We've instituted ‘The 5-minute Pick Up' routine in our daily schedule. What is it? It's a time-out that happens at least once a day — but often 2 or 3 times depending on the situation and the day. When I announce "5 minute pick-up"...

Here I am complaining that our homeschool day gets derailed when the kids can't find their pens, pencils, rulers, scissors — you get the idea, right? My dear, sweet children were reading my blog and very politely suggested that I gather all my...

There's a lot of political debate going on throughout the news and internet. No matter who you may be voting for it's important to sort through the slander, lies, and other inaccurate statements about the candidates. Most parents are trying to teach...

Another week of homeschooling over. It was a good week for us — we pretty much stayed on scheduled and had a productive week. This is probably the first year we are ‘on schedule' and not falling behind. Much more than I can say about the...

My husband and I didn't do anything extra special for our 25th wedding anniversary. The timing didn't seem right. Our three little ones were still too young to leave for too long and we were in the middle of planning our oldest son's wedding. We...