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Tuesday, October 27

Pumpkin Poem and Cheese Cake

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Pumpkins Orange, big, small Pumpkin pie cooking Seeds are good to eat Vegetable By, Kayla Ms. Butler's Class Dry Creek Element...
Sunday, October 18

Heritage Food In Our Family - Rosolje - Beet and Potato Salad

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We have so many ethnic food choices in the USA.  At any given meal, we can eat cuisine with influence from almost anywhere in the world at a...
Monday, October 5

'City Moms' Dairy Farm Tour Highlights

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Dairy farming educator extraordinaire, Linda Drendel talks about the farm. Brian J Gerloff, DVM Gracious and generous hosts, Lind...
Wednesday, September 23

Second Language Learning - Family Unit Study

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As a homeschooling mom, I kind of think of our whole life, as a family, as one big unit study. A few of the ongoing study questions for the...
Friday, September 18

Last Days of Summer

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“All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of...
Friday, August 28

Homeschooling. It Is Worth It!

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As a homeschooling mom, I can see my "teacher" days dwindling toward the end.  My children have entered into the bigger world, eac...
Tuesday, August 11

Asher at Bat - We Encourage Our Kids to Participate in Organized Youth Sports

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There is a wide range of available opportunities in our current culture for organized youth sports. There are as many sports as there are ki...
Monday, July 27

Set You Own Goals

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She was determined. My daughter's USA Gymnastics (USAG) 2014-2015 season is over. It was a good one. She succeeded in accomplishing...
Friday, June 19

I'm a 'City Mom'

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     Early this spring, I became a participant in a unique Illinois Farm Bureau program. Developed to introduce non-rural families to agricu...
Sunday, May 3

Into the World of Competition

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One of the amazing places my youngest, my beautiful and talented daughter, Adah, has led us to, is into the world of competitive gymn...
Monday, April 13

Where We've Been, Where We Are, Where We Are Going

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Homeschooling has been a part of our family's lifestyle for our entire parenting career. As with most families, we have played, worked ...