Growing up, I can always remember eating delicious treats from both of my grandmas' kitchens. This is probably the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I've ever had. Seriously delicious. Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter (you can also do half applesauce and half … [Read more...]
Books I’ve Read: January 2015
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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [Read more...]