I’m Glad He’s Our Second Placement
Little R2D2* has been with us for almost two weeks now and I’m so thankful he was our second placement. (*Originally I was going to call him Alfalfa here on the blog but he makes this noise that sounds just like R2D2 and the kids were adamant that his name here had to change, so R2D2, or R2 for short, it is.) Honestly, if he was our first placement I think we would have been lulled into a false sense of security and feeling like “we got this”. Our first placement was hard (for us) and now I can say it was a good thing. We’ve only been fostering for…
Homeschool Week in Review – Volume 11
One of the nice things about homeschooling is that we can follow our interests, both the kids’ and mine. Since I’ve been reading a few science fiction books this month (Skyward, Starsight and The Martian) I was feeling very space-y and decided it was officially time we learned about space! This week we just used the resources we had on hand but I have requested a number of space books from the library that will hopefully arrive shortly and we can use to dig deeper into our unit over the next few weeks. If you have any space resources you would recommend I would love to hear them!…
Skyward, The Martian, The Delusion, Historathon, Agatha Christie and More!
I read a lot of books this week, some great, some good and some not so good. BOOKS MENTIONED: Starsight The Martian Salt to the Sea Quiet Girl in a Noisy World Beartown Rebecca The Delusion OTHER LINKS: The Book-ish Newsletter 2020 Read Your Bookshelf Challenge
Books for Kids Who Like Harry Potter or Aren’t Quite Ready to Read It
I feel like the Harry Potter series is one where kids fall into one of two categories: either they love it or they aren’t allowed to read it. I’m not here to tell you whether or not you should allow your kids to ready Harry Potter but if you have a fantasy reader in your home I’m betting they’ll love some of the books on this list. That being said, I’m reading the Harry Potter series for the first time myself and plan on sharing a “Should Christian’s Let Their Kids Read Harry Potter” post in the future after I read the last book, so stay tuned if you are…
Why We Changed Our Foster Care Range of Acceptance (and what we changed it to)
While Buzz and Woody were still with us we knew we were going to change our range of acceptance for our next placement. Their social worker constantly raved about how well they were doing and how good our home was for them but the truth is, it wasn’t the best for our family. The three and a half months they were in our home wore on all four of us and our family as a whole. A lot of that we felt and were aware of and some of it we didn’t even realize until they were gone. I know God knew exactly what He was doing by putting those…
Homeschool Week in Review – Volume 10
I have been sharing a review of our homeschool week over on my homeschool blog for the last number of months but I have recently/once again been mulling over the idea of combing both my blogs into one. The reason I have kept them separate has been for “the people” – those that want to read about homeschooling can head there and those that want to read the rest can come here. But with the way life has been in the last while I think it’s time to prioritize what makes sense for our family and that is me writing on one blog instead of two. The homeschool site will…
