We are less than 2 weeks away from the Solar Eclipse and our family can't wait. With it being a once in a lifetime thing, we're turning it into a party and doing some learning along with it. Here are 15 fun things to prepare for your Solar Eclipse party or to use with your kids leading up to the big day. Solar Eclipse craft from Books and Giggles Coffee Filter Solar Eclipse Craft from Look We're Learning Solar Eclipse Viewing Guide from Our Everyday Chaos Solar Eclipse Books for ...
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Why You Should Spend Money on Family Vacations
Family Vacations - it's something we believe is so important. I read a study the other day that summed up how we feel about family vacations. Recent research show that family trips have a profound and lasting impact on kids' overall happiness and well-being. It states that spending time in a new location is so very important for a child's brain growth. Seeing to new places or doing a new activity helps develop parts of the brain that are associated with everything from ...
Our 2017/2018 Homeschool Curriculum Choice
It was our first day today. Our first day of the '17/'18 school year. I have mixed emotions this year about starting back. I was excited to begin because we had been on break since the end of April and getting back in routine was needed for all of us, but on the other hand, I wasn't so ready as I usually am. Probably because I see time ticking way too fast for my liking and officially have a middle schooler now is hard for me to digest sometimes. I just can't believe it, still. So, we officially ...
Friday Favorites: July Edition
It's Friday, already? It's time for another round of Friday Favorites. $5 off your first order at Social Print Studio. We LOVE to print our Instagram images in the 4X4 square format. We use Social Print Studio for that and all our photo printing needs. The quality is amazing, the turnaround time is perfect, and we haven't found 1 thing that we don't like about using this service. We display our Instagram photos just like this Try it out! Just use THIS LINK and the code: ...
Weekend Mammoth Cave Camping Trip {review}
Jellystone Mammoth Cave Campground: We recently took a trip to Mammoth Cave and wanted to go camping. There is camping inside the National Park, but there isn't water or electric, both of which we usually need to have because, well, we just like to camp that way. (I am not a fan of "roughing" it that much). I had heard Jellystone Mammoth Cave Campground was close to the park and decided to give it a try. We booked our campsite a few months in advance to make sure we had a great spot. Our ...
DIY Backyard Game: Tic Tac Toe
We do lots of entertaining, so when I came across this DIY Backyard Game from Brittany Young, I knew it would be the perfect thing to have on hand. In fact, we had 60 people from our church over this past weekend and it was so fun to see both the adults and kids playing. Supplies: Wooden X and O's (Wooden Letter "X" ; Wooden Letter "O") Painters Tape Scissors Rope Paint How To: Gather your supplies and use the painters tape to create your own design. We went with a ...
Legoland Florida Review & Tips for Your Visit
Our family visited LEGOLAND Florida in April of 2017. We have three boys so we are considered a Lego family, I guess you would say. They love building and watching all the movies. My husbands family is from central Florida, so we knew the next time we went to visit, we had to make a stop at LEGOLAND. For Christmas this past year, that was the boys gift from us — a visit to LEGOLAND and a stay at the hotel. This theme park and hotel is in Water Haven, Florida, about 45 minutes from ...
Friday Favorites {and a giveaway}
Friday Favorites. The weekend is here and Friday has so many things that I love. I'd love for you to enter the giveaway below and also let me know what some of your Friday Favorites are. So much good has happened over the past couple of weeks. We sure do cherish our homeschool year and love having our kids at home to homeschool, but there's something so sweet about summer break. 2 weeks ago, we began our break and headed to Florida to surprise my husbands 90 year old Grandfather for his ...