My husband and I are Gen-Xers living in a Millennial world. We don’t buy into all of the aggressively cute self-aggrandizing of modern parenting. When we found out Baby #3 was on the way, we didn’t browse Pinterest for a
Not Your Average Sex Reveal
Holiday Decor for Your Littles
It’s not too early to get out my Christmas stuff, right?? I’m feeling very festive today as my post on decorating for the holidays with young children is live on Life of a Homeschool Mom. Check it out now!
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Welcome to This Home School
Be warned: This is not your average home school. This is in fact a radical experiment in home schooling — two working parents and two preschool-aged boys spending our evenings and weekends in rich, meaningful activities as we grow and learn together.
Daylight Savings: Put Your “Extra” Hour to Good Use
Before I had kids, “Fall Back” was my favorite day of the year. For weeks leading up to it, I’d plot how I was going to spend my extra hour. Then I had children and discovered that daylight savings time
The Dirty Truth About Sharing: Property Rights for Preschoolers
I knew at some point, sending my kid to preschool was going to create some culture clash. I work full-time, as does my husband, so our littles need to be somewhere during the day. We have a daycare provider we
Total Eclipse Day
No time for blogging today! We are busy amping up for the 2017 American eclipse! As fate would have it, we will enjoy almost two minutes of totality in our own backyard, so no traveling or navigating through crazy traffic
Autonomy and Ironman
I have written before about our older son and his naturally cautious approach to everything new. He does not like strangers or new situations. While his much bolder baby brother is racing to the biggest slide on the playground, he
Mother Education: Read All The Things
A brief look into my own continuing education today. Our Archbishop recently sent a letter to all the schools that included some suggested reading from a chapter in Tom Wood’s How The Catholic Church Built Western Civilization. As I teach
Art Camp
Last week, we went to Art Camp. Every year for the past twelve years, my family has descended en masse on my aunt’s cottage on Lake Huron. Here we do normal family vacation things — like enjoy big meals together