In my early years of motherhood, my kitchen was always a mess. I would inwardly cringe if someone showed up at my house unexpectedly and...

We are going to be spending the month of July talking all about food and our kitchens here on the blog! To get us excited in this area,...

I don’t know who needs to hear this today, but it’s okay to simplify your kitchen. If you’re a member of an older generation, you...

It’s every homeschool mom’s favorite time of the year: curriculum-buying season! Okay, in reality some of us have begun the process of...

It’s June, which means if you’re a mom you may already be feeling all the feels about Summer with kids. Between the somewhat annoying...

I’m betting you have to say “no” a lot as a parent: “No, you can’t watch TV right now”; “No, we can’t play outside because there’s a...

The office/school room I’m currently sitting in to type this looks like a creative whirlwind hit it. There’s random puzzle pieces and...

We’ve talked about the things we want our kids to be doing more of and the need for creativity in the home, but how, practically...

I’m late writing this because my entire family has had sinus infections for the last week. There’s nothing like a week of sickness to...

I’ve never been good at art, and I honestly never had an interest in making it until I was an adult, when I moved to the mountains and...

As a child, I only had one answer when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up: a writer. Raised in a home where books were a part of...

Note:  Please know that anytime I’m talking about schooling choices, I’m doing so from the point-of-view that schooling should be a...

Before we can go further in our discussion of creativity, we need to break down what it actually is. I think many of us struggle to view...

This month on the blog we are going to be doing something a little bit different and focus on one topic all month: the topic of...

Every Spring I get the itch to be outside as much as possible and my kids are the same. There's nothing like being outdoors to boost our...

Anyone who loves books knows the struggle of wanting to read ALL the books. Even if you really only like one genre, there are still...

When I was pregnant with my youngest, I went on a bit of a rampage and decluttered our entire house top to bottom. This was no small...

Reading aloud is one of the most rewarding things I’ve done with my kids, and it’s also one of the simplest. There’s a danger in...

One of the most frustrating things for any reader is watching an adaptation of a favorite book and feeling like the film completely...

October-December ended up being pretty reading-heavy months for me, bringing my total books read for 2023 to 95! I think this is probably...