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Learning From Milestones
I know I've been away for a while...nearly two months to be exact, a record for me, but here we are once again and it feels good. While I casually clear away the cobwebs and dust, let's chat...because...
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Dear Ms. March,
I wasn't planning on this post, but in honor of impulsivity, I'm goin' with it. The fresh number ONE on my calendar today is making me both reflective and forward-thinking at the same time. I'm...
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Two Months of Antisocialism
At the start of the year, I set out to have a different sort of year. This year I am seeking quiet focus. Quieting my thoughts, my ambitions, my actions, my emotions and focusing on the things that...
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Observing the Sabbath: Thoughts on Church and Rest
Good Monday morning, friends. I've been away so long I have so much to share with you; fun school news, book reviews, (apparently rhymes), changes around here, thoughts on "home", things we're...
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Six Years: An Enchanted Fairy Party
There are moments during this role that we call parenting that we sigh at the barf on our black-shirted shoulders and cry at what a horrible job we think we're doing and we curse the piles of laundry....
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Children's Winter Book List: Thoughts and Reviews
Winter seems to be our heavy reading season around here and this winter did not lack in the literature area. We read a ton of books and I decided to give the kids a chance to review and talk about...
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Friday Favorites: Spring has Sprung Edition
Spring in North Carolina is my fave. Until summer, and then that's my fave. Until fall. Ok, you get it. It's (mostly) been gorgeous spring weather over here and all that does is add fuel to my...
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Job Satisfaction
Some days are just hard. Being a mom is hard. I started thinking about all the things we do and all the teeny decisions we make and how its no wonder we collapse at the end of the day and fall asleep...
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Making Family Yearbooks
I love taking photos. The stuffed files on my computer will tell you the same thing. Problem is, with so many photos, I can't possibly frame, print, scrapbook, or have made into coffee mugs all these...
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Favorites Lately
This was supposed to be Friday's post, Friday's Favorites, but now it's just Favorites Lately. I haven't gotten as much time lately to sit and write with baseball, ballet, school, babies, and all the...
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Five Things I Learned This Year at Homeschool Conferences
I have had the luck of going to not one, but two homeschool conferences this year. I know to non-homeschoolers this might sound like a bore-fest of a bunch of moms in denim jumpers...but not so! For...
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Whole 30 Menu Plan
Let me start by saying, this is the roughest and most simple Whole 30 menu plan ever. Also, this is plan has a few discrepancies, which we'll discuss in a sec. Another also, this is for my friend,...
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Sewing Spring Shorts
Good Monday mornin', folks. I'm drinking coffee and getting set for a new week, but I wanted to share these spring sewing projects before I forget. A few weeks ago, the sewing bug bit me big time at...
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Our Ancient Greece Unit Study
I don't share every single unit study or art project or book we read in our homeschool, but sometimes there's things that are just way too good not to share...our Ancient Greece unit study is one of...
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Natural Egg Dye
Wednesday we did an awesomely fun art/holiday/science project...natural egg dyes. I have wanted to do this forever. The beautiful natural shades looking ever so elegant on my Pinterest boards...
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Easter this Year
I'm just going to be honest. I've been one big mess of emotional memories today. Today was the day, 365 days ago, that I went into labor with Vera and I remember every detail. I remember what I ate,...
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One Year: A Peter Rabbit Party
One thing I love about blogging is sifting back through photos of an event, looking more closely at the tiny moments, deciding what to share and what to keep, replaying the day, seeing little things I...
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Mother's Day Crafting + An Artterro Giveaway
Grandma's here this week, so we've been doing some springy crafts with her. One thing I've been trying to be better at is planning farther ahead so I'm not scrambling at the last minute, so yesterday...
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Welcome to my Home
Today I posted at Ms. Sew & So's space about home.. ....something that's been a hot topic in our house that I haven't shared a whole lot about on my blog is our current "home" situation. We...
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May: A Favorites Post
A fresh new month. A new list of goals. A new page in the calendar filled with fun things. And a quick little mindless post to spread some simple pleasures, some favorites from this...
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50 Shades of Motherhood
On the phone with my sister yesterday, we were talking about an issue we're having with one of our kids right now. Its not a major issue, just one of those things that we have to watch our kids go...
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Lucky
This post was going to be titled something like "Dear Jesus, is it June Yet?," but then I remembered this picture from earlier this week and rethought it. May brings to an end a whole year's... [[...
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Weekend Wanderings
A summary of our weekend in mostly pictures.... First Popsicles. Reading and Writing. (I'm working on a few fun writing projects that I cannot WAIT to tell you about. ... [[ This is a content...
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Pen Pals Forever
My online friends are so special to me. They are unique and inspirational and the coolest part is that we were connected by none other than the world wide web. I've made so many great... [[ This is a...
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Coming Soon: Mrs. Hutchinson's Classroom Guides
After homeschooling for six years and blogging about it for at least four, I've decided to write a real live e-book on one of my favorite subjects: teaching my kids! I started writing and as... [[...
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