A Homeschool Story

With each passing day that I am a mother I realize one thing; I do not have all the answers, in fact, each new day has the potential for fr...

A Good Friday bike ride with my husband, discovering new parts of the bike path, along my favorite park and suddenly, around a corner; a bea...

I love the Yarn Along hosted by Small Things ; in which we share what we are reading and knitting (or crocheting); two of my favorite activ...

"Nothing is so disgusting to our sex as a want of cleanliness and delicacy in yours. I hope therefore the moment you rise from bed, y...

1) Eat right, which equals cook, exercise, laugh, love, play a game of speed with your kid? (Yes, that last one was on purpose.) What is it ...

I imagine, dear readers, that, like me, you may, perhaps, have allowed yourself to become too busy to read as much as you used to, or as mu...

Charles, at ten, is a happy, eager reader, but until a few days ago, was not an avid writer. However, he figured out how to bug his sister ...

I realized, after yesterday's post on Spanish Class , that I had not posted previously about this addition to our homeschool year; a co...

A busy month for such a normally cold, quiet one.  Starting on the 6th, la Fete des Rois, or Epiphany: For my birthday; a day in hea...

In our little Spanish class, we are on to our second poem of the year. The first was the traditional; "Estando la Mora en su Lugar,...

There is only so much free time for a mother of five. Even eschewing proper amounts of sleep, there are not enough hours in the day. So...

Our daily bread; this is the one I make almost every day. I use a bread machine, but you can knead it by hand, I'll give the directions...

                                         Martinmas Lantern-Making:                                         Valentine ...

Portabella Stuffing Stuffed Mushrooms  Happy Post-Thanksgiving Day to the Americans here and abroad. I hope each and every one of you was...

So, what are college admissions officers searching for in a candidate? What would they see as desirable in a non-traditional applicant'...