Hello to a new week! I had a quiet and relatively restful weekend and am so ready to start a new week. My notebook is set up and ready to be covered in another week's worth of activities and our homeschooling schedule is filled to the brim; I have ideas to take to the library... Continue Reading →
Friday | Thank Goodness
Happy Friday, readers! Today is forecasted to be sunny and in the 70s while tomorrow will bring rain. I love how variable the weather can be this time of year! Today's post is just a quick update on my life right now, which has been a strange mix of busy and quiet. I thought the... Continue Reading →
📚 Bookish Chatter | Getting Back In the Groove
Happy Wednesday! I'm thrilled to share that I've actually finished reading a couple of books this week and that I might be moving past my reading funk? I hope so because the previous few weeks have felt a bit sparse. But I've been reaching for books to fill the quiet moments again and almost everything... Continue Reading →
Bookish Chatter | Prize Reading and 2 Readalouds
Happy Wednesday! We are in the middle of another very rainy week; we even had thunderstorms yesterday! A good thunderstorm is one of the things I miss about living in Texas so it's always exciting when I hear the rumbling. The flowers I planted a few weeks ago are extraordinarily happy with all of this... Continue Reading →
April 2023 Reading Review & May Plans
Today is May 1st! It's a return to our typical routine and I am so relieved because I've missed sitting at the table and learning along with the kids. I feel so lucky to be able to homeschool and wouldn't trade it for anything. I know that breaks are just as important as routines so... Continue Reading →
Bookish Chatter | A Much Anticipated Novel; Two Readalouds; and The Women’s Prize Shortlist!
Thank you all for the encouragement lately! It's a rainy school vacation week and we're all going just a little bit stir-crazy. To top it off, Matthew's work schedule changed on Monday and Tuesday so I was parenting solo from noon through bedtime. Not ideal but we all survived and things are going back to... Continue Reading →
Friday | The One Before School Break
It is the Friday before school vacation week! We're taking the week off from Blackberry Bluff School and Colton will be on a break from all of his programs. It might sound like a vacation but I'll likely be busier than ever and will yearn for a vacation of my own once the week ends.... Continue Reading →
Bookish Chatter | More Prize Books and Readalouds
I don't even know what to say about the last few weeks. We have been busy wrapping up a few things for school because we will be taking a break next week! Colton will also be home from school so I expect that we'll be spending every spare minute outside and playing. I need to... Continue Reading →
Bookish Chatter | A Week of Prize Reading, along with a Buzzy Book and More Underpants
Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone's week is off to a great start. Ours has been moving forward with a few hitches. Yesterday Bronwyn and I were feeling under the weather and spent most of the afternoon on the couch watching Marvel movies. I'm feeling much better this morning and hope that Bronwyn wakes up the... Continue Reading →
March 2023 Reading Review
Hello everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was full -- busy with baking and cooking. Sometimes I don't enjoy those tasks, but I have been lately. I hope that feeling sticks for a while because it's a very big part of my job around here! And the best part is that the... Continue Reading →
