Our First Day of School

It's back! That lovely school routine that I adore! Really, I do like a good, general routine to count on. Of course, with homeschooling you have to be flexible, but that's part of the beauty of it. And yesterday was really a wonderful first-day-back for us.

Mr. B--who claimed to not be excited to start back to school--was up early and started working on his math before his sister was even up! When she did get up, she started her math before we had even had breakfast. "Yea!" for them!

We didn't begin all of our subjects yesterday, but we really covered all the bases with some review products that we are working on (great stuff, btw!). We had a full day of Bible, math, handwriting, history, science, and P.E.

Our "principal" (aka: hubby, daddy) made an awesome breakfast for us: "apple" waffles! They were so cute and, of course, yummy:)

We went to Zaxby's for lunch so the kiddos could use their free kids' meal coupons. It was definitely a fun and busy day! And to top it off we took them to Nashville so they could make the free mini build at the Lego store. I just love having one of those not too far away! They got to make the cutest little owl to take home (sorry the pic from my phone isn't great).

I'm ready to do it all again today! That's not to say there were no bumps or hiccups today (my kids ARE normal, I promise), but we worked through them fairly well. I am praying for good things this year: good growth mentally AND spiritually!

One Way I Refresh During the Summer as a Homeschool Mom

As our homeschool takes some time off this summer, my mind almost never stops thinking of and planning ahead for the upcoming school year. This is probably because I'm Type A and an obsessive planner...lol Whatever the reason, I do enjoy this season of planning. But I also need to be refreshed as a homeschool mom. Homeschooling can be incredibly exhausting and all-consuming. It's not easy and it's a lot of responsibility. And I take that very seriously when I am researching curriculum and planning toward the next school year. So also taking some time to rejuvenate and refocus myself is very important. How do I do this? Each summer I take some time to read something inspiring and motivating that speaks to me as a homeschool mom. Some of my fave reads from past years--that I have nearby on my shelf and refer to often--are Educating the Wholehearted Child, The Well-Trained Mind, The Charlotte Mason Companion, A T...

The Making of an Egyptian Death Mask

We are learning all about the ancient world this year with Story of the World I and loving it! We've been learning a lot about Egypt, of course, which is completely fascinating. Most recently we have studied the New Kingdom of Egypt, which includes the story of King Tut. So we decided making an Egyptian death mask in the style of King Tut's would be a fun project. First since it was too cold at the time to paper mache in the garage (it probably would have frozen instead of dried-ha) and it was too messy to do it in the house, we decided to pick up a couple of cheap craft masks at Hobby Lobby. Next we cut out cardboard shapes to complete the shape of the death mask, attaching them with hot glue. Vince even put a little detail on the *beard* with the hot glue per The Princess' request. Then the kiddos started to paint them with this metallic gold tempera paint. It worked okay for the cardboard, but would not coat the plastic of the mask. We thought maybe a second coat ...

Door Hanger Chore Charts

My kids have had a chore chart for a while. It's one of those magnetic boards and they share it. However, it's not by their rooms and often they (and I) forget to update it. Plus it's a little bulky. When I saw the concept of a door hanger chore chart on Pinterest, I loved it! It was compact, right there were the kiddos could see it coming out and going into their rooms, and it costs almost nothing to make. I headed over to one of my favorite stores: Hobby Lobby, of course. They have these little wooden door hangers for .79. I also grabbed a couple of packets of decorative buttons for $1.99 each. I already had the clothes pins and the paint so those cost me nothing. I began by painting the door hangers (I used tempera paints because that's what I had). Then I grabbed a fine point Sharpie and the clothes pins and started writing chores on them, making sure to write them correctly so they will ...

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