My boys are always drawing or writing. They use a LOT of paper with all of their little doodles. I love to encourage their creativity but sometimes we need a different way to express our creativity, like the Magic Sketch. About Magic Sketch The Magic Sketch is a flexible, LCD screen that is transparent, allowing…
Jude and Noah joined Cub Scouts a few months ago. Joe was a Boy Scout and ever since Jude learned about Boy Scouts he’s been begging to become scout. There are so many extra curricular activities that kids can participate in but we decided the benefits of scouting were the best for our boys. Joe…
Simon has recently been playing a new app geared toward preschool children and he loves it. Educational songs and interactive games is one of his favorite things to watch when he gets iPad time. We downloaded the KidloLand app for free and then got a year subscription for complete access to all of their amazing…
This past week we took an end-of-summer vacation to Charleston, SC. We visited with friends, and family and just had fun exploring the city. The boys had a great time and I think it was by far the best family vacation we’ve had in a while. Breakfast at Vintage Coffee Pool time at our Airbnb…
About once a week we will be doing drawings/paintings for our nature journals. I’m really excited about our new homeschool nature journals as it’s a great way for the kids to take the lead on what they are learning. Over the summer the boys and I have practiced painting with watercolors and copying illustrations from…
During the back-to-school season I hear a lot of parents talking about how much money they will spend on their child’s education. From public school parents discussing supply lists, private school parents talking about tuition fees and homeschool parents talking about curriculum homeschool cost… educating children can be pricey. We’ve done private school and homeschooling…
I’m raising my family in the same neighborhood where I grew up, in fact, the same exact house. With all the nostalgia that comes with raising your kids in the same house where you grew nothing draws out the soft summer memories like taking my kids to our community pool. I spent many hours at…
For the past several years Shop Local Raleigh has teamed up with local bookstore, Quail Ridge Books to coordinate a great summer activity of a local Where’s Waldo?. This past July we decided to join the Where’s Waldo fun and ventured around town searching for Waldo at local businesses. The boys had a blast searching…
My kids are really into technology. It sucks them in and stimulates their little brains. I love technology, it’s an important part of our culture. Kids learn so much just by touching a screen. But it’s also important for kids to be active and engage in physical play. So every day, we make sure to…
We finally set up a “homeschool room”. Well it’s really part homeschool, part playroom but the majority of the space is centered around learning. So we’ll call it our homeschool room. The formal living room in our house is sort of unused space for us. Initially when we moved it it was a play room…