Teaching Middle School History Through Literature
I hated history in school. It felt dry and boring, and I couldn’t relate or connect with it. One of my goals as a homeschooling mom is to help ensure my children will feel differently about their history studies, even if just a little bit. Middle school history builds on the blocks you stacked in […]
True to You Book Review
True to You is the first book in Becky Wade’s new Bradford Sisters Romance Series. I was so excited to get my hands on this one as I LOVED her Porter series so much! About True to You After a devastating heartbreak three years ago, genealogist and historical village owner Nora Bradford has decided that […]
Book Review-Certain Girls
I enjoy reading in my spare time….not that I have much spare time! I often find myself forgetting the books I have read, or knowing that I read it but don’t really remember what it was about. Since I have this lovely blog, I deicded that I could use this as a forum to keep […]
Flashback Friday-Jayden Edition
Spending scheduled time with my “Walk and Talk” buddy Shana and her boys has been such a joy over the past months. I look forward to getting out and sharing a piece of me with her, and getting to accept all the wonderful pieces of her she has to offer me. Shana, I know you […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook…January 25th 2010
I am following Shana’s lead, even though it seems she has finked out and only done this once! We will see how many times I can manage to complete and post one of these on Monday’s! This is from Peggy at The Simple Woman’s Daybook. It is a list of questions to answer each Monday […]
Belated 2010 Resolutions
I have recently been catching up on my blog post reading, and came across multiple writings on resolutions for the New Year. Resolutions are not really my thing as I always have this image of dusty treadmills and weight benches used as clothing hangers! Anyone who knows me realizes I could stand to loose about […]
Funny Kid Stories
Chloe: So Chloe came home from gymnastics on Thursday night telling her usual tales. She rides home most nights with one of her coaches, Alicia. Chloe and Alicia we apparently talking about dinner. We had veal and periogies for dinner on Thursday night. So Chloe tells Alicia that we had veal and “ferogies” for dinner. […]
Flashback Friday-Matching Edition
I can’t help but notice certain “matching” tendencies throughout the countless folders of photos that I have stored in my computer. So I just had to dig a few out and put them together here!
Chloe’s New Winter Hobby
The winter weather has kicked itself into high gear here over the past couple of weeks. We have the pleasure of living in a snow belt where we get extra snow due to the lake effect. This year Chloe has taken a particular liking to being out in the snow. Every chance she gets she […]
Flashback Friday-New Year’s Edition
For New Year’s Eve 2008 we were given the opportunity to do something different. Rochester was celebrating it’s 175th Anniversary with a big kickoff bash on New Year’s Eve. The Bach Children’s Chorus was going to be singing downtown and a special ball full of wishes was to be set on fire downtown. The chorus […]