Me to 14yr old Tyren (TEERen): You know how much I love you? Tyr: Like 7? No, 8! Me: At LEAST 12! Tyr: *giving me a hug* I love you 17!
I love you this much!
2 recent funnies from my daughter
I like to share the funny things that happen around here so I can find them again to enjoy in the future…and maybe someone will also get a laugh out of them. My husband and kids are a riot. Here’s […]
So much for that theme
So over the past week, I have been trying to get a new theme that I purchased set up here on Homeschool Realm. Some of you may have noticed the chaos. Well…it seemed like a really awesome theme and the […]
A morning in the life of this ADHD homeschool mom
I just stumbled upon this blog post that I wrote last year but never finished and published. Our mornings have changed quite a bit since I wrote this (and never finished it) but I thought it was pretty interesting so […]
How to Migrate a WordPress site manually for free using UpdraftPlus
I LOVE the UpdraftPlus plugin. LOVE. IT. And someday when I have the money I may decide I need to upgrade to a paid version. But for now, I don’t need all the bells and whistles, and I finally figured […]
Watch for falling objects!
My 18yr old daughter this morning got super angry as a package of crackers fell on her when she opened up a kitchen cupboard. Maeven: ARGH!! WHY does everything have to constantly fall on me!!! Me: Calm down, everything doesn’t […]
An Argentina craft tutorial: How to make a gaucho sombrero
This article originally published October 11, 2015 and updated on March 1, 2019. It has been one of my most visited pages on my website of all time! Not sure why, but it’s pretty exciting! Leave a comment below and […]
Why education gaps don’t concern me
CC Image courtesy of Robert S. Donovan on Flickr This article originally published July 25, 2014 and updated on February 5, 2019 Gaps in my children’s homeschool education don’t concern me. I hear homeschoolers express fear over the dreaded “gaps” in their child’s education all the time. […]
Research says to delay academics!
CC image courtesy of Leslie on Flickr This article originally published November 13, 2015 and updated on February 4, 2019 Recently articles about this Stanford research keep popping up in my news feed. It says we’re sending our kids to school too early. And that is possibly […]
So your kid doesn’t want to learn anything…
UPDATE TO THIS POST!! There’s hope!! After you read through this post (which is still very good, great info!) READ THIS ONE! This topic just came up, again, on one of the Facebook groups that I am a member of. […]