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I have shared here my personal pacifier battles. It has been a long battle, and at times an ugly one. I have felt frustrated, unsure of myself, and guilty for not having the discipline to do the right thing - if I could even figure out what the right thing was!
I was at a point […]

I’m sure that most homeschoolers have already got their plans for the upcoming school year completed. I also know how often I choose to supplement my planned lessons with a little something extra. Considering how expensive homeschooling can be and how difficult it is to survive as a one income family in today’s world, I […]

I realized this morning that there’s only a month left of summer vacation.  Seems like June is busy with projects that are being finished up, July always sneaks past me no matter how carefully I look, and I land at the beginning of August with the knowledge that I haven’t done as much fun stuff […]

We visited my parents’ new home today ( they’re blogging about it here), to see how things were coming along. It’s due to be ready in a few weeks, and so we wanted to see some of the “behind the scene” stuff. What we discovered when we got there touched my heart more than I […]

Summer is in full swing in our neck of the woods.  The weather has been great, not to hot, not too cold.  We have had trips to the beach, a trip to the water park, a trip to a state park for some camping and fishing.  And yet, even with all this wonderful weather going […]

Should summer vacation be a full on vacation from learning or should parents try to work some educational activities in there? What about actual school work, such as math workbooks or non-fiction reading? How do you handle summer vacation with your children?
I really believe that three months is too long to go without any structured […]

We’re scheduled to finish our lessons in two weeks, and then summer vacation will commence. I do have some academic plans for the summer months, but they’re very light-weight and shouldn’t take more than a few minutes after breakfast. If we keep fresh on all they’ve learned then my hope is that next […]

We just got back from a trip for Spring Break with our 13 and 9 year old sons. It was a really great vacation, full of fun and togetherness, and a minimum of conflict, despite being in close quarters for almost ten days straight. This made me think about how trips with kids […]