Every year, I post ideas on social media to remind families about and help them to celebrate Constitution Day on September 17. But I never realized until now, that I’ve never done a blog post about it! So without further ado, here are some great ideas you can use that day, or even all week long. If you homeschool, a…
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Have you ever thought, “It’s all well and good to have awesome books and movies to use with your kids- but HOW and WHEN do busy families use them? Everyone has crazy schedules and who has kids that want to read/watch “character building” books and movies anyway? Plus, there are so many other things we want to do together.” I…
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I have an important question for you: Are you a pumpkin lover or pumpkin hater? All the time, or seasonally? Usually I’m a seasonal pumpkin lover- I especially love pumpkin muffins…but things are changing. It seems like summer has lasted an eternity. The “summer of COVID” started in March and is still going strong! Sadly, the Arizona monsoons have been…
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I decided several weeks ago to homeschool over the 2020-2021 school year. When Covid disrupted schools, and we were all waiting to see what school would look like in the fall, I decided that I didn’t want to be yanked around by every news article, gubernatorial decree or increase or decrease in the virus. I HATE being in limbo. Now,…
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Do you celebrate Pioneer Day? Are you even familiar with it? Pioneer Day is July 24, and is celebrated by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (commonly known as “Mormons’). It is the day when they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in Utah in 1847 and Brigham Young famously said, “This is the place.” This…
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