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Review and Giveaway: Tropical Traditions Raw Honey

Posted in Reviews

Tropical Traditions Raw Honey Mmmmm…. Pure, unheated, unprocessed raw honey.  The creamy honey melts in your mouth.  It spreads smoothly on bread or biscuits.  It makes a delicious snack when combined with peanut butter and shredded coconut. Most honey that you purchase in the stores has been processed and filtered. While this does have an end result of a beautiful looking honey, it unfortunately removes many of the beneficial enzymes and nutrients. Tropical Traditions organic raw honey contains all of the natural nutrients and enzymes due to their preparation techniques.  They heat the honey until just liquid enough to pour…

Our Current Penmanship Curriculum

Posted in Christian Life, and Homeschooling

Since Munchkin completed all 4 books in the Awana T&T curriculum, she will be working on the silver and gold sections in the Awana books this year.  To make things a bit easier for her, I created a workbook for the gold sections in all 4 books. Whenever possible, I like to incorporate Munchkin’s studies in one subject with her penmanship and reading.  For now, her penmanship will be based upon some requirements in her T&T books.  Each book has 4 questions that have 4 answers.  Each answer has at least 1 supporting verse.  For her penmanship, she will be…

5 Favorite Family Time Activities

Posted in Family

We love spending time together as a family.  Some of the things that we enjoy doing together as a family include: Camping and Exploring: There is something great about being away from all of the craziness of every day life.  Things seem just a little simpler when we’re camping.  We get to enjoy the great outdoors together without an interruptions.  We can enjoy the greatness of God’s creation while holding interesting conversations.  We also end up learning things from each other as we inspect the many things around us. Games: Whether we’re playing on the Wii, playing sports, or playing…

A Day in Our Homeschooling Life

Posted in Family, and Homeschooling

We’re not very big into strict schedules at our house, but we definitely have some regular routines in place that keep things moving along smoothly.  I try not to have activities during our regular school hours when possible.  I had planned on actually blogging our day today, but Munchkin woke up sick.  We’re having a sick day which means cuddling, watching some tv, and reading. Our normal routine looks a little something like this… D gets up between 5 and 6 to head to work.  After he gets up and goes to work, I go back to sleep until Munchkin…