Cranberry Lettuce Salad~Recipe

Looking for a way to use all those spring greens and add some great color and zip to your salad?  Here is a recipe that was born from a visit with my cousin in North Carolina. This recipe is easy enough for all your children to help.  My three and four year olds loved tearing…

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Midwest Parent Educators 2012 Conference and Giveaway!!


Initial Thoughts from…Teach Them Diligently Convention

I didn’t blog like I planned to do.  Why?  Because it is taking me time to process all that I have brought away from the convention. If you watched my Facebook Feed throughout the convention, you know a little about the speakers I had the opportunity to listen too. One thing with this convention, as…

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Hannah, 3 Learned to Pedal (Video)


Dr. Mom Otoscope Review and Giveaway

If you have read my blog much, you know I like to stay as natural as possible with cleaners and such, but I also like to keep our medicines on the natural side.  We have had our share of ear infections.  Our two oldest, before I learned about nature ways to help clear an ear…

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Have you Thanked a Soldier?

This weekend we had the honor of welcoming a soldier home from his most recent deployment.  What an honor it is. Do you understand the sacrifices this men give, in order to protect your freedom and rights? Do you realize that many have spent more than four years away from their families since 2001? Do…

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Funny Things on the Farm.

Over the years, me actually driving one of the farm trucks has become quite scarce.  I mean, really, not like I can leave the house with my children in a pickup. So, whenever I do go somewhere in them, it seems it always turns out funny.  Back in June, I took off ahead of the…

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Our World His-Story Adventure

Over Christmas break we talked about what we wanted to do about His-Story…I felt like there was a missing link, and I knew what that link was.  My children needed to start from the beginning and go forth. We had The Mystery of History from Bright Ideas Press sitting in the house, and well, we…

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Jumping Out of the Homeschooling Box

Why are you homeschooling? Oh, that is a loaded question, but one of the reasons we chose to homeschool, was we wanted to give our children more than a classroom full of textbooks and workbooks.  We want them to learn something with their hands, minds, eyes and ears. We want them to learn to think,…

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