Mother4Jesus

It's that time again. Getting ready to start a new school year. The kids are semi-excited.  Ok, not that excited, but I am!!! This year we've got lots of changes. The new school room, David is now joining us with Kindergarten and we've switched up our curriculum. This year we're using My Father's World, Adventures in US History. The kids are looking forward to that one. Sarah loves when I read to her. She doesn't like reading, but loves when I read to her. I'll be able to include David. I'm using ACE (Accelerated Christian Education) For Math and Language Arts. I wanted something easy and not too teacher intensive. The Paces are a great way to teach with out needing so many supplies and it helps them to become a little more independent. For David i'm using Easy Peasy, which is a free online curriculum , using the McGuffey Readers. David is only 4 and doesn't really need to be in Kindergarten but he's ready. At the rate he's going, h...

Extreme Makeover: School Room Edition What a dramatic title eh??  I've been homeschooling since 1998 and i've NEVER had an official school room. I've never really felt the need for one. I feel that learning is something we do all over the house and so i've never allocated a space for it. I have had shelving for our books but never a whole room!!  With my youngest two children, we're using a different type of curriculum, so many days I would find myself with books, teachers manuals and my teacher binder sprawled all over the kitchen table. If the kids wanted a drink or a snack , I would shove all those over to one side and hope that no one spilled anything.  I had decided that when we paint, I would take the toy room and convert it to school room.  With our "Before" video, you can see that in our "After" video that the room is like what I had planned, as the room was forming, it was amazing to see my vision come to life. This i...

I can NOT help but read all the stuff today about health, food, diet...There are times I just want to block it all out and forget what I know. How many times do you read something and then realize that there isn't anything you can do about it?? We live in the information age. We have so much at our fingertips, it can be overwhelming. As a mom I find I can worry about every food I put on the table for my family. With all the appliances we have , you would think that we'd have all this extra time but the fact is...we don't. I don't have time to make EVERY*THING*FROM*SCRATCH!! Even so, I do attempt to make as much as I can from scratch for a few reasons... health and finances. I want to eat all organic...all whole foods but here are a few things i've noticed.  *You can eat all organic and whole foods and STILL have health issues. *Be over weight * not be healthy There are many times that I will ask the Lord, "Why show me all this if there isn...

I love pinterest. I seriously go there instead of searching the internet. If I need a unit study on a topic, a recipe, curriculum review, craft ideas..... The list goes on and on. I do love all the great ideas I find. I actually do try some of them. SOME OF THEM. One thing that i've had people ask me , as a homeschooler is, "How do you entertain them all day?". I'm stupified at that question. It confuses me. Do people really think I "entertain" my children all day? No wonder people are intimidated by homeschooling moms!! They think we teach them, keep the home clean, cook, shop, AND entertain our children all day! That is IMPOSSIBLE. I know that some of the blogs out there would have you thinking that but i'm sure if you chatted with that blogger mom, you'd get a different picture. Pinterest is a great place to get great ideas for a rainy day. Yes, I've made flubber and homemade playdoh but that was on snowy days when we had the extra tim...

People ask me , "Why do you homeschool?". There is NOT one answer to that question. I would also say that my reasons change from day to day. There are SO many reasons that I love homeschooling, to answer that question in one sentence, really isn't possible. Lately i've noticed another wonderful reason. I simply LOVE being with my children. I have watched my friends, now and over the years and homeschooling is actually easier. That's right...I said it. "It's easier!" My friends are always exhausted, stressed and running around. They're always "busy" and seem to be spinning their wheels but not really getting anywhere. Ever feel that way?? When I ask them ,"Why are you so busy"....Here is a quick condensed version of their day..... (Paraphrasing of course) ***************************** I wake up, get the kids up, feed them breakfast, get them dressed, on the bus...then I clean up, get dressed.....do the laundry, cle...

I love when I get to organize. When you're painting the whole main level and the basement at the same time, Not so much. It's like moving!! I love being able to clean and throw away tons of stuff that we've accumulated in the past 12 years. It's just the amount of clutter right now could make me a little crazy if I had OCD...which I don't. Honestly, I don't. Ok, maybe a little. Here's a video of our "Before". I don't know why the video is sideways, and I can't seem to fix it. Laura, Loving, Learning and Leaning on Christ

A friend of mine started selling Norwex. I had no idea what it was at the time. She sent me an invite to her party, via Facebook. I decided to look and I couldn't make it to the party but I wanted to buy something. I went to the Norwex site and was shocked at the prices. I though, "Oh no way!" Then I thought, "Holly isn't impulsive. She's not someone who would waste money, these must be good". I went and watched some of the video's she posted about the product and was intrigued. I decided to buy the "Enviro cloth" and "Window cloth". They were pricey but if they could do what the video showed me, you know...the one with the chicken?? After I ordered, I decided to do some research. Yea, I know, I spent the money and THEN decided to research? A little backwards but either way, I wanted to support my friend. Chicken test and cross contamination test with Norwex In my research, I came across, Ecloths. These were suppose to do t...