If you've been through my blog much at all you'll know I love all things crafty. I'm not artistic, but I love to craft! I've probably dabbled in a bit of everything over the years: paper crafting (stamping, card making, scrapbooking, bullet journaling, etc.), quilting and some small sewing projects, DIY home decor, and I can even do basic crochet. On top of my personal crafting, we homeschool which automatically equals kids crafts! Simple crafts (or not-so-simple sometimes) are a very effective hands-on way for kids to grasp a concept or remember important ... Continue Reading...
Spring fun! No Red, Itchy Eyes
Our family suffers annually with seasonal allergies. We live on a rural farm with all sorts of trees, grasses, and flowers. From February to June there is no lack of pollen floating about. One of the worst culprits is the crimson clover we plant each year to help fertilize our pecan trees. We found out when we first planted the clover that our oldest son is highly allergic to it. Whenever he walks near it or through it during its full bloom his eyes get puffy, red and very itchy. Last year we tried several different allergy medications and eye drops for him, but nothing made any ... Continue Reading...
Illustrated Bible for Kids of All Ages
The Incredible Story of Who God Is, Who You Are, and Who You Were Made To Be Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible Join us as we check out the Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible by Joanna Rivard and Tim Penner. We were given a copy to read and review by the publisher and my kids have come to love this book and look forward to reading it each night before bed. This little Bible story book includes 15 Old Testament stories and 18 New Testament stories. They are pretty comprehensive and each story is about four pages long. Some are quicker reads than others. We like how easy ... Continue Reading...
Life can change in a moment
My last post, dated July 7, 2018 seems like such a long time ago in so many ways. I published that post just three days before my family's life changed in such an unexpected, and times heartbreaking, way. I've procrastinated posting about it on my blog and social media for several reasons. This blog has always been more "business" for me than "personal" - reviews, homeschool stuff, etc. and not much of our personal lives. I don't want to change that too much as I don't care to brag or rant, but rather share fun things people might find useful. I feel like I can't just jump back in with ... Continue Reading...
Game Night: Wild Dash
You probably know by now that our family loves games so I'm bringing you another game in our "Game Night" series. We love finding new games and the great folks at RoosterFin Games sent us this super fun one called Wild Dash. It is tagged as "A game where creatures stampede and gadgets add speed." and my kids have been enjoying this game a lot. Wild Dash is a card game where the animal racers use boosters to increase their speed to win the race. Players are dealt five cards and choose a racer card to lay down face down. One player will shake the dice box and release a colored ... Continue Reading...
Game Night: Rabbit Pirates
My family loves games. We have a family game night nearly every week so we are always on the lookout for fun new games. I was asked to review this adorable game from RooserFin Games called Rabbit Pirates. This is a card game rated for ages 7 and up, but my 4 year old loves to play too. He needs help counting up his tokens at the end, but my 6 year old was able to play without any help at all. This game is meant for two, three or four players. Game setup is simply laying out the three "island" game boards and putting the tokens equally in the center of all three islands. The ... Continue Reading...
The Simplified Homeschool Planner
Recording keeping is to a homeschool mom as air is to lungs - required to survive and thrive. A homeschool planner is a must! For years I have managed assignments by creating a spreadsheet and printing it before the school year begins. I still do that, but there are so many things that don't fit into a chart like that. When I recently changed my bullet journal over to a discbound system - where I can add and take out pages as needed - I put a section in it for our homeschool. Terryn from over at Just a Simple Home asked me to review her Simplified Homeschool Planner, and I was excited to ... Continue Reading...
White House Holidays Unit Studies
I'll start this by saying I'm not usually a fan of unit studies (they are usually too much work for me along with all of our other studies), but I received White House Holidays Unit Studies to review from Silverdale Press LLC and I have really enjoyed how thorough they are. These multi-grade level unit studies are very in-depth and in include all the information I needed to complete them. The White House Holidays Unit Studies includes six separate unit studies for the major holidays. When I first learned I would be getting these I thought this would just be a simple overview of how the ... Continue Reading...
Critical Thinking Detective: Vocabulary
I have recently started shopping for our 2018-2019 curriculum and this year I've decided to add Vocabulary for Booger who will be going into the 8th grade. We were given a copy of Critical Thinking Detective: Vocabulary by The Critical Thinking Co.™ to review and this was perfect to introduce him to a richer vocabulary. At first Booger thought he could breeze right through the lessons, but boy was he surprised! Not only was he unable to hurry through, he struggled with getting the answers correct as the words are very challenging. Even I was stumped on a few of the words I had ... Continue Reading...
The Bible for kids who enjoy graphic novels
Why Graphic Novels are Fun In the "old days" we called them comic books (which in reality were really comic "magazines"), but nowadays graphically illustrated books are "graphic novels". My kids really enjoy these graphic novels, even if they have read the story before without all the illustrations. We were given a copy of BibleForce to review and the boys haven't wanted to put it down. BibleForce: The First Heros Bible is a brand-new Bible storybook that is illustrated with exciting, comic-style artwork. You can see for yourself how vivid and detailed the illustrations are on each ... Continue Reading...
Make S’mores Indoors (or anywhere)
Our family loves being outside and when the weather is nice you will often find us around a campfire roasting marshmallows. The kids love making s'mores and often ask to roast marshmallows, but sometimes a campfire isn't feasible - sometimes its just too hot or too cold, or mom and dad are too tired. For just such times the folks at Sterno have created the Sterno S'mores Maker Jr. which is perfect for indoor (or outdoor) marshmallow roasting fun! We invited some friends over to help us try out our new s'more maker and we had so much fun! Between the 5 families (including our own) we ... Continue Reading...
Flip Through My Bullet Journal
Bullet Journaling is such a fun way to plan and document your life. The basic premise is you start with a blank journal (dot grid works best) and you draw boxes, banners, doodles, checkboxes, bullets, etc. using a system that works best for you. I'll warn you: it can take months or even years to decide on a system that streamlines your day. When I first started out I used some quality paper (the kind they recommend for brush lettering) and my coil binder to make myself a 8.5 x 11 sized bullet journal. You can read more about it here. Eventually, I converted it to be on discs instead of ... Continue Reading...
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