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. . .that is, of course, unless the horse is the famous “Baby Butterscotch”
Okay friends- it’s time for me to come clean. You may remember this post I wrote shortly before Christmas about Mira’s current passion for horses. . . You know- the one where I firmly planted my feet...
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Fancy a Spot of Tea?
I’ve been wanting to purchase my girls a functioning tea set for awhile. This past Christmas I finally took the time to research an ungodly number of sets with the intention of finding one that would...
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Create-A-Scene Magnetic Play Sets
One of the toys I remember most fondly from my own childhood is the assorted collection of Colorform sets we used to own. There was something magical about those small vinyl adhesive “stickers”. To...
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
The girls wanted to show off their new dresses that Halmoni surprised them with today. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
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Letting Go of Da Vinci
While I was pregnant with my first child I had all these grandiose plans about the things I would do with her: immersion in a foreign language, early violin lessons, nightly readings of classic...
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Choose Your Own Adventure – How Homeschooling is Like Mountain Climbing
Kristen pre-kids was definitely a bit more physically-adventurous than Kristen post-kids. I used to do things like mountain climb, trek through rain forests, jump out of airplanes, volunteer in third...
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Enrolling in Hogwarts
FLASHBACK POST <<This is a post I made on another blog back on July 27, 2007. It was my attempt at a public apology to J.K. Rowling (and, more personally, to my friend Es) for my initial...
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Potty Party Book Recommendations
The other day I picked up Lyra for a cuddle and for a {very} fleeting moment I had a nostalgic sensation that tricked me into thinking I miss picking up a baby with a padded, squishy, diapered butt....
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7 Suggestions For Fostering a Love of Classical Music In Your Children
Mira and Stella at their first opera, Verdi’s “Un Giorno di Regno” If I could only listen to one genre of music for the rest of my life- without a doubt it would be classical. Classical music can...
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Imperfect Homeschool – A Truthful Dose of the Homeschooling Uglies
There’s not many aspects of a person’s life that can be described as “perfect” and homeschooling is no exception. Yet sadly, the edited and revised posts of homeschooling bloggers can leave those on...
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How A Queen Taught Me to Love Non-Fiction
Aside from obvious major milestones like graduations and having children, there are smaller events that, although lacking the fanfare or pomp and circumstance of something BIG, nevertheless leave an...
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Give Your Kids Their Very Own Symphony!
My daughter Lyra turned 3 years old last month and has been proudly showing off that fact to anyone and everyone. I love seeing her chubby-toddler fingers carefully and meticulously splay apart as she...
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REVIEW – Goldie Blox and the Spinning Machine
It’s easy to get so caught up in the day-to-day motions of raising children that you can go the entire day not giving much focus to the ones you’re doing these actions for. You know you’re guilty of...
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Making A House Our Home – Part II
In our old house we had a nice bunk bed for Mira and Stella, and Lyra had a single bed on the opposite wall. In the new house we had dreams of a triple bunk bed that they could all share. So Howard...
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Waking Up FOR Your Children- Not With Them
I realized something about myself awhile ago- I am a happier (and therefore better) mother when I wake up BEFORE my children in the morning. If I wait and attempt to sleep-in until little feet come...
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There’s No Business Like Show Business
The other day I was on the phone with a friend talking about some serious life subjects. Being a homeschool mom to three young children, sometimes it’s just nice to have a deep conversation with an...
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Stella By Starlight
♪ ♫ That great symphonic theme, That’s Stella by starlight, And not a dream, My heart and I agree, She’s everything on this earth to me. ♫ ♪ The post Stella By Starlight appeared first on .
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There’s No Place Like Home
Shortly after Stella’s birthday, my parents and I decided to take the girls on an impromptu road trip. Howard and I planned on heading up north to visit his family over Thanksgiving but plans changed...
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Heroes and Heroines on Halloween- Making the Holiday about History… not candy
Earlier this year I had it in my head that my daughters would dress up as the three little girls from Despicable Me; we’d pad Howard’s shoulders and glue on a pointy latex nose to transform him into...
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The Opera – An Entertainment for Young People?
I took the girls to the opera over the weekend. It was our first performance of the fall season, (and Lyra’s first ever- she did GREAT!) and it worked our perfectly because it was Benjamin Britten’s...
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