new school supply caddy, a cutlery caddy from Target I've been planning and organizing our school stuff the last few days and have s...

Hazel and I delivered our annual NICU knit/crocheted hat stash today, only a month late. This year, NICU day was a comedy of errors.  Every ...

After a few moments with a genius at the Apple store tonight, iphoto is happy again and I was able to get pics off of my phone to blog! Her...

I had someone who has a 3yo and a baby and is thinking about homeschooling in a couple of years ask me what my best advice was for her at th...

I was first introduced to Charlotte Mason at 22 years old, when I applied to teach 3rd grade at Regents School of Austin .  Teaching applica...

The kids have been telling me that Jack didn't have enough clothes.  He needed some shorts and shirts and some pajamas, specifically.  I...

The kids have been bugging me about making some more clothes for Jack, the American Boy.   Particularly, they thought he needed pjs, s...

I spent the morning working on our summer schedule and plans.  I had a bunch of thoughts floating around in my head about what I wanted to d...

Another Celebrated Dancing Bear is a unit from Five in a Row, volume 1.  It was one of my absolute favorites!  This book was among some ...

Sometime in the middle of last week, we finished a row on Mirette on the High Wire from Five in a Row, volume two.  Such a wonderful story ...

When I settled on using Five in a Row for our PK/K core curriculum this past school year, I did some reading on various blogs and the FIAR ...

I love a quick (less than two hours, start to finish), easy (followed this tutorial , more or less), and cute craft project that addresses ...