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  I was recently going through pictures from my niece's birthday party and found these pictures. As a mother, I was terrified. It is shot after shot of my babies flying through the air with no protection at all. As a child at heart, I was wishing I'd been on the swing. Laughing, screaming, fearful, and exhilarated. That is much what my homeschooling experience … [Read more...] about Homeschooling is SCARY!

I grew up with homemade pie crusts.  I have lived my entire adult life having never bought a store bought pie crust.  I simply can't bring myself to it.  Once you have tasted the finest of crusts . . . a store bought crust pales in comparison.  But sometimes . . . I'm lazy. Enter pumpkin pie in a bowl. Pumpkin Pie in a Bowl Ingredients 2 eggs 1/4 tsp. allspice 3/4 … [Read more...] about Pumpkin Pie in a Bowl

Quick! What comes to mind when you think "foreign language"? Spanish, French or German, etc.? What about Latin? Does anyone even speak Latin? Well....no. Latin is a "dead language", meaning no one speaks it like we do English, Spanish and those other languages. Guess what! Our English and most all other languages get their roots from Latin. The last time you glanced at that … [Read more...] about Review: Visual Latin

Many homeschool moms suffer from gap-itis.  We forever are fearful that our curriculum or our teaching is going to come up short and have gaps in content.  Well frankly, EVERY curriculum, no matter how comprehensive is going to have a gap here and there.  There is no way for human-created curriculum to not have some sort of short-coming in content. So rather than “fear the … [Read more...] about Teaching kids HOW to learn through Lapbooks

  My teenage daughters can sometimes be considered "typical" in how they relate to each other. They are not always the most lovely. I'm sure that a lot of it has to do with the fact that they are only 14 months apart in age. They had their responses down pat for people that ask if they're twins. They'd chime in together, "We're 14 months apart!". They learned … [Read more...] about Friendship of Sisters: I Got Your Back