My picture of childhood is dirt under little fingernails, wind tasseled hair, sun-kissed cheeks, and bare feet. Instead today our society takes children as young as 2 at times, but for sure by 5, expects them to walk in a line, be quiet, ride a bus by themselves, and sit in a desk for hours each […]
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King of Kings – A Royal Mindset
As He enters the room everyone rises to their feet. A hush falls upon the crowd as all eyes turn toward Him. There is something about Him that is powerful, and yet comforting. He is their leader and they trust Him. A golden crown, a royal robe, and a seat in the center of attention. […]
Elementary Chemistry-Apologia Review
What kind of feelings do the words “chemistry” and “physics” stir up within you? The past few weeks the children and I have been reviewing Apologia Educational Ministries Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics ($39.00). While, for many people, their feelings toward these subjects are anxiety and fear, children don’t seem to have these feelings as […]
Preparing for Change – A Self Reflection
As I have written these posts this week it has made me stop and think a lot. I have found myself preparing for change yet again and yet again being stressed out often times by the idea of what is coming. And I have decided that we are, many times, our own worst enemies. We […]
Family Photographer
Here is just a sampling of my most recent work that I thought you all might enjoy seeing. I post many of my sessions on my Facebook page if you are a follower there. But as I have grown in my hobby of family photographer it has been fun to try new things and to […]
Homeschool Art Program – Artistic Pursuits
I have never had an official homeschool art program until now. We have always just did art as it happened. We would paint for a birthday gift, model clay for a Christmas ornament, and draw a picture for our nature study. But this year I decided it was time to get serious about giving the […]
Thankful….Eternally Thankful
This year I have so much to be thankful for. Don’t all of us? The list of our blessings would be forever long. We could include everything from our food and clothing, to family and friends. Don’t forget our health and the air that we breathe. Our homes and cars, our church family and our […]
A New Day
I have been having trouble with getting things done, not so much for lack of time or due to fussy babies. It is for lack of discipline. It is lack of motivation. I have lost focus of why I do what I do day in and day out. I started seeing the repetitiveness of it […]