We’ve schooled through the summer this year. We don’t always do that, but due to a unique set of circumstances, we felt the need to take only a short break after the spring semester and keep going. It makes the […]
Every summer we evaluate our homeschooling journey, our goals for our children, and our plans for our next year of school. We think about reasons to homeschool again. The inevitable question is always, “Should we homeschool another year?” Every year our […]
Eleven years ago today, I had a life-changing experience. This one event altered the way we celebrate our family Christmas. We realized all the sparkle and glitz and gifts and shopping and spending were like Solomon’s proclamation in Ecclesiastes 2:11, […]
Christmas is a mere three weeks away. If you haven’t been stashing extra cash for Christmas gifts before now, you’re probably on the verge of hyperventilating. Let’s be real. You’re not going to suddenly come into a fistful of money […]
Over our twenty-plus years of marriage and birth of five children, we have developed a certain philosophy on holidays, in general, and Christmases, in particular. What we started with as newlyweds doesn’t much resemble where we are now. That’s how […]
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Homeschoolers, as a rule, are a thrifty lot. We educate children on a homeschool budget that is about .01% of a public school’s budget. Of course, Our teacher and principal don’t get paid, and we don’t get subsidized curricula. Many […]
Every mom stresses about planning and fixing meals. Feeding a houseful of little people makes cooking with Gordon Ramsey look like a love-filled episode of Barney. There should be a show called Chopped With Kids. Not only would the contestants have […]
It’s pretty common to feel driven by life instead of being in the driver’s seat. I might not mind being Miss Daisy if someone like Morgan Freeman were my driver, but alas my problem lies with over-commitment, not age. I have […]
If camping is in your summer plans, check out this camping handbook for packing and fixing real food in the great outdoors. Katie at Kitchen Stewardship has the definitive guide on fixing real food in the great outdoors, The Family […]
