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How to crush your next birthday party

September 1, 2014 by Julie Leave a Comment

My baby sister is really good at birthdays. Her husband celebrated his birthday over the weekend and she threw a fun swimming party Friday night. Her husband isn't a big fan of 'cake' so she made a layered cookie cake. Between each layer was homemade buttercream frosting. Clearly this cake got devoured. My Dad, ever the jokester, made my brother-in-law his very own Candy Crush game. (He … [Read more...]

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Always Seek Knowledge ASK Yarn Bomb

August 28, 2014 by Julie Leave a Comment

Back to School Always Seek Knowledge Yarn Bomb At the beginning of the year I picked a word for 2014. That word was 'shine'. To share that word I made a 'shine' yarn bomb (which you can see HERE). One of my goals that went along with my word of the year was to share more yarn art. So what better way to share our school motto for the year than with an ASK yarn bomb! ASK stands for … [Read more...]

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School is back in session

August 27, 2014 by Julie Leave a Comment

Our first week back to school and we are working on finding our groove. Oldest Twin is working on the regions of Texas and early Texas history. We've also spent a lot of time talking about all the different types of pronouns (subject, object, possessive, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite, you get the point). We started a new math curriculum. We're taking on Pre-Algebra this year. We've … [Read more...]

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Always Seek Knowledge Notebook Paper Canvas DIY

August 26, 2014 by Julie 2 Comments

Our back to school motto? Always Seek Knowledge School started yesterday. I have two big 7th graders. One is off to public school and with the other I am starting our second year of homeschooling.   Last year, since it was our first year, we started things off by picking a school name (we call our school G Academy). Then we picked our mascot (a giraffe). And we thought of lots of 'G' … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Craft Tagged With: diy, Homeschool

Get a Shot, Give a Shot: Tips for Getting Vaccines with Fewer Tears

August 25, 2014 by Julie 7 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser #GiveaShot. All opinions are mine alone. #CollectiveBias I don't know about your kids, but mine are not fans of getting their required vaccines. Okay, really they aren't fans of any kinds of shots. But I have learned a few tricks that seem to help. The first is getting to pick out a fun band-aid. If you have to have a … [Read more...]

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