I received some great information just in time for Valentine’s Day. I thought I would share it here. CHOCOLATE LESSON PLANS & MORE For an in-depth lesson on chocolate, visit the Exploratorium website where you can indulge in “The Sweet Science ofChocolate“. And don’t miss Homefires’ “A Valentine’s Day Chocolate Curriculum“by Fran Wisniewski with all kinds of links to the history andscience of chocolate along with chocolate literature suggestions,movies and videos about chocolate, and some fun chocolateactivities — great for you unit-study folks! We’ve also put together lots of fun chocolate learning activities for little ones. VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS TO…
Author: Heather L
I'm proudly married to my best friend, an active duty US Marine. I'm happily taking care of our homestead and our ever growing entourage of animals. I enjoy writing, reading, cooking, crafting, diy projects, and various outdoor activities. It's all about enjoying the journey of life with my family.
The Lord is Good!
Posted in Thoughts
As many of you know, we’ll be moving in the near future. What you may not know is that we took a huge leap of faith when we decided to purchase the home in our new area. When we found out that D would be getting orders to a new location not too far from where we are now (about 2 1/2 hours away), we headed down there to look at the housing. It wasn’t exactly what we were expecting, but later, we did find a house that we really liked that was in our price range. For those of…
Frugal Friday: Valentines
Posted in Holidays, and Thrifty Ideas
This year we wanted to do something different for munchkin’s valentines for the homeschool Valentine’s Party. We had to make at least 65 valentine’s, so we needed to figure out something that would be inexpensive. We decided to use some cardstock that we had on hand (received it free from someone). I then cut out a lot of hearts from old cards and from my bulb catalog (lots of flower pictures). We ended up with hundreds of floral hearts. Munchkin then glued the hearts onto postcard size cardstock. On the back of the cardstock, I printed Happy Valentine’s Day! We…
Facing the Giants
Posted in Reviews
Tonight, we finally were able to see the movie Facing the Giants. If you’re looking for a great, inspiring, God-centered, family-friendly movie, this is the movie for you and your family. It created some great comments and discussions with our daughter as we were watching it. I wish I could write a really good review, but this is one that you just really need to see. Tissues are definitely recommended.
Make It From Scratch Contest
Posted in Homemaking
Yep, another contest. Yes, I admit that I love contests and free stuff. The prize…. Your choice; blackberry jam, peanut butter cookies or homemade vanilla coffee mix. Head over here for the rules of the contest! Drawing to be held on February 13th. My entry into the contest is homemade Calzones. These are the same Calzones that are on my meal plan for this week. I’ll post an update when we get these made. (Hopefully this weekend, as I need to make some more spaghetti sauce first. lol!)