Last week we featured Aliceana's Avenger's themed bedroom makeover, today we're sharing our DIY IKEA GERBY Bookshelf Hack. Before Aliceana even knew we were surprising her with a ridiculously awesome bedroom she kept saying how much she wanted a nice bookshelf for all of her books. Our project was getting expensive fast and I didn't really want to splurge on an expensive ...
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Avenger’s themed bedroom makeover
One thing that's clear about parenting is that your children will always grow and their interests will change. For Aliceana's birthday we really wanted to make her room into her own space that she would feel comfortable in. Being homeschooled, she spends more time at home than most kiddos, and I wanted to make sure she had a place that was as relaxing as possible. AJ and I have ...
Our new favorite snack for our homeschool routine
This shop has been compensated by Chobani. All opinions are mine alone. #GimmiesFun As a homeschooling family we're home a lot of the time, and I'm always hearing a certain 6 year-old begging for snacks to get through to lunch or dinner. I'm always looking for healthy new snack options. I was super excited to hear about Chobani® Gimmies™ yogurts for kids they're new and ...
Homeschoolers Guide to Scholastic Book Club
Recently we joined the Scholastic Book Club, I'm not affiliated with the Scholastic Book Club, I just love the nostalgia it brings and it definitely takes me right back to the elementary classroom in the 90's. I think that might be where I became a frugal shopper. I can almost hear 8 year old me saying, "Look at all these books for under $3, if I get a few of those books I'll ...
Snow Day Bucket List DIY
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc., Abreva, Breathe Right, Clorox, Robitussin and Theraflu. All opinions are mine alone. #SoothesOfTheSeason #CollectiveBias It has already been pretty snowy here in Wisconsin, and we’ll probably have plenty of snow days this Winter. In fact, as I’m typing this I glanced out the window to see little snowflakes flying ...
Hands on learning with PLAYMOBIL toys
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PlayWithPlaymobil #CollectiveBias As a homeschooling family we love learning hands on, and at Aliceana's age a lot of our learning is through playing. Which is why we were so excited to head to Walmart and pick out some PLAYMOBIL toy sets. There were so many ...
The 5K run and the 6-year-old
I turn 28 in 10 days, and if you saw way back in January I made a goal, or I guess since it was January it might as well be called a resolution, to complete a 5k by my 28th birthday. Well, I did it, I completed a 5k! It didn't go according to plan, but I got through the finish line. AJ and Aliceana joined me on this 5k and we did it together as a family. It was actually a ...
Hiking at Cave Point Park | Door County, Wisconsin
We took a day trip to Door County and after we had amazing bbq at Casey's we went for a hike. It's an incredible hike on rocky cliffs that lead straight down to Lake Michigan. We took Watson with us and he had so much fun navigating the trails. The trails are full of tree roots and rocks so you have to carefully plan out each step you take. At one point Watson randomly lunged ...
1st-grade Homeschool Goal Planning Journal
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BackToSchoolGoals18 #CollectiveBias It's back to school season, but as a homeschooling family, we learn all year around. That doesn't mean we're not incredibly excited this time of year when school supplies come in every color and theme and for a steal ...
Free resources we’re using to learn Spanish while unschooling
Aliceana is almost 6 and I figured it would be the perfect age to start learning Spanish. The only problem is I don't know any Spanish aside from the words that everyone knows, uno, si, fiesta, taco, and other extremely basic vocabulary words. So I'm definitely not the best person to be learning Spanish from. So we'reworking on learning Spanish together and it's actually really ...
Our Time4Learning Schedule
Our Time4Learning schedule Let's talk about our Time4Learning schedule, if you're not aware of Time4Learning it's a complete online curriculum. The first year we did Time4Learning was 1st through 2nd grade, those grades moved extremely quickly (she completed each grade in about 3 and a half months) for Aliceana and we used block scheduling. When things started to get a little ...