Mom Sanity – My tiny little secret vacations!
I adore my life more than I could ever express. Amazing husband, Amazing Kids, and all healthy and happy. There is stress though, making ends meet for a large homeschooling…
Counting blessings this October
With my Fathers Cancer news a few weeks ago my head has been spinning honestly and seeing clearly has been hard. The shock and sorrow comes in…
Keeping My Kids Safe on Youtube!
If you follow my blog and social media then perhaps you recall my struggle with the littles and Youtube! You see with 4 kids here who love YouTube it can…
Back to Cyber Schooling
It was late, 1am kind of late, and my teenager was still awake. She was clearly excited and nervous and she couldn't sleep. Her eyes glittered in the dark…
DIY: Using youtube to cut long hair!
I am the Mommy to 4 beautiful kids and 2 amazing surrogate daughters. They all astound me time and again. I mention this because I need you to know I…
Attachment Parenting a Teenager – It’s ok to Panic!
I am not expert at anything.... or maybe I just am very aware that no one is perfect and there is always something new to learn. When it comes…
Homeschool Kids Have Friends!
There is a wicked and wide spread myth that homeschool kids are not social and don't have friends. I have to say time and time again that this just isn't…
The red haired homeschooler!
One of the wonderful things about homeschooling for my 14 year old daughter is that she can dress the way she wants and she can do what she likes with…
13 Year Old Reviews Book “Catch The Wind”
My dear lovely daughter wrote a review I thought I would share with you all. Catch The Wind By Tomas L Trujillo Review By: Crystal (HopePixie) I spent…
Children’s Book Review – One By Kathryn Otoshi
One by Kathryn Otoshi One is the story that I think we all know too well, a bully tries to make themselves feel bigger by making someone else feel smaller…
Myths About Broken Bones
When I was a kid my mother told me that if we broken a bone we would know it, we wouldn't be able to stop crying. As I had…
The power of books on children.
We know that there are down sides to TV time and how it effects how we think and even behave because of how it effects our brains. It is…
Homeschooling – Real Education.
While schools are narrowly focused on teaching to test, they are missing so much involved in real education. This is my oldest showing you what she loves doing. She is a…
Winter Handwork
This is not my best photo ever to say the least but I can't really go wrong when trying to capture the moods of my tween. This is my Hope…
Dec 9th — Sugar Glider Joey update!
The Joeys are growing so quickly! Where has the time gone? My oldest daughter named the boy Rain and girl River. Rain is soft, River is wild! We are now in the search…
Greener Alternatives to Wrapping Paper!
If your one of my beloved readers than you might well have guessed by the title of this post that the first thing on my list of greener items to…
Nov 27
There are few things as beautiful as seeing a child learning. How did mine however get to be so big so fast? "Children will not remember you for the material…
Nov 25
The sugar glider babies are about a month old now! The female joey is still the trouble maker of the two. She is grumpy and has even nipped us. We…
October 22nd
Fall is here and soon little cousin will be back off to Grandmas. We have really enjoyed having him here. He is a such a sweetie. I wanted to get…
October 18th
Night after night you can here the shuffle of lego pieces, it is like what I picture having racoons in the attic must be like. Sometimes it is still heard…