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Category Archives: Home Schooling
Monday Mornings
I love Monday mornings! Sundays are busy for us, so having a day at home is always something to look forward to! Plus, my children are usually over-tired from a busy Awana club meeting the night before, so they sleep … Continue reading
Posted in Home Schooling, Homemaking and Life
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Sister Love
There’s nothing like the classic Bing Crosby movie, White Christmas for nudging the ‘sisterly lovins’ at our house (“Sisters, sisters…there were never ever better sisters”). Unless you’re watching, City of the Bees, that is. We were, watching City of the … Continue reading
Posted in Family Ties, Home Schooling and Life
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God’s Call to Parents
This verse is a call to all parents, but it especially resonates to me, a simple home-school mom who needs reminders from time to time, that this work God has given *me* is crucial to my children’s earthly and eternal … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Home Schooling and Life
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Update at 2 A.M.
I like my house after midnight. Sure, come tomorrow I’ll wish I’d been sleeping–especially since the alarm is going to blare around 4:30 A.M. at which point I’ll have to jump from deep slumber and get my two older girls … Continue reading
Posted in Family Ties, Home Schooling, Life and Mega Cooking
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Posting at Writer…Interrupted Today
A new school year always sends me into a dither…juggling fifth and third graders and a very motivated preschooler means not verra much time for moi! Not to mention the whole housekeeping OR homeschooling dilemma! But some good things have … Continue reading
Posted in Home Schooling, Homemaking and Writing
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Conflict of Passions
Are you struggling between two heart desires? Believe me, I have been there, done that and it’s not much fun. For me, it began almost three years ago. You’ll remember many posts from me on the subject of my women’s … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Home Schooling and Writing
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Turning a Bad Day Into a Good One
Even a sunshiny day has its cloudy spots. Life is sure like that, sometimes it seems that we have the same old trials spotting up our happy days…and it’s up to us to choose how to react. By God’s grace … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Home Schooling and Homemaking
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Our Homeschooling Curriculum Favorites
All my lovely “first day” plans kind of went out the window, with last week’s bout of Poison Sumac–ick! You’ll all be glad to know that I’m so much better, in fact, well enough to go camping with friends this … Continue reading
Posted in Home Schooling
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Number One Parenting Tip: Train Your Young Child to Ask Permission
This sleeping beauty is my youngest daughter. She just finished singing “The B-I-B-L-E” to me, wreathed in dimpled smiles. She adores helping around the house, yesterday she even picked up, organized and put away her older sisters’ Horseopoly game (which … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Family Ties, Home Schooling and Parenting
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Baby Bunnies
My 4 year old (she just had a birthday, btw!) found something very special nestled under some leaves and cottonwood tree fluff. Right out in the open where they could accidentally get stomped was a nest of 12 baby bunnies! … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Home Schooling and Life
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