Review: Rain Reign

We get a lot of mileage out of our Audible membership. The kids listen to books daily, my husband has his favorites, and I've got my audible TBR stack that's only a little more under control than my printed book pile. I love all the member features offered by Audible - they now offer a …

In Common – September 26, 2020

I keep telling myself I'm going to take a book-buying fast, but there are just so many good books out there! I do think I should declare some sort of moratorium on book buying, and take some time to work through my TBR stack. I'm sure my husband would appreciate that! I did manage to …

Habit Stacking

I recently listened to a podcast where the guest speaker was discussing habit stacking. I was so intrigued that I searched out more resources on the topic and how I could make it work for me. What it is Habit stacking is something we probably do to a certain degree without even realizing it. But …

Managing Behavior at Home – Distance Learning

We struggle with behavior issues on a good day when we have a set schedule, so you can imagine how things have regressed since schools closed and we went to distance learning. One of the reasons we ultimately decided to put our children in school this year was the need for routine and regiments. With …

Spring Terrarium – Praying Mantises

My kids wanted to collect snails this week to observe in our terrarium. The stick they chose to put in for leaves just so happened to have a mantis egg sac attached! It took less than a week for the babies to make their appearance, and we happened to be checking on the snails when …