This is a really hard topic for me to talk about. I have major opinions on both sides of this, and they don’t seem to meet anywhere close to the middle. I think that kids’ activities are incredibly important, but I also think that there are other ways to get kids involved in life without participating in sports or extracurricular activities. On the one hand, I love that my … [Read more...] about {31 Days} Balancing Kids Activities with the Need for Family Time
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The Busyness that is Fall
The busyness of fall has set in. Every year I say that this will be the year that we slow down in the fall, and then inevitably we fill up our schedule, and fall busyness happens again. As an introvert I definitely struggle with busyness – the constant out and about and being surrounded by people exhausts me. I crave that alone time, which is hard to come by as a mom of three … [Read more...] about The Busyness that is Fall
31 Days – Green Juice Recipe
I absolutely love documentaries, especially documentaries about food. I remember the first time I saw Food, Inc. I’m pretty sure that one documentary changed the entire course for me as far as food goes. Several years later I watched another great documentary called Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. It was really interesting to see the correlation between animal products and … [Read more...] about 31 Days – Green Juice Recipe
Fall Sports!
It never fails; the busyness of fall always seems to approach. A lot of people believe that because we are homeschoolers we aren’t busy. That really isn’t accurate. Yes, we do not have to be out the door first thing in the morning, but the extracurricular activities are always there, and that makes our evenings a little crazy! Yesterday we signed Emma up for Field Hockey. … [Read more...] about Fall Sports!