Fun Mommy Challenge {week 4}

So, the flu has left me and I am feeling motivated to be "fun" again! Yea!! Last week I was ...umm....not fun. Just sick:( I'm so glad to be feeling human again.

This past weekend we celebrated our daughter's 10th birthday. She has been excited about turning "double-digits" for ..oh, something like a year now and we wanted the day to be special.

While it's pretty easy to get some fun mommy points on a birthday, they still count, right?

She really wanted to help make her birthday cake and while it's always easier for a mom to just get it all done by herself, it was way more fun to let her help. She's really taking an interest in cooking and I definitely want to encourage that. She did a great job following directions and putting all of the ingredients in for the cake batter--and, of course, an excellent job of licking the beaters. That's a tradition in our house. Sometimes I fight the kids for the beaters, you know, because that was always my job before they came along and I sort of miss it.

Now for the real reason she's been so excited about her birthday: she got her ears pierced! She's been wanting to do it for a while, but we told her that we wanted her to be old enough to do a good job taking care of them. So we sort of decided that age 10 would probably be a good age. She could hardly wait! And she did a great job, even if she did nearly squeeze my fingers off while holding my hand during the actual piercing...heehee

I have loved making these memories with my sweet girl this past week. She's really so much fun and it's wonderful to be her mother!

What fun mommy moments have you had this week? Link up with Nancy at There Is Grace and share with us!

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 ...

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...

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