The past 6 months, a lot of changes have occurred within our family. My daughter began homeschooling at the end of January and my son will start homeschooling this upcoming school year. I got a great job working for a wonderful company that provides me not only great opportunities, but flexibility ...
The Decision to Homeschool!
We are a month into 2015, and it has been a whirlwind so far! I spent a week in Barcelona, Spain with my co-workers at Automattic. I also made the difficult decision to pull my daughter out of public school and begin to homeschool her. This was not a decision that I had ever imagined that I would ...
Back to School – Ending the Morning Madness
The alarm clock goes off at 5:30am and I roll out of bed ready to begin what I call the "morning madness". The morning madness is the battle that I fight Monday through Friday to get the kids up, fed, and out the door on time with as little whining, complaining, fighting, and ...
A Graduation Gift – 13 Years in the Making
A few years ago, I came across this idea to do with each of my children as they go through school. A long-term project for a priceless graduation gift. It is really a simple idea, but it requires you being on top of it for each year they are in school, Kindergarten through Senior year. I know for ...
Little Passports 5th Birthday!
I can say that I have personal experience with this product and my children absolutely LOVE it. They look forward to getting their monthly packages with a new country for my son and two new states for my daughter. My daughter, who is in 2nd grade, has learned so much about the different states ...
Monthly Mail For Kids – Little Passports
I don't know about you and your kids, but my kids absolutely love getting the mail each day. They get super excited when something is for them or there is a toy catalog. Last year, I tried getting them a monthly magazine for each and that was so so for them. They didn't really enjoy it as much as I ...