The dead ants are raised

We love science around here, especially when it comes time to do projects like the one we completed this past week. We’re going through Apologia’s Young Explorers series (Flying Creatures). After studying the three parts of an insect, we learned that an insect’s abdomen is used for breathing, and it has special tubes called spiracles […]

Well Planned (Nursing) Day

I can hardly believe that Ketti has been here for 7 weeks! We’ve been doing school for four of those weeks. I have found that the children are much more peaceful when they are allowed to be productive and purposeful. I certainly thrive when we have at least some kind of schedule. So we hit […]

Bringing forth incense – Ketti’s birth story

She’s finally here! Arriving on Father’s Day, 2013, Ketti has entered our family unit and we’ll never be the same. A lot has been transpiring in my heart and mind over the past several weeks leading up to her birth. Since we never know how a birth is going to change us, I have had […]

Make way for baby!

Well, she’s not here just yet, but she is well on her way and we anticipate her arrival any day now. I’m really proud of the girls for pushing through and being so diligent with the rigorous schedule I’ve laid out for them the first 15 weeks of this school year. And we made it! […]

Saying yes to the mess at 9 months pregnant

I’ve sort of slipped into that nostalgic part of pregnancy when I begin to miss the family unit that we have right now. We will never be the same again in only a couple of short weeks. Though of course we look forward with all our hearts to the time when we have a new […]

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 […]

Letting Holy Spirit be my Guide

If there is one thing I could say about what I’m learning thus far in this school year, it’s that I have to have complete dependence upon Holy Spirit’s wisdom and guidance. I often think back to the books that I used when I was being homeschooled. Many of the books my family used were […]

The Birth of a Mother

I am now facing the home stretch of this pregnancy. With only about 8 or so weeks to go, my heart and mind are consumed with a sense of awe and contemplation. With every childbirth, I find myself sobered and peaceful, quiet. I know in every fiber of my soul that what I have to […]

Singing through geography

It’s been proven that singing can help you memorize information that would otherwise be difficult to retain. Geography is no exception. It’s embarrassing to admit that I probably would make some mistakes if I had to accurately name every state in the union on a map. I never used ditties and singing to help me […]

Gliders in flight

Today we did our first science experiment for the year. I could never get away with building or preparing anything science-related without all the kids getting on board, so this particular experiment was offered during awake hours because I knew it would be a huge hit. Our science curriculum this year is centered around flying […]