Last week, I had one of those experiences that made me really grateful for how unexpected life can be. My friend Cait and I talked to a favorite author for The Homeschool Sisters Podcast. Except it was bigger than that – I actually got a chance to talk to someone whose book helped shaped the…
I met a mom yesterday. She has 4 kids – the youngest two are twins. I never had twins, so I turned to my friend Michelle whose twins are now 14. “Are you having flashbacks?” I asked. She nodded in a way that said yes, and also hinted at a little PTSD that said maybe…
Have you ever had a problem that you kept throwing money at? Last year, not long after moving, our family desiccated into mummies. Not really, but my son and I especially were dealing with some serious dry skin. First, I went the Target route. I would go through the lotion aisles looking for big promises….
Last summer, I had given up looking for a new house. We’d been looking for months, which in house-hunting time feels like eons. We had seen so many oddities that I was losing hope. Finally, when we toured a house with side-by-side toilets I declared that I needed a break. My 11-year-old, however, was undeterred. …
I don’t know how I first heard about Five in a Row. Maybe it was at one of those La Leche League meetings I attended with my baby, and later a baby and a preschooler. There were lots of homeschoolers there, sharing recipes for sugar-free desserts and talking about gentle parenting methods. I can imagine…
Sometimes, I find it really hard to believe that my kids are 12 and 15. It seems like just a few minutes ago, they were 2 and 5, or at the most 5 and 8. I recall our earliest summers and they felt LONG. The problem was that without our usual routine, I felt a…
I have a confession: From pretty much the very beginning of our homeschooling adventure, I have been embarrassed by our schedule. The four of us are all night owls by nature, and the nature of my husband’s job means that he gets home late-ish, which means that we eat dinner later than a lot of…
This time of year, a lot of us are thinking about how to finish strong. If you’re like me, and follow curriculum loosely, you might be wondering when exactly to “wrap up” for the year. But soon, it will be time to jump into homeschool planning season again. Planning season is such an exciting time…
As I sit here writing this, it’s my first baby’s 15th birthday. He’s taller than me, and slightly hairier, but I still remember those early days home from the hospital – him in my lap at 3 a.m. We had a lot to figure out. That child led us to homeschooling in an unexpected way….
I was in the grocery store recently. It was the second time in two weeks, because winter weather is angry, and we needed to stock up. It was around Aisle 9 that I realized I was in trouble. I really wanted to run out of the store, but I already had a full cart, and…
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