Homeschooling is what I call good – hard work. To help keep me going, I started looking for reasons, little reasons, to remind myself why I continue to home school. These reasons hit me sometimes quite out of the blue — or sometimes, like Reason #1 — it can come to me early in the… Read More Reason # 3 – The Light bulb Moment
As I sit to write this, Hurricane Florence pounds the Carolina coast. Wind and water…everywhere. We now have personal knowledge about floods as we came home one Sunday afternoon to our downstairs covered in water. It had been raining hard through the month of June and although the we had a sunk pump in the… Read More Blessings from the Flood
Peach season…one of my favorite seasons of the year. A couple of weeks ago we drove out to our favorite farm (if you live in the Metro DC area check out Homestead Farms) to go peach picking. My mom came with us and we were surprised because not only did they have peaches, they had… Read More Peaches – From the Tree to the Freezer to your Stomach – Yum!
I am super excited to tell you about the latest addition to our family. We would like to introduce to you, The WE+3 Podcast! In the podcast I am joined by my hubby, Khari and we talk about all things regarding family life. We will give a glimpse into our week, discuss some topics that… Read More WE HAVE A PODCAST!!
A couple of years ago, I fully gave in to the fact that apps do make life better. Since that grand realization (I know…I am a late bloomer) I have found and use many apps to help me keep it all together. But there are 5 Apps that I use almost every day. If you aren’t familiar… Read More 5 Free Apps I Can’t Live Without (and you probably never heard of them)
Ok…those of you who have been following me know that I am a lover of books. Words wonder me and I have experienced many adventures and deep friendships inside the pages of a book. Now, what you may not know is that I loved books so much (my dream job was to be a published… Read More Move Over B&N…Amazon Bookstore&…WHAT?
Last month I decided to start capturing our reasons for homeschooling. As I shared in my post about Reason # 1, there are a lot of reasons why my husband and I home school. To be more specific, there were about 3 main reasons why we decided to give homeschooling a try and several new… Read More Reason #2 – TOG Time
What a wonderful idea, a homeschool meet & greet! I always have many folks who are interested in finding out what this homeschooling thing is all about – those who are thinking about it for their own children and those who are not. I think this is a brilliant way to allow people an opportunity… Read More My Homeschool Meet and Greet — Camie’s Cozy Corner
Lela was away at her very first youth retreat and that meant little sisters were left behind. So every day big sister was away I planned a fun activity the girls could look forward to. They called it Little Sister Camp. On day three we invited MeeMaw over for an art party. My mom loves… Read More Owl Art Project with MeeMaw…Free & Fabulous!
Today is Harry Potter’s Birthday! Lela’s interest in Mr. Potter took a deep dive last year. She read every book and we watched every movie, talk about good quality Mom & daughter time. So when she said she wanted to celebrate his birthday I was a little like…do people even do that? I wasn’t sure… Read More Happy Birthday Harry Potter!!
