Chasing Cheerios

Christmas School preparations are well underway, and Ada and I are excited!!!

Having teens and tweens is amazing! They are creative, fun, and fix their own meals. O is currently on a rice bowl kick, and this is her fa...

Making vampire donuts for breakfast is one of our October traditions that the girls love! In fact, Ada said she loves making and eating vam...

One of our October traditions is making, decorating, and eating caramel apples. We use the caramel sheets to make it easy, and the girls ha...

Since we are studying Ancient Egypt, it made sense to make yummy rice crispy treat pyramids! We haven't made these since before Ada was...

The little girls (5 and 12) and I are studying Ancient History via History Quest. Yesterday, we read our History Hop about an embalmer. Aft...

We've been doing this walking water color wheel experiment for around 13 years. The older girls are over it, but Ada still screams with...

We started The Good and Beautiful's Water unit yesterday. It looks like its going to be a simple, fun, and quick science unit. One of t...

Homeschool field trips are the best! Not only do siblings get to all have fun together, but the kids have friends within wide age ranges. T...

a brave crane and deer tracks on the beach

One of the things that I love about homeschooling is that my girls have time to develop and pursue their interests. O(15) is an avid crafte...

Ada and I recently made shaving cream prints by the lake. This is a project that the big girls and I used to do all the time. In the past, ...

Our Halloween sensory bin has been around for about 12 years, and its still going strong!!! After Halloween, I'll pour it all into a ga...

I haven't done as much Montessori work with Ada as I did with her big sisters, but I'm trying to remedy that. We recently worked wi...

My oldest 2 kiddos weren't interested in workbooks, and I've always been semi-opposed to workbooks. Ada, however, loves workbooks. ...