I love this time of year: the music, the food, the greenery, the ugly Christmas sweater contests.  Yep, that’s right; time to bring out those hideous lovely garments from the depths of your wardrobe.  It’s time for the bling, the twinkling, the downright U-G-L-Y to shine! Spread some Christmas cheer! Share your picture to win! [...]

The “What’s for Dinner?” Solution Quick, Easy, and Affordable Meals Your Family Will Love Written by: Kathi Lipp Publisher:  Harvest House Publishers Publication Date:  October 01, 2011 Pages:  208 ISBN:  9780736938372 List Price:  $12.99 USD Need a Christmas Gift?  Find it at Amazon ($10.39), Barnes & Noble (10.99), Christian Book Distributors ($9.99) and other online [...]

I like to mix up things around here; it keeps every one guessing!  Monday morning I headed downstairs with one goal in mind: to organize the classroom.  Well, it was organized, or shall I say relocated and organized.  I moved the classroom from the little office in the front to the open living room area. [...]

Today we started Fractions with Bear & Missy.  I decided to make it really simple. The first thing I did was make a simple circle on the board and wrote “1”. I explained that there was 1 single pie. Then I asked Missy to show me how she would share the pie with her sister [...]

From the cradle to college, tell your sons the truth about life before they believe the culture’s lies.   For parents with boys newborn to eighteen, 5 Conversations You Must Have with Your Son will be as much a part of the boyhood journey as those Legos you’re still finding under the sofa cushions and the [...]

Yes, I’m the crazy Black Friday shopper.  I know, I know.  I’m supporting the cause of materialism, greed and capitalism in this country.  But, I don’t look at it that way.  It’s the one time a day I do get to spend time shopping, by myself, without kids, for something other than toilet paper and [...]

Happy Thanksgiving! This morning we are working on making turkeys with handprints.  We will watch a couple of Thanksgiving videos and read a few books.  Yep, we’re still doing school on Thanksgiving Day!  Let me say, this is the KIDS idea, not mine.  I wanted to sleep! This afternoon we are going to a friend’s [...]

One of my favorite Disney Songs The rain rain rain came down down down…In rushing, rising riv’lets, ’Til the river crept out of it’s bed And crept right into Piglet’s! Poor Piglet, he was frightened, with quite a rightful fright. And so, in desperation, a message he did write. He placed it in a bottle, [...]

My husband and I have discussed several times about him obtaining a Master’s of Business degree.  Somehow it’s never become a reality, but in today’s unsettled business environment we are wondering if this option would be worth it to our family in the long-run. As I am always the “have to know all the details” [...]

Today was a morning of what to do.  We started by exploring about gnats, the 3rd plague of Egypt.  Of course, I couldn’t exactly find a lot of hands-on gnat learning.  Since today is gnats and Wednesday is flies, I figured we’d concentrate on insects. My creative bunch decided that potato insects were the subject [...]