Easy Buys Under $30: Gifts for Teen Girls
Got teen girls? How about granddaughters, nieces or Goddaughters? This is a collection of easy to access, easy to buy gifts for teen girls that will cost you $30 or less! We are doing something new this year in our house for Christmas. I am using Categorized Gift Tags to Simplify our Christmas. Each child will […]
Gaming Kids Gift Guide – Novelty Items to Excite Your Game Lover
I have a gamer in my house. From the time he was little he has always excelled at and loved gaming. However, I don’t always want to buy more video games. Instead, I have found fun novelty items, clothing, etc. that are game related for him to enjoy! This Gaming Kids Gift Guide is a […]
Ten on Ten ~ December 10th, 2010
A Ten on Ten has come around again and I would have totally forgotten if it were not for my dear friend Shana sending me a text (see below) to remind me of it! A Hello, hello! I’m sure you’re sleeping by now, but am hoping you wake up bright and early tomorrow..on Friday…the 10th […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ December 7th, 2010
[image width=”148″ height=”210″ frame=”simple” align=”left”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/simple-woman-daybook-small.jpg[/image] FOR TODAY…December 7th, 2010 A Outside my window…snow, snow and more snow. It has been snowing for 4 days straight here and we are still under a lake effect snow warning for more than another 24 hours. Winter is really here! A I am thinking…about how much I dislike winter, […]
Weekly Wrap Up ~ Never Home
A Monday: We had another museum and music lesson day. What made this one unique is that while sitting at the museum, eating lunch, I realized we had forgotten their music books and Chloe’s violin. We had to drive the 30min home and 30min back making us late for their music lesson. A Wednesday: Another […]
Things People Say….about homeschool ~ Also “The 14 Days of Homeschool”
The kids and I were at the zoo for a class on amphibians. It is for kids ages 4-6, but I sit in because Ava wants me there, Chloe wants to sit it because she likes it, and Jayden sits because he has to! Some other adults stay and some don’t. This time there was […]
Wordless (almost) Wednesday
Hello December 1st in New York! ANY CHARACTER HERE
Halloween Candy Experiments
Not sure what to do with all that Halloween candy you won’t let your kids eat? I found this fun resource for doing basic science experiments with candy! Now, what better way to use that candy you won’t eat than to put it to good learning use! So here are some photos and insights into […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ November 30th, 2010
[image width=”148″ height=”210″ frame=”simple” align=”left”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/simple-woman-daybook-small.jpg[/image] FOR TODAY…..Tuesday November 30th, 2010 ANY CHARACTER HERE Outside my window…it is pitch black, and has been for almost 2 hours. I hate the winter with it’s early darkness, and cold that bites. ANY CHARACTER HERE I am thinking…that I most certainly will explode if I can’t make this WordPress […]
Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems
Have fun creating a Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems with the FREE Printables provided here! Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems This year I really wanted to do something special with them. We have tried acrostic poems before with little success but I went for it again with Thanksgiving. It turns out that they were better equipped to write one […]
Thanksgiving Thankfuls
Today I am thankful for an opening gymnastics competition gone well. Our Victors Gymnastics teams had our first competition of this season – Judge’s Cup- and we are all so pleased with a job well done by all our girls! We had 15 individual champions; 113 medal winners in total and a second place […]
Weekly Wrap Up ~ RMSC & Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems
Monday: This week brought about another Museum/Music Lesson Monday. The RMSC was our destination this week since we have been to the Strong National Museum of Play the previous two times. The kids were excited to get to RMSC. We spent much of our time in Light Here/Light Now making a large bubble to pop, […]
Thanksgiving Thankfuls
Today I am thankful for my treadmill. Seeing as I am in this endless struggle to lose and keep weight off, the treadmill can be quite a useful tool. I have not used it all that much because I have lost the weight by greatly altering my diet instead of adding in exercise. But […]