All About Reading Review

I have been using All About Reading level 1 with my daughter London for the past year and a half. She is now almost 7, and we’re so glad we finished a couple of weeks ago. Yay! It was an amazing accomplishment us both! When we first started in August of 2020, age wise, she was on the younger side, as she wasn’t halfway to 6 and honestly wasn’t quite ready. In addition, we discovered she needed glasses, so that played a role in the difficulty we were having with a reading in general. It became … [Read more...]

Letter to Santa {FREE printables}

It's Christmastime and that means getting into the holly jolly spirit. And that means holiday decorations, gift giving, singing all the Christmas carols, watching all the movies and of course Santa Claus! Writing letters to Santa is a long time tradition for many boys and girls. I have come up with a few templates that range from fill in the blank to write your very own letter with options in-between. <<You can find the printable options below>> Letter to Santa … [Read more...]

Homeschool Student Planner {Free Printable}

I think part of my job as a mom and a homeschooling teacher is to help my kids learn to be accountable with their school work and responsibilities. I am not really one for the unschooling. In life there are things that must get done, even if you don't want to do it. But this is not a post about not agreeing with "unschooling".. I do like this post if you want to read more about it.  This post is about helping your student to independently be in-charge of their life, at least teaching them how … [Read more...]

School’s Out for Summer {and a screen-time checklist printable}

School’s out and that means lattes at the pool, quietly reading your book and the house stays perfectly clean right?? RIGHT! We all wish!  Since our routines are a bit different now, I find my kids thrive on having a checklist. This checklist has all kinds of things to do in order to get screen-time. If I didn’t have this type of checklist, we’d all be tempted to just be couch potatoes and have a REALLY lazy summer. And while those times are ok once-in-a-while, this helps so we don't get … [Read more...]

Packing List for Family Travel FREEBIE!

Going on a vacation is a wonderful experience! So many memories to be made, magic to be captured, but packing... that can be stressful! #Amiright?? I have made it a little easier for you... a packing list for mamas in general. And a packing list for (older) kids if you're the kind of mama who likes them to help out. Below you will find out where to download these packing lists! But first, I wanted to tell you a bit about my new adventure! "Don't just fly, Soar!"Dumbo … [Read more...]

Year of Dates || 12 Months of Pre-planned dates with your Husband

I've been seeing the infamous 'Year of Dates' idea floating around social media and pinterest for years now but anytime I thought "I should do that" it was right before a holiday or anniversary with not enough time to actually get it done, so I moved on and decided not to do it. Last year was a really hard year for us, I lost a baby. And a lot of things went on the backburner, including date nights. So towards the Fall, I thought, I NEED to do that 'Year of Dates' idea! Marriage IS important! … [Read more...]

Year in Review Letter {Christmas Letter}

When it comes to Christmas traditions, one of my favorites is the annual Christmas letter. I know some people dread these, but I LOVE them!   I've done several different things, including a Madlib, top 10 things of the year, and more but my favorites these past few years are "Year in Review" letters.  Here are a couple from the past years: I keep our letters in a special Christmas book my mom got us before we had children. I love looking back each year and reading the … [Read more...]

Trusting God, Checking the Mail and reminders of God’s goodness

 No one ever plans to get pregnant and then have a miscarriage. No one ever plans to try and have a baby only to walk a path of infertility or secondary infertility. And even if it was an unplanned pregnancy, (most people... I don’t want to say all because I know there are people who choose to end life, maybe because the feel it’s the only option) but for the God loving women they don’t plan to lose a baby. We were happy and content with our family size... then found out about an … [Read more...]

Homeschool Tips || 10 Tips for Using Sonlight Curriculum

Today I'm sharing with you my 10 tips for using sonlight curriculum???  We are thankful to Sonlight for graciously giving us one all-subject package and I've been sharing our journey throughout the 2017-2018 school year as a Sonlight Ambassador! 💛🔆💛 Here are my 10 tips: *be sure to watch the video where I'll go into detail about each one! Ask for help! Make it Exciting! Plan it Out Don't over think it Keep a Routine  Don't have to sit still Skip it! … [Read more...]

A Few of my Favorite Things {April}

Hello everyone! I have missed you over here on the blog. You may or may not know but I had a misacarriage at the beginning of the year. I have actually had a very hard time healing emotionally as we thought we were done having kids. Then surprise pregnant, fell in love, then had a missed miscarriage (when your body doesn't realize your baby has died.) And I am still working my way through the healing process. (I shared my story here).  Going through all of that, things weren't … [Read more...]