{This Usborne Giveaway is sponsored by Jaime, an independent Usborne distributor. The links to the Usborne books in this post lead directly to her shop. Read my full disclosure here.} Usborne books can be found all over my house. In bedrooms. In my Morning Basket. In our school room. Everywhere! I enjoy so many of…
This post was written on my former blog (now private) in November 2013. It was part of a three part series on the Brave Writer Lifestyle in our homeschool. I thought it appropriate to repost the entire series here as a record of our on-going journey with Brave Writer. The follow-up posts can be…
We have had a very different year than we have ever had in the past and it has taken me a little while to learn to love the year I am with. But we finally seem settled into aspects of our new routine. That meant that this month we finally found our Morning Basket groove and have started…
“Smashing someone in the head with the milk jug is not innocuous, but it is considered battery,” informed my 9-year-old. “This is true. It could hurt.” His sister chimed in, “When the battery on my iPod abates, I am not gregarious.” I laughed. Then the seven-year-old declared, “Force shield are impervious to nerf darts.” “Alright. Alright,…
