Summer was a busy one for us this year, and though we are still busier than I would like this autumn, I feel the shift of slowing down again. Winter is around the corner here in NW Montana, and I feel my annual hibernation closing in. We have snow in the forecast, so we have been busy preparing our ...
Wind in the Willows Book Club Party
I am so excited to be back with sharing my book club parties! This school year, I started teaching a book club class at my local homeschool co-op, and we had our first book club party the end of September. The parties are similar to what I have shared in the past when I ran my local Wild+Free book ...
An Autumn Sunday Swap
I recently hosted my first "Sunday Swap", a trend I can finally get behind! If you haven't seen the wave of market swaps on social media, let me give you a quick explanation... each guest brings a certain number of the same homemade item and then everyone goes home with that many different items. ...
8th Grade Homeschool- Curriculum Picks 2026/2027
I can hardly believe we start school back up in just a couple of weeks! It feels like the school year just ended- where did summer go?? I have been meaning to share our curriculum picks for 8th grade homeschooling for awhile now. But I have been too busy enjoying a Montana summer. All of 7th ...
7th Grade Year end Review- Homeschool 2025/2026
I have been meaning to write this post since June, but it has been a very busy Summer! I wanted to share what worked and didn't work for 7th grade. It was a very trying year with many huge life changes again. We moved from Virginia back to Montana October 1st 2025, into a tiny rental house. Then we ...
A Hot Wheels Birthday Party
Last month we celebrated my two youngest with a joint hot wheels birthday party, per their request. They turned 3 and 5, and are both obsessed with all things Hot Wheels and race cars. It was fun putting this one together! It was a hot day, but I think everyone enjoyed themselves. If you have a race ...