tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71585186468400367352023-08-05T05:40:21.115-04:00The Arrowood ZooLove, Life & Homeschooling - Our Story...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.comBlogger1092125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-9395848966865648282018-09-12T13:52:00.000-04:002018-09-12T13:52:17.435-04:00Wordless Wednesday (Sept 12,2018) Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-3822954259314708742018-09-11T11:01:00.001-04:002018-09-11T11:02:00.784-04:00Our Homeschool Class Ring Obviously, when you homeschool  you want your children to have similar experiences in school as public school. High school experiences I automatically think of: PROM  & CLASS RING When I began homeschooling high school I racked my brain on how to keep our eclectic style of learning going for high school topics. Over all I believe I adjusted for our oldest very well. He Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-10378718855844673542018-09-06T14:41:00.000-04:002018-09-06T14:41:00.303-04:00Gardening Elective { highschool homeschool } Just have to take a moment to brag on Zachary. Momma's need to let their children explore their passions, this is one of those examples. I talked in a different post about letting your high schoolers find creative electives - This would be one of those electives we count. Zachary loves working outside doing anything.  We have always planted a garden but my husband hasn't been able to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-32245461510998900352018-09-03T16:14:00.001-04:002018-09-03T16:14:17.222-04:00Sugar Free Pumpkin Spice Latte {THM} My daughter loves coffee. I ran across a recipe the other day that was great but loaded with crap so I searched around some and played around with combining two of the recipes I saw and came up with this one.  We try to follow a sugar free friendly way of eating as often as possible. I've posted several times about Trim Healthy Mama and this is compliant.  This was super quick.  1 Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-7054696635635128932018-08-31T17:03:00.000-04:002018-08-31T17:03:03.165-04:00Quick Porch Redo We had thought long and hard about selling our home a few months back (actually more realistically for about a year) but decided that wasn't the best option for us. So we have been doing lots of projects just to spruce the area's that we spend a lot of time in up. My front porch being one of those areas.  I love spending the morning out there when its cooler weather because hey who wantsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-4062069657629615012018-08-30T20:53:00.000-04:002018-08-30T20:53:22.295-04:002018/2019 School Year Well Hello!! I haven't blogged in almost 2 full years. Life has been nuts but we finally have found our way to calmer times. We have fostered for the last 4 years and that took up a ton of our time as most of our children were special needs. We stopped fostering and have been finding our new way for our family these last few months. Over the next few weeks I hope to really update ourAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-86270603074985355992017-06-08T19:51:00.002-04:002017-06-08T19:51:55.029-04:00May Round Up May was a good month. We finished up so much school that only three items are not finished. Every one of the kiddos have literature to finish... I'm looking forward to a break! We normally school year round but with the kids older we have decided we will take a few months off and start back the first of August. This school year has been a struggle so we are all ready for SUMMER. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-86340393847637374312017-04-29T16:21:00.003-04:002017-05-02T16:56:11.722-04:00April Wrap Up We are wrapping some schooling up early! Makes me happy - it's a sweet reward for hard work through the winter. My dad came in from Ohio for a few days and guess what... We followed him back!! We made a short 3 day trip to spend time with my mom and dad since they can't ever come together. We had horrible weather but during a small break in it I allowed Kyle to drive.  Our Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-56501029747250316322017-04-29T16:06:00.002-04:002017-04-29T16:24:44.566-04:00March Round Up Hello March!  I love Spring and I am so happy this month is finally here. My daughter hates math and I just had to show this to her when I found it!  Some new curriculum for us. Zachary is moving on to All About Spelling 3. Alexis is almost finished with her second Life of Fred book for the year and we thought we would try Charlotte Mason's approach to math! Friends are Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-55128310796000431802017-03-01T07:00:00.000-05:002017-03-01T07:00:32.536-05:00February Round Up February has been a very hard month, good thing January was good. Each child has been gone on a trip at different times for a week each. Alexis went to Memphis with her friend that is fighting cancer and was getting treatments. Kyle left with my parents to Ohio and Zachary did the same on a different week.  Y'all know my ocd/planner self has had a major issues with not being on a routineAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-3263691018050274112017-02-28T18:41:00.000-05:002017-02-28T18:43:41.926-05:00January Round Up January was a crazy great month! Super slow pace for my family and we enjoyed every moment of it.  Zachary and I both had birthdays and loved celebrating them. Snow! I hate that white stuff but did enjoy getting to see it for a few days. January we did a lot of home improvements. One was painting the bottom of my kitchen cabinets. I was tired of having to constantly clean theAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-29789160133582017942017-01-06T10:30:00.000-05:002017-01-06T10:30:00.554-05:00Weekly Wrap Up 19 This is the first week of school since the second week of December. So obviously you know that means it was rough! LOL... The older they get the less rough it actually is and I've come to a conclusion that it is mostly me that has a harder time adjusting back into things... but we will not speak of that again.  Lexi was very glad to be home and I believe Calvin was happy too!  Dad Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-64587405478772973772016-12-29T15:36:00.000-05:002016-12-29T15:36:07.405-05:00Christmas Cross Country Trip 2016 We have wanted for years to take a trip during Christmas. For years we just didn't have the availability but this year with no foster children and my family moving we decided it was totally time to seize the day and go! Actually we seized 13 days!  We headed out from NC to cross the country. Our main stay was in Phoenix, AZ we had rented a condo for the week there. It was a wonderful place toAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-7153928014443974242016-12-09T08:00:00.000-05:002016-12-09T08:00:04.399-05:00Weekly Wrap Up 15 We had our trip to Ohio last week and got back home Sunday evening. I was determined to have some what of a routine for this week and honestly we did really good. We have a very odd schedule the rest of the month which will mean little to no schooling - BREAK TIME! Hubby bought me the cutest shirt!! I love and decorate with mason jars everywhere so it was only fitting. Simply put - Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-43371293715625978382016-12-08T16:57:00.002-05:002016-12-08T16:57:54.638-05:00Trip to Ohio A few months ago my parents and brother moved to Ohio. We had been trying to find a time to get there to visit before they started getting really bad weather, as luck would have it - we worked out a time and was able to surprise at least one of my parents with our arrival!!  The trip was super long going - almost 10 and a half hours between stopping and the awful rain!  Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-57824271521259728692016-12-01T08:30:00.000-05:002016-12-01T08:30:32.458-05:00Homesteading - Why Backyard Chickens? My family got started with chickens many years ago when we moved into a home where my brother was moving from and my dad and him had some chickens that was going to stay in the chicken house there on the land. We didn't know anything about them and I was not looking for something else to feed or clean up after! Little did I know how much we would grow to love raising and having chickens.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-67380545375631858722016-11-28T07:00:00.000-05:002016-11-28T07:00:22.190-05:00First Half of the School Year Wrapped Up... I can't believe in just a few weeks we will be half way through our schooling year. For us we only have about 2 weeks left of school for the year then the new year is a different story! This school year has been very different for a few reasons - Hubby/Daddy is home more - a lot more and that throws the kids into a whole nother world... - No more fostering for our family so we have aAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-72962595125032599912016-11-25T10:02:00.001-05:002016-11-25T10:07:36.774-05:00Black Friday Savings & Sales! We love Bright Ideas Press. We have enjoyed Christian Kids Explore and Mystery of History. Currently we are on volume 3 of Mystery of History and actually completed all Christian Kids Explore! Years and Years worth of money saving right here! I have to admit when I first bought this several years ago I was thinking we wouldn't use it ---- WRONG. Going on year 6 and we actually still use Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-30194467681216133702016-11-24T08:00:00.000-05:002016-11-24T08:00:16.822-05:00Happy Thanksgiving 2016 Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-26153034557759054522016-11-23T08:05:00.001-05:002016-11-23T08:05:43.575-05:00Wordless Wednesday Week 13 Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-63591614185904009382016-11-17T08:00:00.000-05:002016-11-17T08:00:33.962-05:00Our New Farmhouse Table & Benches (We Built It) I've been asking for a table for a few years that was old and farmhouse looking. A few months ago I brought it back up and my wonderful husband politely let me know I had never gave him plans but I did sit him down to Pinterest several times so he knew what I wanted. Long story short I sold my dining table to get the ball rolling and I didn't care if we had to sit on the floor to eat I was Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-41881603979580971902016-11-15T06:30:00.000-05:002016-11-15T16:50:57.647-05:00Wordless Wednesday Week 12 Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-35246263872092477302016-11-10T08:00:00.000-05:002016-11-10T08:00:06.274-05:00Nightstand Redo Can you tell that I have a love of flipping furniture? Well I do. I love nothing more than to take a great wooden piece and update it to be used in any room. This table was bought for a small fee of $5 then I used what I already had on hand to give it some love. My mom's new home was her destination. The table turned out great. My mom loved it and it arrived in Ohio safely Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-49879898729256647462016-11-09T09:22:00.002-05:002016-11-09T09:22:39.007-05:00Wordless Wednesday Week 11 Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13073183049907567533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158518646840036735.post-57765797296704465852016-11-08T08:00:00.000-05:002016-11-08T08:00:26.817-05:00Cake Decorating Lexi had been taking cake decorating classes from our homeschool coop for the last 5 weeks and here are some of her creations that I actually captured before we ate it all. She has really enjoyed learning some techniques and has been making us at least one item a week. I love that she has found a new hobby for herself. 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