Hi! I’m Melissa and I’m a busy mom. I spend my time teaching the kids, cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, chasing a puppy, gardening, tending to the chickens, grocery shopping, and running the kids around to their various activities. Don’t get me wrong…this is exactly how I love it! But let’s
Easter has passed and April is here, and we are ready to stride into the remainder of the schoolyear with purpose! Well, I don’t know about you, but sometimes I need a bit of prodding. And just like the book, If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, chances are that
I love spring time!!!! It’s fresh and new. The rains have washed away the old and dirty, which is great for the outside, but what about the inside of the house? It’s a good thing I also love some good old fashioned spring cleaning! I get excited little butterflies in
It has been such a fun experience to foster these cute little chicks from when they were only days old until now, when they are ready to go home! They were so timid and fragile when we got them, and they have grown robust, curious, and BIG! They are about
Do you ever look through old journals or even old calendars you kept? Recently, I stumbled upon an entry from the final week of March twelve years ago. What a blast from the past! As the young mom of a newborn and toddler, I tried to imagine what life would
After losing our precious fur-baby, Ruby, it was difficult to fathom making room for another tiny dog. We miss her daily still, and even still shed the occasional tears. She was part of our life for so long, that moving forward with her in our hearts, but not in our
Everybody needs some help sometimes, even chickens!! We all need each other, and they are no different. They need us to pay attention to them, their behaviors, their habits, and so on. There are some times when we as owners need to step in and amend what our chickens are
Look how much the foster chicks have changed recently! Their feathers are just gorgeous, with each one having different features. The chickie that used to be all yellow and fluffy is now a beautiful red rust color with bright yellow legs. The chickie that was the smallest to begin with
Reading curriculum. Books. Novels. Classics. New authors. Historical Fiction. Shakespeare. Sci-Fi. Does Captain Underpants count? What about Diary of a Wimpy Kid? Do we have to read Grapes of Wrath?? HELPPPP!!!!! If looking at this list ties your stomach in knots or brings you worry, help is on the way.
One of my favorite things to do when the kids were really young in elementary school was to put together big baskets full of “summer fun” for them to see. I would begin gathering interesting, novel, and “old favorite” items in the springtime, and display them in big baskets (one