Erin Condren 2015 Life Planner Review
Hello friends! How has your week been so far? Mine seems to move along nicely…until it doesn’t. ;) You know that kind of week, don’t you? The one that involves a day of picking… Continue reading
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Our Kitchen Remodel Reveal: Practical and Pretty
It’s taken me a bit of time to find a few minutes here and there to piece this post together. We’re so blessed and so grateful for the amazing spaces we dreamed about {for… Continue reading
Rose Cakes for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
With our kitchen delightfully humming away, we’re thrilled to be baking with the liturgical year again! For the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, we made some simple rose cakes with a silicone… Continue reading
A Blessed Advent to You!
Hello friends. :) I pray that your Advent planning is a little more settled and in place than mine are! Our home remodel is coming to a close, and we’re just wrapping up… Continue reading
Home Remodel – Before Pictures and Beginnings
How is your autumn so far? I hope it’s lovely and rich – full of those warm autumn smells of spiced tea simmering away…and roasting veggies…and leaves tumbling everywhere! We’re enjoying beautiful mild… Continue reading
A Simple Touch to Spruce up your Autumn – Lilla Rose Hair Clips
It’s fall! Officially!! Pumpkin spice latte’, corduroy and crisp breezes! Delish! And that also means it’s time for that seasonal clothes switcheroo…you know when you go through all the closets and freshen things up… Continue reading
Let Them Wonder
As a classical home educator I sometimes focus on just doing the next thing. I’m living this knees-to-the-ground work; it isn’t a theory, or an article – this is real life. Babies and teens;… Continue reading
Begin at the Beginning: Board Book Delights & Good Book Habits
Do you cherish these board-book-filled days as much as I do? They’re sweet and tender aren’t they? We’re all preparing the soil in these delight-filled early years, and it is no less important… Continue reading
My Desk – In a Bag
By now, if you’ve been reading here at all, you know that we’re in the process of really re-thinking our spaces, re-modeling them significantly in order to address our family needs, and so…things… Continue reading
Two Simple Ways to Prepare the Soil for a Classical Education
Preparing the soil. It’s such an evocative expression, isn’t it? Most of us are tending our gardens, attempting to coax some semblance of life out of them while the heat and lack of… Continue reading
I’m off to Denver – Catholic Home Educators Conference
I’m so excited and thrilled to be on my way to the Denver Rocky Mountain Catholic Home Educators Conference again! I had a fantastic time speaking to all of you wonderful ladies in 2012,… Continue reading
Good To Great: Teaching Literature From Grammar To Rhetoric
Some time ago, the CiRCE Institute shared a 2003 conference talk by Dr. James Taylor on the topic of using the Good Books and the Great Books as part of teaching literature. It… Continue reading
You asked: What happened to the Learning Room?
I’ve shared with all of you that we are pursuing some remodeling plans. It’s exciting…and daunting. As I planned our booklists this summer, I kept in mind that our year would need to… Continue reading
Revisiting Morning Basket Plans for the New Year
I’m in the midst of planning week here, and I thought I’d take a minute to share the Morning Basket plans for the year and for Term 1! If you’re new here, or… Continue reading
Charlotte Mason Teaching Tuesday – See That He Knows – {Bonus: Silent Narrations}
How injurious then is our habit of depreciating children; we water their books down and drain them of literary flavor, because we wrongly suppose that children cannot understand what we understand ourselves;… Continue reading
A Craft in Honor of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart
I’m linking to an older post of mine that has a craft that we enjoyed as part of honoring the Most Sacred Heart. June – Month of the Sacred Heart – A Craft… Continue reading
Charlotte Mason Teaching Tuesday – the Common Pursuit of Knowledge
The teaching selection I chose for this week speaks to a key component of a Charlotte Mason education – Atmosphere – and an aid the teacher must make use of to ensure a fresh atmosphere.… Continue reading
Summertide Menus: Chicken and Pepper Jack Fajita
I have been meaning to post some yummy recipes from my menus that we’ve enjoyed lately! This has been a busy graduation week here – delightful though! Since the week was busy getting… Continue reading
Morning Basket – Ageless, Inspiring…and Still Standing
As we wrap up our year, I’m looking back at a few plans and books to review and chat about. Without a doubt, our Morning Basket time continues to serve our growing family.… Continue reading
Charlotte Mason Teaching Tuesday – Open Doors To Avenues of Delight
I’m continuing a series that I’m really enjoying and I’m (re)learning so much! Join me as we discuss Charlotte Mason and her thoughts on our role in teaching. Today’s lesson: Open Doors We wish… Continue reading
