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Baby Sister turned one year old two weeks ago, and we've started having some battles of the will with her. It always amazes me how these...
Emily
Jun 3, 20202 min read
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2019-2020 School Year Summary (1st Grade & 4K)
You know there's a pandemic going on because this is my third post in a month. Ha! Suddenly we've all got a little (or a lot of) extra...
Emily
Apr 23, 20209 min read
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Road Trips With Little Ones
Almost four weeks ago the six of us completed a 2,000 mile road trip, and I still feel a bit amazed when I think about it. We've taken...
Emily
Apr 15, 20205 min read
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Grateful
Our life has changed fairly drastically in the last three weeks, and I feel the need to document this change for posterity. In case you...
Emily
Apr 8, 20204 min read
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Homeschooling With a Baby
... is hard! No matter how you cut it, add a baby to any activity and it will most likely be 1) slower and 2) more difficult and 3) more...
Emily
Mar 4, 20204 min read
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Thirty Four Trips Around the Sun
It's my birthday week, and in honor of it I present to you a series of Reflections and Muses from the past year - in no particular order...
Emily
Feb 18, 20203 min read
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Best Books of 2019!
Well, the past three - four? five? - weeks have been a whirlwind, and I feel like we are finally finding our way back into a routine and...
Emily
Jan 17, 20202 min read
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December Routine
No matter how you cut it, December is just BUSY. In the span of a month, we've got two trips out-of-state to visit family, a church...
Emily
Dec 16, 20193 min read
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Six Months Old
Little Sister recently turned six months old! She's been challenging lately and is harder to figure out than her brothers were at this...
Emily
Nov 21, 20192 min read
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Wordless Picture Books
We've recently found some wonderful wordless picture books and I can honestly say that Mom and Dad have been enjoying them just as much -...
Emily
Nov 8, 20193 min read
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Rainbow Canvas Painting
I'm always amused when art projects are labeled "Easy Painting for Kids!" because really THERE IS NO SUCH THING. Just thinking about the...
Emily
Oct 10, 20192 min read
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Beginning Bach
We definitely didn't get to everything on my list for September, but I am so glad that we were able to spend a good chunk of time...
Emily
Oct 1, 20192 min read
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Fresh Air
We didn't crack open a single (school) book today, and we have zero regrets. Instead, we wandered through the woods, threw rocks into...
Emily
Sep 30, 20192 min read
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Four Months
Baby Sister is four months old! She's in the middle of a growth spurt which basically means constantly hungry AND tired AND crabby so...
Emily
Sep 19, 20191 min read
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Back to Homeschool
Our first week is in the books... literally! We dove into our new textbooks and living books and picture books. We began to tweak, poke,...
Emily
Sep 6, 20192 min read
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August Update: A New School Year Begins!
Summer is almost over, and at risk of offending 90% of the population I will just say that I am not sad about it. Summer is lovely but by...
Emily
Aug 20, 20193 min read
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Our Summer Loop - 2019
As I write this, Little Sister is two weeks old. We are all still adjusting to a new routine with this new little person in our family!...
Emily
Jun 4, 20193 min read
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My Top 10 Books of 2018
One of my goals at the beginning of 2018 was to read more - not to the children, just for myself. And I did! It turned out to be a good...
Emily
May 14, 20192 min read
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Raising (Little) Servants and Helpers
If you’re curious about the backstory for this blog title, check it out here. It’s a meaningful goal to me and one that I hope to...
Emily
May 10, 20194 min read
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Surviving the Day When Daddy's Away
Compared to many other families, my husband does not travel much - for which I am eternally grateful! Most years he goes on two...
Emily
May 10, 20193 min read
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Hi! I'm Emily.
And I don't have any pictures of myself without children but I should probably get one to put here cause all this black looks funny.
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