The other night Gracen began reading all of my old blog posts.   I sat down with her and we read through all of them together.   We had so m...

When Samantha and Gracen were younger they LOVED the American Girl dolls.   Each year for Christmas they would ask for a new doll or doll ac...

Have you ever thought, “I’ll be so happy when ____”?      I have.   In fact, I find myself having that thought quite a lot lately. I’ll ...

Kerry McDonald, author of   Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom ,   believes that "P...

This was an extra special Christmas because my oldest daughter, Samantha, turned 18 on Christmas Eve, AND she finished high school!  Next se...

Today we started our Gingerbread Unit.  I always love this unit because the kids really have a lot of fun with it! We began by reading ...

Tomorrow Sparkle the Elf will make his grand entrance in my classroom.  Most of my students do not have an Elf on the Shelf at their homes, ...