Minivan Moments

Over the past week, we have determined to live life every day. We are trying not to get caught up in the humdrum, same-old-same-old attitudes, making sure to see each day as a gift and not a repeat of the day before. If you homeschool and stay home full time with your children, you understand the challenge this can be! So, we have had an eventful week! And because of that, i have not been diligent in updating. So, here's our "week in review." Taking Tests! Fun! ;)   Valentine's Day Gluten-Free Cupcakes for a dear friend. Nom nom nom...   Drama Queen makes Valentine's Fondant! "It's like taffy!"   Valentine's Day Gluten-Free chocolate cake with Drama Queen's fondant.     Visited the War Memorials in Nashville. Korean War Memorial     All in all, we have tried to engage outside of our house more. It has been fun, and since the youngest is now capable of handling being busy out of the house, we wil

Okay, i know i am not the only one who has found myself struggling with some task/responsibility longer than necessary. I know i am not the only person on the planet who has ever failed to accomplish something i set out to accomplish. And i know i am not the only woman alive who has ever hung her head in utter dejection. So i was thinking about something recently in a visit with a friend, and i thought, "i wonder how many people realize this?" Which, naturally, meant i had to blog about it! All 3 of my followers (just kidding) might need this word from the Lord today! ;) It took God several years to teach this particular nugget of wisdom to me. Not because He is not a gifted teacher, but because i was a stubborn student. It took God many varied-yet-similar situations to get through to me. Not because He didn't provide just the right opportunity, but because i was blinded by my own self-reliance. And it took God far too many people to express His truth than can be cons

I got so caught up in trying to restructure my day and get us back to enjoying our learning that i forgot to post our project pictures from last week! Whoops! It took 2 days of building, gluing, drying, and building, but they got it done with only materials laying around the house and recycling supplies. First we have the Man-Child working on the recyclables at his workbench, preparing them for his sisters inside.... Now we have the inside operation: gluing strips of cardboard to represent planks of wood on the houses and stripping sticks to resemble the logs the original colonists would have been shipping back to England. And the next day, the little one had to play with the toys while she was waiting for her big brother and big sister to get the scene finished....     Then we had to make the SNOW!!! :)     Once they made the snow, they dumped Winter Weather on the poor, unsuspecting colonists....   Hee hee. Here's the finished "colony