Fall Fun

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Leaves changing color and falling off the trees.  Frost on the grass. Jack-o-lantern molding on the front porch.  It must be fall again!

Fall is one of our favorite times of year.  It brings with it a reason to make hot cocoa and wear a jacket, and it

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Thanksgiving Blessings

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One dear family of friends, offered to let us glean from their abundance of apples. Every year, we can applesauce, and free apples was a huge blessing.  My boys were very excited at the prospect of an adventurous morning in the trees. They enlisted big sister J (16) to help them reach

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Top 10 Best Things About Fall

Copyright Dawn Perkins @5Kids and a Dog

 

1. Cooler weather. I am NOT a fan of hot weather!

2. Leaves change colors. This time of year is always so pretty.

3. Apples come into season, and we can go apple picking. With apples, comes applesauce canning. We LOVE that!

4. Crisp mornings.

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Weekly Wrap-Up: Fall is Falling!

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Yes, fall is falling so quicky that I’m afraid it will be winter next week!  Our week was full of fall type activity, and some retrospection on my part too.

It’s to easy to get caught up in the academic aspects of home education.  After all, once you have homeschooled

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