As part of The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew, I was sent Classical Academic Press God's Great Covenant, New Testament 1: A Bible Course for Children to review. From the Classical Academic Press website: Teaching the Bible to young children can be a large task, and is often divided up into many small stories. However, if you would like to … [Continue]
No Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

My family loves the No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies that I make. At a recent event, we got to try No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies. We all loved them, so I adjusted my recipe to make some. They are so good! I forgot to count how many this made, but I think it was around 35 cookies. Of course, that depends on how big you make them. I made … [Continue]
Bright Ideas Press – Christian Kids Explore Biology
As part of The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew, I received a copy of Bright Ideas Press Christian Kids Explore Biology and Student Activity digital download to review. From the Bright Ideas Website: Bright Ideas Press publishes curriculum that moms love. We promise to publish Christian-oriented curriculum that will fit into … [Continue]
What’s For Dinner?
Saturday - Sabbath- Make ahead meals- Cookout over the fire - hot dogs, potato salad, chips, marshmallows Sunday - soup & sandwich day - Egg Salad Sandwiches, Dinner-BBQ Chicken, Potato salad Monday - chicken - Baked Chicken, homemade oven fries - white & sweet potato, salad Tuesday - pizza/pasta - … [Continue]
Saturday on the Farm

The weather has been much milder this week. No hail storms! We have been experiencing Dogwood Winter, though. It got so cold, we had to turn the heat on one morning. A few things got a little burned by the frost, but most our our plants and trees are fine. The Lily of the Valley is still blooming. This a Hawthorne Tree in full bloom. The … [Continue]
Our Homeschool Week in Review

I have spent this week trying to keep the kids on track while their cousins were on spring break. Not an easy task. lol So they did some school work, and spent a lot of time playing with the cousins. They found a tree frog the other day. We have a lot of tree frogs around here. What surprised me about this one was that it would play dead. … [Continue]
This Week’s Favorites
To Read and Do: 8 Dangers of Diet Soda How to Make a Candle From Leftover Fat Drippings Homemade Shower Cleaner Homeopathy and Dental Emergencies How to Clean Up Vomit - I know, no one wants to, but someone has to! You might as well be prepared. Do You Have a Word for the Year? - I know we're now more than 3 months into the year but it's … [Continue]

