On Feeling Like a Failure
This weekend is Mother’s Day weekend, so it feels pretty ironic that I am writing a post about feeling like a failure when it comes to mothering. The timing was not planned. I admitted here right off the bat that we were struggling ever since Cece was placed in our home. Our struggles were much more with ourselves than with her but for a number of reasons the placement was not a good fit and yesterday she ended up moving on to a different foster home at our request. This was not a simple decision. It was the right decision for our family but I still feel guilty. I…
Birthday Escape Room/Scavenger Hunt & Interview – Ephraim is SEVEN!
Last week was Ephraim’s seventh birthday! Honestly, I always get a little teary on his birthday when I think about how we missed the first year and a half of his life but I’m so thankful that we’ve been able to spend the last five and a half together. Since we weren’t doing a party on his birthday (we’ll do one when we can) I wanted to make the day a little more special and so I decided he would find his gift at the end of an escape room/scavenger hunt. I made a video of his birthday but I also wanted to write out how we did the escape…
April Reading Wrap Up & Reading Vlog
I had a bit of a dry spell in my reading life for a few weeks this month but still managed to finish my TBR! Plus, I have almost finished the list of books I wanted to read in 2020 – there is only one book left! MORE BOOK-ISH LINKS THE BOOK-ISH NEWSLETTER READ YOUR BOOKSHELF CHALLENGE MY MASTER TBR FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM
Learning Through Play – A Day in the Life of Our Unschooling Homeschool
Welcome to a peek into our homeschool/life! The weather was finally warm enough that we were able to spend a lot of the day outside, I’ve been waiting for this weather for six months! I would love it if you would take a few minutes and subscribe to my channel and leave a comment on the video! RESOURCES MENTIONED heatless curls video OTHER LINKS curious about unschooling? I have a free online workshop on the topic. my monthly-ish newsletter homeschool newsletter personal instagram homeschool instagram our foster care timeline
Gluten Free Banana Bread – The Best You’ll Ever Have
This year marks seven years since Jared was diagnosed with celiac disease. The last seven years have been a learning curve but I’m thankful that gluten free food has come such a long way in the last few years! That being said, I still have troubles with baking gluten free things with the words bread or buns in them. (And I really, really miss baking gluten bread.) It always seems like anything gluten free that is bread-like just can’t compare to the gluten original. That is, until I made this banana bread. This bread knocked my socks off. If it was acceptable (and wouldn’t make me gain a ton of…
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May TBR – Using My TBR Cart & Challenge Cards
Well, this was an eventful TBR! 😉 There is lots of diversity for May and I’m so looking forward to some of these (and maybe dreading one of them)! TBR CART INTRO MY TBR CART SHELF on GoodReads in case you are interested in what is currently on there BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED Lovely Day with Holly MY BOOK-ISH NEWSLETTER 2020 READ YOUR BOOKSHELF CHALLENGE MY MASTER TBR
