As a young child I loved to ask why. “Why do we celebrate Halloween?” “Why do we do this for Christmas?” “Why is Thanksgiving on Sean’s birthday this year?” (my poor brother often shares his birthday with Thanksgiving, and I’m curious). Over the years, I’ve pieced … [Read more...]
Homeschool Thanksgiving
I’ve been slowly working through the homeschool holidays to get everything organized so I can know what we like to do, and then I hit Thanksgiving. I discovered I don’t have any posts on a homeschool Thanksgiving, and that’s because I spent most of the kids early years trying … [Read more...]
Sail with the Pilgrims when you make this Mayflower craft
There are a whole slew of great books about the Pilgrims and the Mayflower to use for our history lessons, but I wanted to do something a little different, so we watched, drumroll please: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving* I remember seeing this as a little kid and my Mom … [Read more...]
Thankfulness list something to something
I don’t remember what number I’m on, but I’ll make it short and simple I’m thankful for my wonderful family and for how they love on each other at difficult times. And I’m a rather inclusive person when it comes to the definition of family, and there are several people I … [Read more...]
oops 49
49. that Jeff’s surgery went well 50. that the nerve block is wearing off … [Read more...]