Extraordinary Ideas for Ordinary Families
We love the power and influence music has on children–old and young!! Did you know that music stimulates the brain and helps people remember things? Music helps calm anxiety and depression, encourages healthy movement, and classical music enables people to sharpen their focus! I grew up in a home that was constantly filled with music, …
If you’re new around here, you may not know how much we LOVE books!!! Big books, small books, picture books, graphic novels, give us all the books! Well, let me restate that. Give us all the GOOD books! We go to the library once or twice a week and usually get 30-50 books, depending on …
The school year has started. I am teaching 4 new classes to High Schoolers, which means consistently striving to develop and deliver powerful curriculum for young minds. It is a hard fought battle to stay a couple steps ahead, and yet in some ways amazing to prepare all of the wonderful topics! While preparing, I …
A little over a week ago a tornado ripped through my city. Now, I’m from California and am used to earthquakes, fires, and droughts, so when I hear people talk about tornados, I think of that movie “Twister” and the absolute destruction that was left in the wake of each of those storms. Apparently the …
“Summa summa summa time!!” All the kids are home and getting along and cleaning up after themselves and choosing kindness all day!!! HAhahahhahahaha! I mean, maybe that’s what your house looks like, our house, however, is just doing its best to hold it together! Don’t get me wrong, my kids are friends, and we have …
Summertime means homemade ice cream!! Memorial Day, Fourth of July, really any hot day means it’s time for a cold treat! We love this easy recipe for the fact that we almost always have these ingredients on hand! The only real prep we need is to stick the ice cream mixer bowl in the freezer …
We have shared plenty of amazing book lists with you all! For Early Elementary School kids, high school kids, picture books read alouds and etc! Now I am going to share some of our favorite series to read aloud to your kids! The summertime is such a great time to start a new series with …
The school year is coming to a close and we are in planning and prep mode. There are orchestra concerts, piano recitals, final projects, and big tests in the next few weeks. Do you feel it? Because I can! I feel my kids antsy anticipation for the summer that is juuuuussssst out of reach. I …
The school year is quickly heading toward its close and I have a 5th grader. If you don’t know what that means, then let me tell you, the puberty and sex talks are a-coming! I have shared about how we introduce the the idea of sex and procreation with pumpkins. I have also shared about …
Today is Good Friday. I have always felt fascinated with why this day is labeled “good.” It is, after all, commemorating the day Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross. When I was growing up I feel like there wasn’t a lot of emphasis on Good Friday in my faith tradition. I’d hear my friends …