by Tracy Zdelar | Feb 11, 2014 | Homeschooling, Kid Craft |
After showing my sons some Pinterest ideas for making their Valentine’s party boxes they decided on minions. While I did help with some of the tricky parts these are ultimately their boxes and they had the “creative last word”....
by Tracy Zdelar | Feb 7, 2014 | Northern Ohio |
One of the perks of being a blogger is the invites we get to experience new things. Our family’s first hockey game came that way last weekend when we got to watch the Lake Erie Monsters play the Charlotte Checkers. We also got to experience the game from...
by Tracy Zdelar | Feb 4, 2014 | How to..., Recipes |
Sometime towards the later part of last year I came across a super easy recipe for vitamin water on Pinterest with a note that said it had helped someone lose weight. Now, I don’t know if that’s true or not, but I decided to try it and...
by Tracy Zdelar | Feb 2, 2014 | Books, Homeschooling |
I have a slightly lengthy list of Kindle books on my pc waiting to be read. Many of these are about homeschooling and I plan to review some of them here on my blog. Since I got these from Amazon I will be using my affiliate links. Clicking through and...
by Tracy Zdelar | Feb 2, 2014 | What the Bible says about...?
Are you planning to watch the “big debate” between Ken Ham (pro-creation) vs. Bill Nye (pro-evolution)? The topic: Is creation a viable model of origins in today’s modern, scientific era? I just want to say that science and the...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 31, 2014 | Northern Ohio, Past Giveaways |
Last weekend we had the good fortune to spend the night with some other blogging families at Castaway Bay’s Indoor Waterpark Resort, and Bryan sent us home with day passes to giveaway to our readers! So while Castaway Bay provided our accommodations and...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 29, 2014 | Family Stuff, Homeschooling
If you live in NE Ohio like me you know what the weather is like, I don’t need to tell you. These super cold days make me feel good about the fact we homeschool! But we’re not just about homeschooling here, we’ve had other fun things to...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 26, 2014 | House & Home, How to... |
Wow! What a snowy weekend. Friday night we attended an overnight Castaway Bay blogger event and then drove home Saturday in what I heard may have been Level 2 or 3 snowy conditions. The picture below is almost immediately after we turned onto Rt. 2...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 22, 2014 | Free Printables, Homeschooling |
You can easily make you own unit studies. Make them as simple or complicated as you wish. Mine are pretty simple: borrow books from the library, free or cheap printable worksheets and other goodies found online or elsewhere. Sometimes the boys use...