My girls love to dress up in beautiful dresses so when I was approached by Tea to take a look at some of their beautiful kids clothes I was excited. Part of what makes Tea unique, besides just having beautiful high quality clothes, is that they use various destinations as inspiration for their collections. Their current destination is Catalonia….
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Recycle Plastic Cups and Bottles into Attractive Woven Containers
We are always looking for ways to reuse or recycle things that are no longer useful. A while back I got a great series of books called The Family Creative Workshop that was published in the 70s. I was so fortunate find a complete set at a reasonable price. I pour through the books all the time…
Happy Father’s Day!
The girls really planned ahead this year and have been anxiously waiting for fathers day ever since we picked up these awesome Star Wars pancake molds two weeks ago. They decided to surprise my hubby with breakfast in bed Star Wars style. (using this recipe of course). Breakfast was served on a…
Pausing to Reflect
The homeschooling resource center that my kids go to had their pausing ceremony this week. It’s a time for everyone in the community to get together, for the kids to perform something if they wish and a time to say “see ya later” to the older teens who are moving on to other things. The…
Water, Weed and Wait!
That’s what our greenhouse looked like on Friday but now our greenhouse is empty! That’s because over the weekend we moved all of our plants into the garden and finished planing any seeds that still needed to be sewn. Now we just water, weed and wait! Continue Reading ….
Getting Ready for our First “Official” Year of Homeschooling
We have always considered ourselves homeschoolers but this year we face our first real challenge, registering with the state. Since our oldest is now 8 she needs to be registered with our local school district as a homeschooler. Within the next month I will submit our affidavit and our educational goals for the next year….
XBox Kinect at Fencing?
My oldest has been fencing since January. She is really enjoying it and it keeps her active and fit. During the “school year” she took her fencing class at a private school near us. Now for the summer we have to drive into the city for her lessons. Today was her first lesson down town…