American History Timeline Resources: The Young Republic & Westward Expansion
The American Revolution is ending and a new, young republic has emerged. The United States is working to establish laws and begins the period of Westward Expansion during the early 19th Century. Our previous installments of American History Timeline Resources include: Before 1630 – Pre-America where we talked a lot about explorers and ended with the […]
List of Summer Reading for Moms
I am an avid reader. Not only do I love to read, but I have worked to instill a love of reading in my children. I have participated in many books clubs over the years, both for myself and with my daughters. Even when I was in high school, summer was the time to read. […]
Sophie’s Choice ~ Post 2 ~ Holocaust
My New Year’s Resolution for 2011 was to read Sophie’s Choice by William Styron. My progress is much slower than I would like I am only 38% done). There are three main reasons for this. The first reason is simply that I am not finding the time to read. Between homeschooling the kids, keeping up […]
Book Review & Giveaway: Wright on Time Series
Since we started homeschooling our children 6 years ago, I have been on the look out for books about homeschoolers. Now I am talking about an actual fiction story, as opposed to a non-fiction resource! Well, I am happy to report that I have discovered the Wright on Time series! In this highly […]
Christmas Song Favorites & Writing Our Own!
Over the past couple of years it has come to my attention that my children like all the outlandish Christmas songs. This is not to say that we don’t love many traditional ones as well, but some of their favorites are not so traditional. Ava took a liking to I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas […]
Weekly Wrap-Up ~ Week 11: iPad Apps, Christmas Crafts & Rummy
[image width=”120″ height=”120″ frame=”simple” align=”right”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/timthumb.php_.jpg[/image] Jayden has discovered Solitaire this week. He is addicted to playing on my iPad and using the MobilityWare Solitaire App that allows you to customize your deck of cards with a personal photo! He likes the fact that if he isn’t sure if a card can be used, he […]
Thanksgiving Thankfuls ~ November 15th-29th
November 1st: I posted my first Thanksgiving Thankfuls on Facebook and this is what it said, “On this the first day of November 2011 I am thankful for the incredible authors/books/etc that we have to enjoy in print, audio, and digital format these days!” November 2nd: I am thankful for the opportunity to sleep in […]
Sophie’s Choice ~ Post 1 ~ Music & Poetry
My New Year’s Resolution for 2011 was to read Sophie’s Choice by William Styron. Needless to say I am a little late in getting to it this year! I started out very enthusiastically in January or February but did not get very far in the 6 weeks I had the book on loan from the […]
Here is New York
We recently attended the September 11th exhibit called A Global Moment: A 10-Year Remembrance at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. I was struck right off the bat with some powerful quotes they had hanging on banners at the beginning of the exhibit. One in particular struck me as odd, but only after I read […]
“The Baby”
Truth be told the one writing this story should be Joey, as this his memory to tell. Shoulda/woulda/coulda, but isn’t! 🙂 Instead, I am telling it for him! We were recently driving home from nowhere in particular and he asked me if I remembered our very first “family” outing with Chloe, the baby, after […]
Meringue Clouds
I just have to say a few words about our experience making these before I give you the recipe. First off, for those that do not know me well, I am NOT a baker or a chef! I do put a meal on the table every night and make basic cookies, cakes, etc., but I […]
Thanksgiving Thankfuls ~ November 7th-14th
November 1st: I posted my first Thanksgiving Thankfuls on Facebook and this is what it said, “On this the first day of November 2011 I am thankful for the incredible authors/books/etc that we have to enjoy in print, audio, and digital format these days!” November 2nd: I am thankful for the opportunity to […]
Weekly Wrap-Up ~ Week 9: Museum, Playground & Baking Soda
When I was looking ahead to this week (Week 9), and the following week (Week 10) I was overwhelmed. With Joey having two days off this week, and so much time out of the house, I wasn’t sure how we would fit in all the scheduled work. Much to my amazement, we are sitting […]