For the last 8 weeks, I’ve been participating in a health challenge to try to shape up my life. Part of the challenge involves eliminating from my life one of my “addictions.” I picked playing games on my phone because I tend to waste so much time on them and in the meantime I get […]
Archives for October 2014
Family Friendly Halloween Movies on Netflix
My husband loves scary movies. If he could have his perfect Halloween wish, it would be to stay home with all the lights out watching really scary shows all night long. Unfortunately for him, I don’t like watching scary movies – they give me nightmares and keep me pondering on them for far too long. So in […]
Floating and Boating Unit Study
This last month, I was in charge of our science co-op lesson on the physics of floating and flying. It’s really a fun topic to study because who doesn’t love floating boats in the water and figuring out how airplanes fly? I’ll tell you who – my daughter! She would much rather spend her time dancing, […]
Potato Cream Cheese Soup
There is a little restaurant down the street from me that used to serve an awesome Potato Cream Cheese soup with freshly made bread sticks. It is the soup that got me through my last pregnancy. But for some reason, they don’t serve it anymore. This, of course, had to be remedied immediately, so I set to […]
Favorite Halloween Books
One of our favorite Halloween traditions is to read books…lots of books. Every year, the kids get a new Halloween book to add to our collection. These are a few of our favorites. Five Little Pumpkins by Dan Yaccarino Where is Baby’s Pumpkin? by Karn Katz The Night Before Halloween by Natasha Wing The Runaway […]
Boo to the “Boo”
Every once in a while a friend or relative comments on what a “fun” mom I am. Never my children – mind you – only people who don’t actually live with me say such crazy things! And to some extent, it’s kind of true. I like fun traditions with the kids. But there is one […]