Many Little Blessings

I suspect that we are not the only homeschoolers who have found themselves in this predicament.  We’ve found ourselves there not once, but twice, during our five years of homeschooling. One of the times that it happened, I met it with great upset.  We were just barely a couple of weeks into homeschooling and then second grader Jack was already missing being at his old school.  Then came the fateful day when our neighbor (who worked at the school) told {Read More}

{A Couple of Posts From the Many Little Blessings Archives} Make Plans to Invite a Leprechaun to Your House – Start planning now for St. Patrick’s Day! 10 Ways to Get More Followers on Pinterest – I kind of wish I had mentioned in the post how many followers I had on Pinterest at the time so that I could compare it to what I have now. *If you love Pinterest, here are a couple of newer eBook suggestions for {Read More}

~ 1 ~ Last week, Eric and I decided that we should find out what all this Downton Abbey hoopla was about.  Figuring that we would watch one episode and perhaps get back to it later, we started watching at 11 pm on a Friday night. We were up watching episodes until 3 am. The following night, we again watched four hours of Downton Abbey, and then snuck in a few more hours this week.  We’re almost done with season {Read More}

A couple of years ago, we decided to try out staying at a rustic cabin in a state park just as a fun family weekend.  Before the weekend was even over, the kids were already asking if we could go again the following year.  And now, we’ve already made reservations for our third year!  This spur of the moment decision three years ago has really turned into a wonderful family tradition for us. In the years we’ve been going, we’ve {Read More}