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New Blog Button and We’re on the Fence!

August 11, 2012 By Thaleia 2 Comments

Just wanted to make a quick announcement that I’m still playing with my blog button! Cannot decide exactly what I want it to look like. Can you help me out?
Here’s the choices:
1. Pink Flower with Pink Text

2. Purple Flower with White Text

3. Yellow Flower with Pink Text

If you have flower and text color combo suggestions, please, please, please tweet or facebook me! Would love opinions from those who have been around the blogosphere awhile.

Please comment on your favorite one:)

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Flowers of Wonder

August 11, 2012 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

Have been taking pictures of gorgeous flowers that we grow or that were found at a local nature park. Wanted to share these with other’s. I will apologize upfront that I only have a camera phone as my sanyo eats batteries and my sis hasn’t leant me her spare, yet! Keep your fingers crossed that I get a better one soon as I get the photography bug:)
So glad God has given me the sight to see, the steady hand to take pictures, and the time to stop and snap a picture!

Please pin or share as you like. Comments are always welcomed!

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10 Helpful Resources for Prairie Primer/Little House on the Prairie Studies

August 9, 2012 By Thaleia 7 Comments

Well, I belong to a group online that has tons of awesome resources (it’s Prairie Primer Pluses yahoo group) and I belong to another group Prairie Primer Homeschool Support on Facebook.

So on to my FREE Little House on the Prairie and Prairie Primer resources

1. Lapbooking- Literature based for all LHP books, Grey Wolf, Horses

2. Notebooking- Practical Pages: Big Woods Notebook,

3. Unit Studies- Homeschoolingon a Shoestring, Easy Fun School, The Home School Mom, Pioneer Unit Study, Pioneer and Native Americans, Bee Unit Study, Bears, Cow Facts, Owls, Westward Expansion, Wolves, Apples, Midwest States:corn belt/sodhouse/tornado alley, Pony Express/GoldRush/Railroad, Plains Tribes

4. Online Video resources- Early Americans, Fun with History

5. Reports- Animal Science Unit,

6. Pinterest- my Little House/Pioneer/Prairie Primer board

7. Recipes- loads found on Prairie Primer Pluses yahoo group, LHP Official Book site, Pioneer and Log Cabin recipes, Heritage Recipes

8. Music/Games- Pioneer Games,

9. Famous People– Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Fanny Crosby, Noah Webster

10. Blogs using LHP or PP- A Plain and Simple Homeschool, The Crafty Crow, School At Home, We Love Prairie Primer

How about a FREE and Frugal Homeschool Planner to help plan your use of LHP or PP?

Free Printable Calendar to highlight days of Co-op or fieldtrips- got that too:)

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Maximize my mornings: waking up!

August 6, 2012 By Thaleia 1 Comment

I am a planner and goal setter by nature but usually have trouble following through. My goals are lofty and well intentioned, but often come crashing down due to lack of habit. I’ve been floundering with the whole “get up early” and get my day started for a LONG while. Not sure how it happened. Maybe it was the birth of a 3rd child and our new homeschooling endeavor. Whatever it was now is the time to redeciate the mornings to the LORD and not allow my life to slip by without meaning or purpose!

I often find myself sitting down at the PC in the mornings just getting ready to “do something” when my toddler comes running in wanting mommy. While I love holding him and snuggling he is now big enough to wiggle his toes on the keyboard or grad the mouse and make a mess of mommies work:) This tends to make me feel frustrated or irritated that I didn’t get up early enough to accomplish anything without interruption.

I need to get more sleep, better sleep. I need to get to sleep roughly the same time each night and/or take a short nap in the day if our days are long. I need to get children to bed at decent times per their circadian rhythms. (I’ve got two early-birds and 1 night owl. The night owl get lots of ideas between 8:30pm and 11pm.) I need to express to my husband how he can help with bedtime routine even when he works till 9pm, which will allow for me to wrap up my day and plan for tomorrow.

I believe making a list of what needs to be done so the important gets taken care of and not sidetracked by an “urgent” whim. I believe meal planning, Bible reading/listening and school scheduling will take our family life to the next level. One of peace. One of consistency. One of simple expectation.

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