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Book Review: The Money Saving Mom's Budget
December 7, 2011
A couple months ago, I was selected along with several other bloggers to receive a pre-release copy of The Money Saving Mom's Budget to review. I have enjoyed reading Crystal…
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Easy-to-Make Felt Snowman Toddler Activity
December 7, 2011
Keeping Owen (age 2) busy while we do our home school work is a perpetual challenge... I am always on the lookout for things that keep him busy at the…
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Make an Advent Book
December 3, 2011
I can't remember what exactly got me thinking about the word "advent" - maybe it was the Star Wars Lego advent calendar I saw in the store, or the one…
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How to Repair a Drywall Hole
November 28, 2011
Thanks to our boys, we (until this past weekend!) had three lovely drywall holes in our home! When Owen was a baby, he went through a stage of taking the…
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Science Experiment: Solids, Liquids, and Polymers!
November 7, 2011
Gresham and I learned about the states of matter today in his science book. We're doing The Berenstein Bear's Big Book of Science and Nature as part of Sonlight Core…
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Fall Tree Art Project
November 4, 2011
I was inspired by Red Ted Art's Blog to make fall tree paintings with the boys, and they turned out great! We did this project over two days. On the…
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Science and Math Activity: Measuring the Length of Sea Animals
November 1, 2011
This year in science, Aidan and I are studying Apologia's Exploring Creation with Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day. We love Apologia science! So far, we have learned about whales,…
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Frugal Costume Ideas: Frontiersman, Zookeeper, and More
October 27, 2011
Last night was our church's annual fall fair! Our costumes were simpler than the Toy Story Army Guy costumes that we did last year, but we still had a great…
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Make a Plastic Cup Rocket Launcher
October 19, 2011
When the most recent of issue of Family Fun magazine arrived last week, we did one of the activities right away! These rocket launchers made out of plastic cups were…
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Pet Show Themed Birthday Party
October 17, 2011
Gresham is 5 years old! At our house, we do the first "real" party with invitations and friends at age 5. Gresham loves dogs, and we came up with the…
