Jim Hodges Productions  has a wonderful line up of Henty books on audio and I'd love to share our review of The Dragon & the Raven  as well as the  Study Guide in PDF format  that accompanies it.

The older boys started public high school and college this year and were not with us for our annual fall photo shoot. Here they are on their first day of school with friend (and our first snow in September!). Dylan, 14, 9th grade, Gabbie, Nathan, almos…

Have you seen the  MathTacular  series from  Sonlight ?! Starring a quirky teacher named Justin, they are a series of DVDs that make math "unbelievably understandable" (and fun) using everyday objects. I'd love to share my review of the  …

Super Pop-Up Pirate , from TOMY games, is a simple but fun game for little ones. It is designed for ages 4 and up, and up to 4 players can play at a time.  Play is fast, but fun! To play, you push the pirate down into the barrel until he locks into posit…