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Look who's twelve! A full-blown middle schooler! Luckily he's not too old for these silly birthday surveys... Maybe homeschooling *does* keep kids from thinking they're too cool for things like this! 1. What is your favorite color? Green, always is and always has been, probably always will be, too. 2. What is your favorite toy? I guess Pokemon trading cards?3. What is your favorite fruit? That is a hard one... Probably grapefruit.4. What is your favorite television show? Pokemon.5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? I dunno... Probably leftover pasta or pizza.6. What is your favorite outfit? Umm I...

The end of summer means the start of making school lunches. Use these helpful ideas for packing school lunches to avoid the dread of dusting off those lunch boxes and filling them up again! There is just something about packing school lunches for kids that’s not fun. Sure, you start the school year off with creative bento box school lunch ideas and sweet, loving notes for your munchkin to read each day. But if you’re anything like me, that lasts maybe a week… if you’re lucky. Then you’re back to whipping together PB&J sandwiches (or Sunbutter and jelly sandwiches if...

July is a month on the go for my family. In the next few weeks, some or all of us will go from Minnesota to Arizona to Pennsylvania to Washington D.C., and back again. Many days on planes and in the car will add up to hours upon hours of reading, reading, and more reading. In related news, I've joined a book club. As a work-at-home, homeschooling mom, my life can feel rather insular. I have to be extra intentional about the Biblical command to "go into all the world" in order to build relationships and spread the Good News.

After a year of homeschooling my youngest son due to the pandemic, the thought of sending him back to school IN PERSON next month is so, so exciting. Not only is this exciting for me, but my son who is normally avoiding the thought of school at all costs, ha! A new sense of normalcy is emerging and we’re all ready for it.  While I know that there will be some acclimation to this new normal by getting up earlier in the morning (we have definitely NOT been getting up on a regular schedule since quarantine) and getting into the...

140: Techie Teen Anaya: App Creation Techie Teen Anaya Murray talks to us about being an app creator in this episode. Anaya’s mom was a guest on the podcast in episode 105 and shared Online Resources for Creative Writing. Anaya answers the following questions 1. What are your interests outside of tech? Music – Stax Music Academy (SMA) The book she co-authored with her mom: Bear learns to share Anaya’s author website 2. How did you get into tech? Her mom! 3. What classes have you taken? Javascript, HTML, Unity 4. What apps have you worked on? What did you...