Nakita Baby

This week entire week we have been housed up at our annual waterpark gathering in Sandusky, Ohio. For the past three years we have become annual UWG’rs and each year has been even better than the last. Our first year here it was so easy for our slightly reserved family to fly just under the …

The Homeschool Youth Soccer League that I have been attempting to get off the ground had a parents meeting this evening. I really wanted to get all parents who could volunteer their time to help get this league going to meet face-to-face to really hash out the details and get people in on my vision …

AJCW had an amazing first day of Art, Science, Sign Language, Ancient World History, French and Tween Club. It was wonderful to see these families drive out as far south as Berwyn and as far north as Gurnee to participate in our collective. To see this idea launch and such amazing, warm and diverse homeschooling …

Hitting the road from Moriarty we are not all that far away from Roswell. We love these short rides and relish in the stopping when needed. However this time we are off the beaten path to get down to Roswell and there’s not much on this lil’ highway that we’re on. We vere off of …

So we are headed out on new year’s day and seems to be a good choice in terms of beating some holiday traffic. I noticed coming into town that the highway going out was jam-packed going out in the middle of the day. Made me nervous that going out could start off rouhg and make …

These are more LA adventures that did not fit into the last post : )

Our week in CA was quite eventful. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing P and J’s home and seeing parts of where they live. We got to enjoy several of the sites including a couple parks, La Brea Tar Pits, Santa Monica beach, Kids Space Museum, Hollywood!, Disneyland and the zoo! And believe it or not, we …

So we’ve made it to Vegas and gained ourselves another hour in they day by doing so. Since they slept so awesomely in the car on the way there I follow through with my end of the bargain by taking them for a midnight (well 10:30p) swim. They get all funny-duddy when we walk in …

So you just knew there had to be an end to the honeymoon phase of the trip, right? Fortunately this one was short and…. well not-so-sweet, but sweet that it was super short. It hit us right around the time we say the Dahlia Street sign. We were headed into Denver city limits and K …

It had been decided quite some time ago that we were going to make some holiday changes this year. We were certain that we wanted to do something new for Christmas and try to start a new tradition that had more meaning to our family. It was not long after we had come to that …

We had so much fun participating in the Winter Fest at EHS today. It’s so lovely being a part of such a welcoming community each supporting each and the children so whole-heartedly. It was a joy to watch the construction of the mitten tree and the adding of the wealth of donations by all of …

This month I attend a homeschool parents meeting where the topic was about how to handle/get through the holidays. What to do in the winter, and anything related to that. The group that showed that evening was really quite small, and the topic really ended up gearing towards the holiday season and what each of …

As if Thursdays couldn’t get any better…. they just did! Not only are we adding a fantabulous new playgroup to the mix, but you can pay with PAYPAL for Little’s Art Class, Teeny Tiny Minatures, Science, Tween Club, AND the Under-Tween Playgroup!!! Check it all out now! I am super excited for this new year’s …

It’s funny to me how life can fly right by you with a flash of light, with a blurry trail behind. I am so glad that I have the bit OCD habit of taking lots and lots of photos. I sometimes feel like maybe I should be less ‘in-your-face’ with the camera, but after an evening …

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Yep… that’s my new word. I have this new mantra for the weeks ahead, “It’s an adventure! (Not a suicide mission.)” SBJ is unable to trek with us to the west coast, and anxiety about just how far we will be able to travel is building on me. Well…. it WAS building on me. I …