‘Tis the season for all things back to school. I’m seeing LOTS of new homeschoolers around here over the last year or so (thanks to COVID) and getting lots of questions about our homeschool curriculum. We are officially into our 11th year of homeschool which means we have tried a lot of different curriculum over the years. When we first began homeschooling, I was all for the combined, boxed kits where everything arrives together in a box on your doorstep and you don’t have to do anything ...
A Morning Well Spent at Christian Way Farm {review}
There are SO many farm tours and field trip ideas out there, but which one do you choose to visit? If you're like us, we try to visit all of them (or at least want to visit all of them), so we loaded up and headed to Hopkinsville, KY earlier this week to visit Christian Way Farm. Grinding corn to feed the farm animals, rides on the lawnmower train, playing a round of mini golf together, learning about what it takes to keep up a farm, swinging at several of the playgrounds, gathering eggs ...
We Threw a Fiesta Birthday Party!
Bright colors, lots of fun, piñatas, tacos, and queso. What could be better, huh? Our little gal turned 5 last week and we had the best little fiesta party to celebrate. I figured we had to have a fiesta since taco night is her favorite night of the week. For the meal, I knew I wanted tacos (both hard and soft shell), all the fixing, rice, queso (lots and lots of it), homemade guacamole (see recipe below), chips, and a fun, fiesta drink. Her cake was made by her great aunt and was the ...
DIY Stock Tank Pool
Stock tank pools. I love seeing something so country be a hip new thing. I first saw this idea on Pinterest a few years back and thought it would be a great addition to our back yard. We live in the middle of the woods and our yard doesn't allow for a big in ground pool because of all the trees (it would take a ton of work to bring all the trees down and put a pool in), so we opted to try a stock tank pool last year and we are SO glad we did. The first thing we did after picking the stock ...
Our 2021 Summer Bucket List
It's officially summer break here! We have been finished with our school year for a few weeks now and have already made our summer bucket list. Now, we're ready to start checking things off our list. Here is what we will be up to over the next 6 weeks or so: Go campingVisit the zooCool off at Gaylord Opryland’s SoundWavesGo to a Nashville Sounds gameHave ice cream for dinner one nightVisit the Country Music Hall of FameVisit the Tennessee State MuseumGo to an outdoor concertGo to the ...
The Best Restaurant Style Queso {recipe}
Do you crave that white cheese dip like I do that all the Mexican restaurants serve? I've searched and searched for the perfect ingredients and cheeses to make this queso at home and I have found it. Just four easy ingredients and you're done. I'm telling ya, this is the BEST stuff and it's so easy to make for Taco Tuesday or just to have as a snack. *Ingredients* block of white american cheese (found in the deli section at the grocery)can of green chilis (found in the mexican food aisle ...