So, Dino Boy turned four yesterday, and we HAD to celebrate. For a few weeks, he toyed with the ideas of other birthday party themes, but true to form, he finally said, "I just want another dinosaur birthday party!" Last year, we had a dinosaur egg hunt, which was easy because his birthday was pretty close to Easter and eggs were in easy supply. We decided to ...
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The nagging thoughts keeping me up at night….
Y'all, there is a missing sippy cup somewhere in my house, and I cannot find it. Serious problems, I know. But, I also know that by now that cup of milk is more than curdled so I am at the point of being torn between hoping I find it and hoping NEVER to find it. (Just being honest here so I should probably add that if I do find it, I will be strongly tempted to throw it away without ...
For the days when….
everyone thinks you're the worst mom ever...including you. Can I offer you a cup of coffee and a word of encouragement? She "hates" math. You make her do it anyway. He is jumping off the walls...and every thing else. You send him to bed. The babies climb up on the brick fireplace. You begin the long process of teaching them what "no" means. And the day only goes downhill ...
Homeschool Helps – Match It! Counting
Since we've been homeschooling for a whole half a year now, I thought I'd share with you things that have become great helpers around here, seeing as I'm an expert and everything...not! But, I do think one of the best things about the homeschooling community is that people pass on information that's helped them. So, I thought I'd do the same. My little guy is the king of puzzles. ...