It's my birthday. For some reason, that made me want to do a little something birthday-related - but just for you. If you have a birthday kiddo in the house, they are going to love this beautiful cupcake coloring page. We also have a great list of ways to celebrate an entire birthday week on a budget plus at the end of this post we have ten ways to make birthdays more special! We like to start Continue Reading >>
10 Reasons to Make Freezer Meals for Back-To-School
I've been watching from a distance for years, as other moms around me experiment with freezer meals. And promote the benefits. And stock their freezers for a month of meals at a time. I'm impressed. One time about seven years ago, I ordered a set of frozen meals on Groupon from one of those "Make Ahead Meals" shops that were popping up everywhere. The closest store was supposed to ship us a Continue Reading >>
Bird Coloring Pages and All About Birds for Kids
One of my favorite memories as a homeschool mom is the year my oldest son was turning 4. We had this tradition at the time, that my husband would take my daughter out for a Valentine's Day "date" so that she could learn to appreciate how a lady should be treated and get special one-on-one time with Dad at the same time. Well, on this year my son suddenly took notice and announced, "I want to Continue Reading >>
Learn the Periodic Table of the Elements with Fun Resources
With six potential budding chemists in the house, I'd like to start now getting them exposed to the most foundational tool used in Chemistry: the Periodic Table of the Elements. I think most of us have at least a cursory knowledge of what this table is, and what it looks like. But how many of those elements can you actually name when you see the sign for them? If you are like me, not many. I Continue Reading >>
Yummy Homemade Mexican Rice: A Riff by Dad
A few weeks ago my husband marinated some skirt steak for fajitas. When he asked me what I was planning to have with it I answered with a vague "How about some rice." I was expecting to do our usual: Pop some whole grain Jasmine rice into the microwave. While rice made this way is yummy, he had a different idea in mind. "How about Mexican rice?" he asked. Of course, I didn't have a "box" of Continue Reading >>
Divinely Lemon Zucchini Bread Recipe Printable
A friend of mine recently helped water our plants for a couple weeks while we were on vacation. I promised her all the produce she could pick, but for some odd reason the only things that ripened while we were gone were three cucumbers and one giant zucchini. Oops. After we got home, we all came down with colds and a few days into that my friend showed up on our doorstep with something Continue Reading >>
