Favorite ♥ Moments Captivated

For a few years now, Hubby and I have been praying over and selecting a word for the year for our family and homeschooling. There is nothing magical about picking a word as a focus for the year. It can have as much or as little emphasis as a family is willing to give it. […]

Favorite ♥ Moments First Day of School 2017

Here we are embarking on our eighth year of being a homeschooling family. This year will bring some new challenges and new rewards. I look forward to the many hours of discussions we’ll have and watching wisdom and understanding grow in the eyes and words of my children even as their physical bodies grow. Our […]

Favorite ♥ Moments A year of abundant life

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:10 This past year’s school theme was “hungering and thirsting for righteousness.” I had absolutely no idea when we penned those words at the start of the year just how deeply God was […]

Favorite ♥ Moments First Day of School 2014

I love starting the school year in January. It seems like we are all so fresh for a new start, even though it’s not technically the beginning of the Jewish new year (which happens during Yom Teruah). Right in the middle of the cold, dark months, it’s the perfect time to break out the new […]

Favorite ♥ Moments Preschool Highlights

I didn’t know how being intentional with preschool would progress this year, but I’m so glad I’ve given it my all. Hosi and Noki are much more patient and obedient when they’ve been given some one-on-one time with me at the start of the day. Our school room is so small that we’ve had to […]

Favorite ♥ Moments My Dream of Lincoln

Some moments are so wonderful as a homeschooling mother. I woke up on this Mother’s Day to receive a paper from my 7 year old. She wrote this after waking up from a dream last night, and Hubby and I thought it was entertaining and dramatic, if from a 3rd grader’s perspective. I left all […]

Favorite ♥ Moments First Day of School 2013

We have officially kicked off the new academic year. Originally, I had planned to take a two week break, but little Hosi had a bad bout with lung inflammation that was a complicating factor of a virus. She needed to be in the hospital for a couple of days. Not wanting to push things when […]

Favorite ♥ Moments Bunkbeds & Potties

This isn’t as much of a favorite moment for school subjects as it is an ode to twin potty training. How does this fit into the school day, you might ask? It fits in every 20 minutes when the timer beeps and we drop everything for a quick run to sit on the brightly-colored plastic […]

Favorite ♥ Moments First three weeks

My preparation has paid off and I am so pleased that I put the time and effort into scheduling and organizing when I had the opportunity over our six week spring/summer break. There is something serene about the state of perfection the school room possesses before the very first day of class. The notebooks are […]