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Our Morning Routine
As with anything, our morning routine has evolved over the years, and has changed with each new stage of life we reach. But what has been a constant, is that we always have a morning routine. When I was a missionary, we lived by a rule of life modeled after the Rule...
Online Homeschool Resources I Love
I spent yesterday working to set up our classroom space, creating workbooks, and cutting and laminating new works for the kids. And since I've been working on pulling together all of what I need to start the school year strong, I thought I'd share some of my favorite...
Adoration: Experiencing the Transfiguration Today
A swallowtail caterpillar on our parsley It's August and summer is in full bloom. It seems only fitting that it is in this month of the Feast of the Transfiguration, nature herself shows us it's meaning, in the form of the beautiful butterflies emerging from their...
Literacy Skills and Activities for the Feast of the Transfiguration
We haven't kicked off our new school year yet, but I am starting to gear up, and am trying to ease G back into the habit of having regular lessons. As G is a beginning reader, we spend a lot of time on literacy skills in order to give her a firm foundation. I try to...
Liturgical Living: How We Choose Which Feasts to Celebrate as a Family
The Catholic Church is full of feast days. Every single day of the calendar year there is at least one saint celebrated, not to mention the larger feasts and solemnities sprinkled in. It can feel overwhelming to think about starting to celebrate the liturgical year as...
Our Week in Seven Photos
We have had a full and busy week, so I thought I'd do a quick update on what we've been up to with the help of some visual aids. 1.Pool Time The start of the week was HOT, and as we do not have A.C. in our house, and my in-laws have a spectacular pool, we spent some...
The 7 Items You Need To Make a Kids’ Spiritual Bouquet
Currently, Mark's great-aunt is nearing the end of her life, and the kids always make her smile. We were heading out there for a visit to her and Mark's grandma, her sister, and wanted to bring them something to let them know how much we care and that we've been...
Toy Organization
Montessori Tips and Hints to Make Life Easier The finished product Today we tackled the kids toys. After months of ignoring the chaos as I unpacked the rest of the house, we finally reached the point where the toy-creep was getting out of control. I thought I'd share...
Practice Fine Motor Skills with this Super Simple Ocean Craft
G's finished project G and Will love arts and craft projects. And as it's hot and sticky out, we stayed inside this morning for this easy ocean craft designed to help them practice several fine motor skills. Here's what you need: scissorsglue stickblue, brown, and tan...
7 Ways to Beat the Heat
Summer Activity Quick Takes So it's been crazy hot here in MI, and since we don't have AC, we have been sweating it out. Here's how we are making it work in our family. 1.Kiddie Pools Charlotte likes to hold the hose We have 2. That may seem like overkill, and maybe...