I wanted to bring together two topics near and dear to my heart in this one post: spirited children and homeschooling. More specifically, teaching a spirited child to read. (If you aren’t familiar with the concept of a spirited child or wonder …
Like many of you, I’ve been consumed with Back to School for the past month or so including getting our homeschool learning room ready. For about two weeks at the end of August all I did in my spare time (and late into the night) was planning …
A few years ago I wrote a post about Introverts in the Church that generated quite a bit of discussion. I was bouncing around the web recently and came across What’s it like to be an introverted woman in church circles? This question was asked …
The past few weeks have been hard. I hit the proverbial wall this week and it all had to do with being so strongly introverted. Parenting and homeschooling as an introvert is hard. On the bright side, I think God allowed me to realize something in …
This is one of my most favorite things to eat in the whole world. I serve these salmon patties with creamed peas on top. My mom always served salmon patties with creamed peas (albeit a different salmon patty recipe). When I asked her why she served …
I serve creamed peas with Salmon Patties with Green Onion and Red Peppers. (The story behind the combination is on the other post.) Caroline loves them which is saying something since she currently doesn’t like any vegetable except cucumbers! I …
Although we endeavor to eat well, we are far from food purists in our home. I do cook a significant portion of our food from scratch, but we regularly consume ready-to-eat cereals, crackers, etc. I try to buy better quality and/or organic food as …
This Blueberry and Cream Cheese Strata Casserole is my personal adaptation. I made this a couple of times and after reading some other versions and comments online, made some tweaks to make it my own. This is the best version by far! My changes were …
My mom made this Pineapple Zucchini Bread for us the last time we visited. Caroline gobbled it up so consider that a strong recommendation. If you are looking for a yummy way to use up some of that zucchini, here is a great way to do so with tasty …
David and I are weather geeks. We both wanted to be meteorologists when we were younger and I think Caroline got some of the genes. She found a homemade weather station in a library book and was very excited to make it. So I drafted David to do this …
