Have you thought about sending your kids to a week long summer camp, but are fearful of the unknowns? Here’s a tip: go to a retreat during the school year to check it out for yourself! A lot of camps have family camp, mother-daughter, father-son, women’s, and men’s retreats! Attend one and get to know …
I post a picture like this with my kiddos playing on the river and I’m so #wildandfree right? #charlottemason? #adventurelearning ? or whatever else. I don’t know about all that. Sometimes we go to the river when we feel like it. Whatever. Can I just leave it at that? ? Sometimes this homeschool mom gets …
We got our family photos from NYC today! So many fun pics that I want to share. Naturally, I’m ripping apart my appearance ? I’m constantly fighting a loosing battle to not be a critical person. I pick apart every single thing in life, which makes it hard to enjoy things sometimes. It also makes …
It’s National Coffee Day! Well, that’s exciting. As you can see, I am not a minimalist. It is fun collecting stuff. What is even more fun is having something when someone else needs it! It brings me so much joy to have something on hand in the time of need. Chances are if there’s a …
This isn’t your normail Essential Oil blog post! I have a deep dark secret to share with you all: I don’t have an essential oil company preference. That’s about as awkward to have to share that piece of information to a homeschooling community as this photo is of my children trying to “smile big for …
Hey all you Classical Conversations people! Have you bought your tin whistle for the school year? Are you soooooo excited?! ??? If you don’t feel like DIYing a tin whistle case, you can head on over to our Etsy page and snag one for yourself! You know you want one! But in all honesty, do …
Messy hair don’t care? The cool “authentic” thing to say these days is that I don’t care, but the truth is, my authentic self does care. I am a pastor’s kid, went to a high school with a dress code, and lived in Geneva, Switzerland in my early 20s where the way I presented myself …
What does our summer schedule look like? We do a little bit of all of it year-round, minus July. I love the chill 4-school day a week schedule! There’s no uber long break that makes the kids and I forget what we learned and we’re not so stressed out that we absolutely need a 2.5 …
This is the cliff notes of our podcast with Hannah Tung past college admissions counselor and now a professor at a major Christian college. If these cliff notes look interesting, listen to the podcast for the full details! 1. Unprofessional References- like Jesus. References are very important to the process and colleges take them …
With Guest Speaker, Hannah Tung. Hannah was first a college admissions officer and is now a professor at an accredited private college. She has experienced all sides of college admittance and student performance in college. Our ultimate goal may not be to have our kids go to college, but it doesn’t hurt to think towards …