Did you know Sunday was Parent's Day? I'm guessing no. Me either, I had never heard of it. But my kids had heard of it. It was listed on two of their calendars. Mr T.3(my husband's alias for this blog) and I woke around 9 am to a quiet house. Not that unusual since our kids generally sleep until 8 and often sleep in until 9 am. Apparently they were just really quiet this Sunday. Mr T.3 went ... Read More about Parent’s Day
First Day of Our 2011-2012 School Year!
Today is the end of our break and the start of our new school year! (I wrote this on July 11th, but never uploaded the photos and therefore didn't publish the post...oops!) Snowflake is now a 4th grader! and Pumpkin is in Pre-K! They are quite excited! They are pictured above after our morning trip to the Library with a quick stop at Office Max where Pumpkin found a new pencil case. She loves ... Read More about First Day of Our 2011-2012 School Year!
Budget Grocery Tip
Happy 4th of July! Since it looks like we are not going to any fireworks because of thunderstorms, I have a few minutes to add a new blog entry. Here are 2 pictures of one of our 4th of July traditions...patriotic cupcakes! Yum (and not natural or organic!) When people know our family food budget, I get asked for tips on how I make it work. While I am not certain I want to put out there yet ... Read More about Budget Grocery Tip
Cute New Digital Craft
We officially ended our school year last Friday. We ended with a preschool graduation for Pumpkin(my youngest), which she loved! I made some cute tags on my scrapbook software and attached them to some pretzels I dipped in chocolate then drizzled with caramel and m&m's! Yummy favor! We officially school year round, taking the same amount of time off that kids do that are in ... Read More about Cute New Digital Craft
Welcome!
I have thought about starting a blog for quite some time....so today, I decided to dive right in! I decided to stop thinking about it and wondering what I would write about and just do it. I seem to have many thoughts, pictures, etc., that I want to share but have felt intimidated to do so. At the moment, I think this blog will be about our lives in general: homeschooling, trips, fun things and so ... Read More about Welcome!