Author: admin
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Ikea Hack for Settlers of Catan
About a month ago, my eight-year-old complained that it’s not fair that she has to go to church on Sunday morning when she is tired from watching movies on Saturday night. I can’t see the connection myself, given that she’s up to all hours of the night reading anyway, but I was fine with switching movie night…
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The Basement Floor Flooded
There was a fantastic storm last Thursday night: tons of rain, some lightning, and really loud thunder. Our roof was just replaced the weekend before, so instead of spending the stormy evening worried about shingles flying away and water pouring in, I worked on my blog. That’s right – I was so confident in our invincibility that I didn’t…
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Letter from a Homeschooling Mom
School moms, I don’t know how you do it. You know, the rumours about homeschooling moms are true: there are days where I don’t get out of my pyjamas. On those days, my kids and I might snuggle up under a blanket on the couch with a cup of tea and our lesson books. We’ll leisurely…
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Turn an Amber Necklace into a Pretty Wrap Bracelet
This post is for all the moms out there with a stash of old amber necklaces just begging to be made into something new and pretty. Because if you’re anything like me, those necklaces have been gathering dust for half a decade now. Go on and dig the necklaces out of storage – I’m going to show you…
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Making Amber Wrap Bracelets (What NOT To Do)
Want to make your own? Click here to see the step-by-step tutorial. I made these pretty beaded amber wrap bracelets for my friends for Christmas. Each one took less than an hour to make, so naturally making five of them took me … four weeks. It started back in December when I decided that I…
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My Epiphany
Yesterday was Epiphany, the day that we celebrate the three wise men visiting Jesus. We don’t know many of the details of that day – we don’t even know how many men there actually were. We do know, however, that they arrived much later after the birth than our Christmas cards depict – likely a whole year or two. I reflected…
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Making Christmas
When it comes to Christmas shopping for my kids, I’m a believer in the “something to wear, something to read, something they want, something they need” guide. This gives each child four gifts and a stocking, plus a couple extra joint gifts from Santa to share as a family. It works for us. This year was a different year…
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Adding Poetry to our Day
If you enjoy my post, be sure to check out how we use Wayfarers, a history + EVERYTHING curriculum from the same publisher! Forest, my one year old, didn’t fall asleep until 8:30 last night, leaving me absolutely no time to get to my homeschool meeting which ended at 9:00. Well, I still went, of course.…
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How My FitBit Helps Me Slow Down
About a month ago, I discovered that I somehow had earned enough points on my credit card to get a FitBit Charge. What?! Cool! Wait – how much have I have been using my credit card? Whatever – I pushed aside any concerns and ordered my FitBit on the spot. A FitBit is a fancy step counter.…
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Me vs the Wasps
You know those times when your child asks you something and you’re distracted so you just kind of mutter “sure, sure, that’s fine” and then you discover later on that you’ve actually agreed to host a fairy tea party? Or does that only happen to me? This took place months and months ago. Snow was still on the ground…