My family loves games. I mean all of us, really love games. If you want to see how much we love games, take a peek into our game cabinet. (It’s not as neat as I would like it to be but…) We have a family game night once a week. (Usually) So why have I …
We decided several months ago to use Tapestry of Grace Year 1 next year. I am very excited about it. I am going to be involved in a small co-op (5 families) meeting every other week. We’ve never been in a co-op before so it will be a new experience for us. The kids are …
Last Friday, our local homeschool group sponsored “Around the World Night”. This was the first year we participated. We chose Madagascar for our country. Actually my husband picked it because it was unusual and had interesting animals to study. We used pictures from Enchanted Learning for a Ring-tailed lemur and a chameleon. We found a …
This morning when I peeked out the boys’ window to check on our bird, she was gone and so were the eggs. I’m not sure when she left. I don’t remember for sure if I checked on her yesterday, but I know she was there on Saturday. It has been raining all day so I …
I was so excited Monday morning when I heard a flapping outside my boy’s window. I opened the shade to see… Here is the male bring more nesting material. Home sweet home. Then Monday night. Here is Mama Tuesday. On Wednesday evening, I got a peek in the nest and there are …
We took our first trip to the Creation Museum on Thursday. We had been looking forward to it since we heard they were building it. It was not a disappointment. The museum was very well done. The exhibits were beautiful. It was wonderful to visit a place that is dedicated to refuting evolution. They presented so …
Throughout the Bible there are instances of God’s children questioning him. I do believe in the sovereignty of God, but there are definitely times when I’ve thought, “Lord, what are you doing here? This would really not be my choice.” (I may not have thought it so nicely either.) A friend of mine has been through an almost …
Saturday was my younger son’s 6th birthday. He was so excited about it for the whole month of March because he could see his name written on the calendar. (His birthday was the 29th.) He wanted a truck cake, and I Iooked all over for ideas on how to make one, but at the urging of my husband …
Disclosure: This post contains an affiliate link. If you purchase through the link, I will receive a small commission. We’ve had a nice couple of days again, so we’ve spent some time outdoors. We read about pollination in Exploring Creation with Botany. My 8 yo daughter made her notebook page outside. Here she is working …
It has been an eventful several days for our family. Today we started back to school after 5 days off. My husband had surgery on his ankle on Thursday so I had my hands full over the weekend. He was able to get out and go to church and to his parents’ house on Easter. …
