting your monthly grocery bills back a bit. These easy ...
Learning Through Play: 30 Awesome Sensory Bins
One of the biggest hurdles that we have had with Nicholas is his aversion to different textures. Not only in his clothing as far as what he will and won't wear, but in everything from what he will play with to what he will eat. For the longest time, no matter how hard I tried, I could not get this child to eat anything other than solid, dry foods (i.e. plain toast, ...
Independence Day
Wishing you all a safe and fun-filled Independence Day! ...