Advice is a funny thing. It can be bad or good, solicited or not, freely given yet not willingly taken. Why should/would anyone care what I think? I don’t know. As part of Sonlight’s March Blog party celebrating their 25th anniversary all year long we were asked to “Share the best homeschooling advice you have […]
Archives for March 2015
Free Easter Prints
The weather is starting to warm up a bit. The kids are anxious to start digging in the dirt. We’ve bought new chicks, scoured garden seed catalogs, and are deciding on stucco color for the house. All signs that spring is here! The Easter and spring decorations have been slowly making their appearance. I decided […]
Names of Christ Easter Eggs
We tried something a bit different this year with our Easter tree! Instead of using the tags with names of Christ on them that come in The Living Christ Easter countdown we wrote on hollowed out eggs and then dyed them. It is an easy project. Just go into it expecting to crack a few eggs […]
Just living
It’s one of those days. The kind were I did not get enough sleep (4.5 hours) because Jason decided he really wanted to have Mommy sleeping next to him all.night.long. in the trundle bed. Ugh! And because I teach early morning seminary that starts promptly at 6:30am I can’t just sleep in. After seminary though […]
Family Work Part 3: Family Service
Regular family service projects are a wonderful way to engage everyone, young and old. It teaches children to be aware of others needs and also facilitates children’s naturally generous natures (once they get past the terrible twos and tough threes that is). “My brothers and sisters, we are surrounded by those in need of our […]
Happy 173rd Birthday, Relief Society!
Relief Society is the name of our church’s organization for women. It was officially organized on March 17, 1942 in Nauvoo, Illinois. What started off as a small gathering of women has grown to include close to 7 million women in 185 countries. I love learning about the history of Relief Society, the work women […]
Family Work Part 2: Whining and Complaining
Have any of the following ever happened in your family? When the mention of work or chores is made kids break out in whining, tears, back talk, or stomping their feet throwing a fit. Some even run and hide. No? It never happens to you? Well. Maybe you should be the one writing this series […]
The Power of a Mother’s Words in Letters
Do you know how sometimes you can read things a gazillion times and they don’t mean much and then, for some unexplained reason, you will read it again and something will just click? The past couple of weeks there have been two things mulling around in my head, two experiences I’ve read, that just came […]
Celebrating a Christ-centered Easter {Review}
One of my all time favorite holidays is coming up! I love Easter. Absolutely adore it! I especially love celebrating it with my family creating traditions for my children and passing on old ones from my own childhood. To keep us focused on what we are celebrating – the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ […]
Family Work Part 1
Some of the best memories I have are those that involve working with my family both growing up and now with my own children. It is a bonding time where singing or whistling occurs between storytelling, teasing, and yes, sometimes, even quarreling. We are together working side-by-side or at least in close proximity to each […]