Confessions Of A Raging Perfectionist: Learning To Be Free by Amanda Jenkins. I really liked this book. I got the ebook for free somewhere along the line, and finally got around to reading it. I enjoyed the "stats" that started each chapter (kind of reminded me of how the chapters in Bridget Jones' Diary started). The book as a whole was really relatable to me. Not just because I am a perfectionist, but because the author was really honest, and didn't sugarcoat her mistakes and her flaws. … [Read more...]
Two Minute Christmas Card Organization
I know, I know, Christmas was a month ago. But I finally got around to making this Christmas card flipbook, and I wanted to share it with you. Each year I keep one of our family Christmas cards because I am sentimental like that. But I didn't have a good way to store them (case in point: I've already lost the one from 2011). Enter the metal binder rings! I finally bought a pack for less than $2.00, and quickly put our family cards together on two of them. I wrote the year on the back of … [Read more...]
Homeschool: Learning Shapes And Counting
One of Jonah's favorite ways to learn is by using toys. We make our letter of the week with Legos, and we often use cars for counting. This week we took that to another level by combining counting with shapes. I used painters' tape to make several of the shapes we have already learned on the floor. (As far as I know and have experienced, painters' tape does not damage carpet in any way, but please test it out yourself before you make too many lines/shapes) Then we put the same number … [Read more...]
On The First Week Of Homeschool
We did it. We made it through the first week of homeschooling. And I have mixed feelings. I want to be more excited than I am. In my mind, we were going to spend a minimum of 3 hours each day learning. Jonah would happily go from subject to subject, completing all of his work, asking questions, and wanting to learn more. I know, I know, that was all very silly of me, but sometimes I get so carried away with my plans of how things are going to be that I forget that reality rarely follows … [Read more...]