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This week was a doozy. I had a self imposed deadline to get my new product line in the store. This meant: Finishing the crafts Taking pictures Taking promotional videos Sitting down for a Facebook Live video Promoting the video on social media And so …
Too often, I try to control Roo’s creativity. I give her a paint brush and paint and tell her to have fun. Then I start with the “Nos.” “No, don’t mix the colors, you’ll make a muddy color.” “No, spread the paint all over, don’t …
If you are reading this, chances are you follow me on Facebook and/or Instagram. Which means you have probably seen me try several different creative projects. Homeschooling blogs, Etsy shops, custom costumes, baby mobiles, cupcakes… the list goes on. But none of them stick long. …
It’s here! Almost. Halloween weekend and all its activities has arrived. The actual day looks to be cold and raining… So we’ve been stuffing in as much fun as we can into this cold weekend. We went to a local pumpkin patch. Painted paper plates …
Halloween is drawing closer, And Roo couldn’t be happier. She is really getting into the holiday this year and gets excited when she spots anything Halloween related. Especially bats. Skeletons not so much though. We even watched Nightmare Before Christmas a few nights ago. I …
Our letter this week was F and we are continuing our work on counting to 3, the color blue, and squares. I was worried about Roo confusing the letter E with F since they are so similar. (We are only doing capitals this year) She …
Roo did so much better this week, or maybe I did. Probably both. She had to be reminded to stay on task often and if she felt my attention was elsewhere, she’d wander more. But over all the tantrums, the bossing, the attitude, all of …
This week was a doozy. If you read mylast blog (or know me well) you know I struggle with anxiety and depression. I talked about how my need to control things lead to anxiety and when I felt out of control, I would get depressed. …
So this week we began the letter C and I used Pinterestideas plus some of my own for activities this week. We dipped the pompoms in glue before placing them around the C and I added the googly eyes and antenna later. Sensory bin again, …
One of the reasons I chose to start Roo with home school preschool is because I wanted her to have the freedom to have “just not feeling it” days. Not to force her to go to school while she cries for me not to leave …