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9 Super Stuffed Etsy Finds
I love Etsy! I think it’s great that artists and crafters can sell directly to us and that we can find awesome unique items with ease. This week I took a look around at all the cute and unique stuffed animals things out there on Etsy. These Custom Bundle Bunnies by littleAshop are super adorable and would…
Peter Pan and Paper Tubes
We’re last minute kind of people so when we were told last week that our daughter needed a costume for her performance the following week we figured we had plenty of time. Fast forward a week (and a cold on my part) and it’s Saturday morning 9am when we realize that we don’t have a…
The Kids Aren’t All Right. ‘Race to Nowhere’ – Movie Review
Race to Nowhere exposes the dark side of America’s achievement culture and its harmful effects on our children. I had an opportunity to attend a screening of this film this week. Overall it was a sad tale of the stress and overwhelming pressure today’s youth is under. It exposes a school system in which neither educators nor students are truly thriving but just getting by, or…
Homeschooling and Socialization
[ad name=”Above Content”] I was recently asked by a mom considering homeschooling about socialization and she was concerned that her kids would be missing out on social experiences if they weren’t in school. There is a common misconception that homeschoolers are unsocialized and don’t know how to interact with others and their peers since. It’s…
How to (Not) Worry About Homeschooling
[ad name=”Above Content”] As a family we definitely have a more unschooling bend to us and my husband and I are really free form with the girls education. That being said our girls LOVE workbooks and so do we. I attribute this to the fact that no one has ever told them that workbooks aren’t…
Getting Corny – Corn Husk Dolls
[ad name=”Above Content”] At our CSA’s harvest festival over the weekend I was a volunteer and I was tasked with helping both children and disabled adults create corn husk dolls. I had a blast. These dolls are very simple to make and my friend and I assisted in the making of around 150 dolls….
Blending Home Made and Store Brought Items for Great Gift Giving.
My kids were invited to a birthday this weekend and much like most of the parents I know their child has plenty of toys so we were at a loss of what to give. What we ended up doing was giving a mix of store brought and home made goodies. My oldest had a bracelet…