It didn’t matter how many times they wiped her out, Ana Lia wanted to ride the big waves the most.
Category: Mommyhood
Book Review: Parenting from the Inside Out by Siegel and Hartzell
This book is by the same author as The Whole Brained Child. The book discusses the ways in which working through our past will help us be better parents.
Mantras To Get Me Through Each Day (With Relationships in Tact)
Days can seem overwhelming, but it can be the little changes we make that allow us to get through them with a little more joy and a little less annoyance.
“But What About Socialization?” A Detailed Answer to a Common Question
As we get further into our homeschooling journey, I get the socialization question more and more often. Here is an opportunity to answer it fully.
The Life Changing Aspects of Bicycles
As a family, we had talked about getting bikes for years. The decision to do so brought so many benefits to our family.
Consider Others Higher than Yourself in Marriage
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
Philippians 2:3-4 New Living Translation
Second Grade Curriculum Review
I use the same curricula with Ana Lia and Eliam, adjusting it up or down as needed. This is how our chosen curricula worked out for what we call our second grade year.
Hold Sacred the Opportunity to Apologize
Recently a friend of mine started working through a difficult grief journey, and she sent me an episode from The Place We Find Ourselves that she thought would help the process. I was happy to listen to it to help her, but as the episode progressed, I was deeply impacted and remember thinking, “I was…
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D. et al
This book provides excellent explanations at to why it’s important to be the compass for our children rather than allow their peers to become the compass, but it is not an easy book to read. The best parts come in the last six chapters.
Book Review: Better Late Than Early by Dorothy and Raymond Moore
Despite this being recommended by multiple homeschool moms, I strongly disliked it. It was a difficult read with more to disagree with than support.