This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and Walmart Family Mobile. All opinions are mine alone. #Save4Summer #CollectiveBias Yesterday I mentioned that we just got back from a week long vacation. My husband is a history buff and he planned our whole trip along the Natchez Trace Parkway. We started at mile 1 in Natchez, Mississippi and drove the entire 444 mile parkway, … [Read more...]
Exercise
They say it takes 21 days to form a habit. Since it's been over a month I'm hoping that means that my exercise routine has become a habit. And I've already learned lots of things. Like when you take 5+ years off from doing any form of regular exercise you have to take things slower than you might want to. As an example, I started the Couch to 5k program and this week I'm on week 3. I had to … [Read more...]
I Dip, You Dip, We Salsa Dip
Homeschool lessons don't always go according to plan. I know. You're shocked. I had this great idea for the letter D that I would go to the store and get some dino chicken nuggets that we could dip in some ketchup/mustard/fry sauce. Except the store was out of dino chicken nuggets. (I know!) I even went multiple days and to more than one store. But my plans were foiled. So in the end we skipped … [Read more...]
Homemade Biscuits with Chili and Eggs
I think we all have dishes that we are better at making than others. The ones we bring out for potlucks and parties. Personally, I make pretty amazing homemade buttermilk biscuits. I like to think it's because I'm a Texas girl. My Mom taught me how to make homemade biscuits. Her Mom (my Nana) made homemade biscuits. Her Mom made homemade biscuits. And probably further back than that. They aren't … [Read more...]
School is back in session
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...]