"Simplify your life as much as you can during these early months of your baby's life. Relax your housekeeping standards. Graciously accept any help that anyone offers to you. (Repeat after me: "Yes, thank you, that would be nice.") Your fi…

We have been laughing, I'm mean learning Latin with  Visual Latin . Why learn Latin?  Download  the introductory lessons   for free to find out! I discovered that Latin opens the door to other languages and helps us improve on our own language. …

When you think of peanut butter, you think, what? The classic PB&J, right?  Unless you are allergic to peanuts, of course.  If you are allergic to peanuts, please just skip this post because this product contains peanuts.  But, anyway... Me, I think of…

5 weeks  At 5 weeks, you weigh 11 1/2 lbs. You are sick with a cough and have such a pitiful cry. I think it hurts to cry. So I try to anticipate your every need. Which means I am holding you often or keeping you close. I Love... how sweet you looked while sl…

Heart of the Matter Online  is hosting a 10 day homeschooling blog hop and I get to play. Let me just say up front that I had no idea what I was getting myself into! I thought I was being asked to write one post about homeschooling preschoolers. . . but …

Eliana is FOUR! My girl is growing up so fast. Makes me realize how much more I need to make sure that I am a good example for her. I fall short so often, so I am blessed that she is such a sweet girl! Eliana, your life {at 4} is: ballerinas the colors purple…

4 Weeks I'm a little tired these days and time is going by so fast. You are already 4 weeks now and it all seems a like blur. At 4 weeks you weigh 11 pounds already! You have outgrown all of your newborn cloth diapers and I didn't even get to use them…

I've heard rave reviews about Critical Thinking products, so when I had the opportunity to review a few of their products for Timberdoodle , I jumped at the chance!  First up is Building Thinking Skills, by  Critical Thinking Press . These books are tout…