Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, will there be enough room? This was one of my kids’ first favorite books! We read it over and over, watched it on YouTube, and did activities based on it. They LOVE this book! Consequently, the book went into hiding in order for us to get a break and some different…
I am a blog ambassador for Lakeshore Learning and am compensated for my work. I receive product free of charge, but all my thoughts and opinions are 100% my own. What’s your favorite subject to teach? I’m going to go ahead and guess that a very small percentage of people answered “math”. For some reason,…
The Bad Kids. You know who they are… The kid who drew a violent and inappropriate picture in school. The child who threw a tantrum at the store because she didn’t get a candy (and the mom who gave in to the cries), the child who kicked the teacher and spit at her. THE BAD…
We have begun a new season of life… This year, for the first time ever, we decided to send our five-year-old to a traditional school. While the first day of kindergarten can be emotional and hard for any parent, this was particularly hard for me because we have been home preschooling from the beginning (and…
If you give a kid a spray bottle… Maybe it’s just me, but my kids love spray bottles. They are constantly playing with them and running around the house spraying everything in sight (including the dog…eeek!). I usually just let them spray the windows and wipe them off with a paper towel, and that’s when…
I am a blog ambassador for Lakeshore Learning and am compensated for my work. I receive product free of charge, but all my thoughts and opinions are 100% my own. A place for everything and everything in its place It’s time to organize and prepare our homeschool room! That means I am organizing (and reorganizing!)…
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Apollo Box. All opinions and images are my own. Buying school supplies is a glorious thing And very few things beat the smell of a fresh box of crayons! The back-to-school shopping spree is one we certainly know well and it’s a good thing we can use…
What’s in a name? My name (Clarissa), never was good at being shortened. And the only affectionate suffix it ever got was a low hum (na-na-na-na-na…nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh…you know you sang that 😉 ) Our oldest son has a pretty unique name (Cannon…or as we like to call him, “Cannon Ball”). Our youngest son has a slightly…
“You shall love the Lord your God with all heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Mark 22:37-39 Today I’m writing about something a little bit different. Normally I reserve this…
This post is sponsored by Everywhere Agency on behalf of OshKosh B’gosh; however, all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. Do your kids have their own sense of style? My five-year-old is becoming much more particular about his clothes these days. He knows what he likes and wants to show who he is through…
