First year of homeschool planning is happening now! Probably for homeschoolers all over the world, but definitely here in our house. I’m surrounded by books, and at least 5 homeschool-related tabs are open in my browser–I’m so excited about this! Who am I planning for? Well, Sophia is reading well…

Raising Readers And an update on Week 4 of our summer reading program Sometimes I think I might actually be raising readers. When I begin reading aloud, they swarm like little bumblebees, jostling for their seats. When we go to the library, the librarians know us by name. I’m even…

Follow my blog with Bloglovin A Blogging Journey, in brief Once upon a time about 9 years ago, I started blogging. I was still in high school and it was just another way for me to delve into the writing world. Blogging stayed with me, though in sporadic and mainly…

Summer Reading ~ Week One Summertime and reading are synonymous in my mind. Of course when the weather gets hot, you flop down on a lounge chair and read. It’s not so different from the fall, winter, or spring, except that in the summer some libraries having reading programs. Prizes…

Name & Age: Sophia age 4 1. What is daddy’s name? Joshua Peterson? What is something daddy always says? I love you 2. What do you and daddy do together when Mommy’s gone? We play in my room 3. What makes daddy happy? Working his truck 4. How does your…

   It’s your second birthday today, Klaus! It’s both difficult to believe that you’re two, and impossible to believe that you’re only two. You’re nearly 3 feet tall, and a healthy 35 pounds, but you’re still such a snuggle-child sometimes. You’re smart and talkative, always eager to be in on…

New babies change life in a thousand different tiny ways. There are the new tiny clothes in the laundry, new pieces of furniture and baby toys that suddenly occupy most free spaces in your home, and the newly essential accessories that go missing at the most inopportune times. (Bulb suction…

Welcome back to our Kid’s Library Haul series.  This is a weekly series where I give you snappy reviews of our favorites from our weekly library haul. We read a LOT of children’s books from the library and I like to keep things positive here, so books that I thought were terrible…