Electricity, Electricity

[ad name=”Amazon Toy Banner”] As a homeschooling parent, I’m constantly looking for fun and exciting things to do with my

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Foraging for Wild Edibles

About a year and a half ago we moved into our new house, a 70’s contemporary on 1.25 acres. We

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{this moment}

Inspired by SouleMama

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Thanksgiving

For the last four years we’ve taken off and had a mini-vacation over Thanksgiving, just our little nuclear family. This

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Lessons from LEGOs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/huladancer22/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 This weekend I finally convinced the girls to give up their large bin of LEGO

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Loss and Care.

Over the last two weeks my extended family’s situation has changed dramatically. We said goodbye to my amazing Aunt who

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Max, He Was a Good Fish

I walked into the room the girls were playing and happily greeted me. I then went to say hello to

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Quality Prescription Glasses for Less Than a Tank of Gas.

A few months back my glasses broke when they made their way between my foot and the floor. At that

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Open Source Curricula for Homeschoolers

http://www.flickr.com/photos/revdancatt/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 As someone who is just getting started at (secular) homeschooling I’m constantly looking at various

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Hiring a Nanny

Photo courtesy of sylvar via CC A few years ago we had just had our second child and my husband/stay

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