Living Loving Learning As We Go

(Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. For more information, please see Disclosure Policy.) Dinosaurs, dinosaurs, dinosaurs! Dinosaurs everywhere! In case you haven’t heard, the highly anticipated movie, Jurassic World, was released recently. 🙂 Everyone and their grandmother seems to be excited to go to see it. We weren’t able to […]

(Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. For more information, please see Disclosure Policy.) Supplies: Magic Tree House Book Pirates Past Noon and MTH Fact Tracker: Pirates- A Nonfiction Companion to Pirates Past Noon (I try to get books from the library whenever possible, but they don’t always have everything) Backpack […]

I don’t know about you, but I am definitely ready for summer! This year seems to have really taken it out of me. Between moving back stateside from Germany to Montana, the packing and unpacking, getting settled into a new normal, helping my dad move, and still trying to homeschool […]

(Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. For more information, please see Disclosure Policy.) Supplies: Magic Tree House  Mummies in the Morning book and Magic Tree House Research Guide: Mummies and Pyramids- A Nonfiction Companion to Mummies in the Morning (I try to get books from the library whenever possible, but […]

(Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. For more information, please see Disclosure Policy.) Supplies: Magic Tree House The Knight at Dawn and Magic Tree House Research Guide #2: Knights and Castles- A Nonfiction Companion to The Knight at Dawn (I try to get books from the library whenever possible, but […]

(Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see Disclosure Policy.) Supplies: Magic Tree House Book Dinosaurs Before Dark and Magic Tree House Research Guide #1: Dinosaurs- A Nonfiction Companion to Dinosaurs Before Dark (I try to get books from the library whenever possible, but they don’t […]

(Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see Disclosure Policy.) At some point in the last few years we hit a point where Barbie was out and Monster High was in. Now almost any parent of little girls can attest to the sheer amount of stuff […]

One year ago today, my kids and I were sitting in a gym on a small Army post in Vilseck, Germany awaiting the arrival of our soldier. He was returning from his 4th combat tour and we were elated that he was really coming home to us again. There is […]

Weekends around here usually involve a homemade breakfast. Well, that tends to be a bit difficult when you wake up to no electricity and you have an electric stove. (Disclaimer- This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see Disclosure Policy.) My husband decided that he was making […]

This past weekend, we had the opportunity to attend the 2015 Scout Show in Billings for our new Tiger Cub Scout. After years of him tagging along to so many of his older sister’s Girl Scout events, it was nice for him to start to have his own scouting things […]

  My family loves theme parks. I mean REALLY LOVES! From big amusement parks with huge crazy roller coasters to little play parks without rides, but plenty to climb on. We’ve been to Six Flags (a couple of them), Disneyland, Legoland (California and Germany), various Fairytale Lands, and more. Recently, […]

I don’t know about where you are, but winter is coming on here. There is a bitter cold sneaking in and that always makes me want comfort food. Every family has their favorites. Their stand-by’s. The go-to foods that everyone will eat with no complaints and most likely want seconds. […]

Our 1st grade curriculum is just about as eclectic as Miss S’ 7th grade one. We like to go with what works and how they learn for different subjects. (Disclaimer- This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see Disclosure Policy.) Math– All-in-One Homeschool Math 1: Cap’n C […]

As with every kid, Skye has certain things that work for her and certain things that don’t. This often results in an eclectic curriculum based on her needs and interests. (For the record, I do the same thing for Caleb) Planning for 7th grade this year was a new daunting […]

Day 12~ Disembark Civitavecchia & Wrap-up Our last morning on board was another bittersweet kind of feeling. We had such an amazing trip and were sad it had come to an end. After breakfast, we did one more last check of the cabin, making sure nothing was left behind, collected […]