The first year we were married I didn’t have a tree skirt for our Christmas tree so I bought some fabric from Hobby Lobby, draped it around the bottom of the tree, and called it good. Eleven Christmases later and we were STILL using that same piece of fabric as our makeshift tree skirt. This […]
Stress and Amnesia: My Friend’s Incredible Story {Guest Post}
I am so excited to have a friend of mine guest posting today! I met Shannon several years ago through our essential oil community – our personalities are similar in many ways and you can often find us strategizing about our oily businesses. Last year Shannon posted on Facebook that her husband, David, was having […]
RightStart Math Level A Getting Started Guide
This is your RightStart Math Level A Getting Started Guide – which manipulatives are needed in Level A (and which are not, so you can put them aside for a year), which games are played in Level A, where can you find corrections to the teachers’ manual, etc. A lot of this stuff I didn’t […]
Classical Conversations Community Day Checklist
Last year was our first year participating in Classical Conversations and oh my…each week I felt a little like a chicken with my head cut off trying to make sure I had everything we needed for our community days! Snacks and lunches and presentations and more! I am a list maker so I would make […]
Our Boston Tea Party Lunch
This week our Classical Conversations history focus is on the Boston Tea Party. Naturally, it seemed like a good time for us to have a tea party of our own! Not the throwing tea into the harbor kind, but the delicious kind ;). My kids absolutely love history and they love to eat so anything […]




