Erin

One week ago today, I was sitting in the study room of a library, with two text messages coming in simultaneously. One was from my oldest son letting me know about orientation for his new job starting Monday and his plans for balancing that with his final college classes/assignments this week. The other was a […]

There was a spot on the highway where, if we were heading east at just the right time, we might be able to see three trains on the three tracks running through the countryside at the same time. This happened early-ish one Saturday morning about 17 years ago as the boys and I were heading

Mmm … maple syrup. It’s a wonderful topping or ingredient and can make its way into almost any meal or snack. Pancakes, sausage, ham, ice cream sundaes – maple syrup can compliment many things. The list of things it can be an ingredient in is even larger. From baked beans and glazes to popcorn, butter

Imagine my surprise as I was wheeling my cart along in the grocery store one evening and ran into Ernie hanging out near the chicken broth.  I don’t think I’ve seen toys in this particular grocery store, let alone a lone Ernie amidst a container of Marvel superheroes. It struck me as funny. I came

A few months ago, the teenagers in our house, plus a friend, began the Film School 4 Teens course. We were all quite impressed. My daughter and to a degree, my youngest son have had some interest in short film making over the past couple of years and after looking into and having some telephone

Mid February is likely a good time to do something interesting and a bit different. Looking back on the day that was and making note of it step by step isn’t something I’ve ever done before. I’ve talked to people over the years about what our days look like and goodness knows I think about

The first home education get together that I experienced was in the Spring 2003. Spring Of 2003. 17 years ago. Wow! While it initially doesn’t sound that long ago, at further consideration, I’m realizing that it actually is! It was a get together at a park down in a valley that had a playground, some

 Things that are simply parts of our lives sometimes – often- have been the things we’ve learned the most deeply from. Over the years, we have certainly accumulated many things! We have consciously chosen some really great resources and often managed to access them for very good prices if they were companies whose items we carried.

Usborne Books at Home has more than books😊. Hundreds of products are available, including cards, trivia games and even sewing and knitting kits. And, they have some wonderful jigsaw puzzles, each accompanied by a related book. I’ve been a consultant with Usborne Books at Home, the Canadian branch of Usborne Books, for the better part

Over the past few years, some games from my childhood have resurfaced and my kids have enjoyed them. There are a lot of new games on the market that are pretty innovative and we’ve found some really fun ones such as Rollick, Speak Out and Wordsmithery. Sometimes, though, the old standards are worth revisiting. You