10 Reasons We Homeschool

10 reasons why homeschooling is good and right for our kids

Homeschooling on the Homestead Collaboration Hey Y’all, we were asked by The Texas Boys to join their collaboration on why we homeschool and why homeschooling is good / right for our family. Check out the full homeschooling playlist here to see why The Texas Boys and other homesteaders homeschool their kids. There are so many reasons we chose to homeschool …

Nature’s Little Squeeze Pouch Review

Image of Nature’s Little Squeeze Pouches

Have You Considered Reusable Baby Food Pouches? Hey, Y’all, today I’m going to show you one of my new favorite baby food items. It’s the WeeSprout Double Zipper Reusable Food Pouch. Specifically, I’m going to be reviewing the 3.4 fl oz version. I’ve been using these reusable baby food pouches for a few weeks now and absolutely love them. I’ve …

Do You Wanna Build A Snowman?!

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Fun Snowman Craft for Kids! Well Folks, this week, we finally had a winter here in East Texas! It actually snowed several inches and yes, we built a snowman to celebrate! I know what you are thinking and we did follow that activity with watching Frozen while drinking vegan hot cocoa! Buddy and I also made a craft snowman to …

Feeding EDEN: A Must Read If Your Family Has Food Allergies

Feeding EDEN by Susan Weissman

My mom found a book that changed my life! After reeding Feeding EDEN, I realized I was not alone in my struggle with living everyday trying to keep my boys from eating something that could kill them or put them in the hospital. My goal every second of everyday is keeping my boys safe. Before I had my boys, I …

“O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree” Craft

Art supplies for an inexpensive christmas craft

Fun and inexpensive christmas tree craft using paint chips As we entered this holiday season, I wanted Buddy to enjoy hanging Christmas ornaments on our Christmas tree! To do this I thought what better way than to have him make his own ornament and most of the supplies were free! We went to our local Lowe’s and I let him pick …

Little Dude’s Life-Threatening Allergies

Allergie specialist

We not only have 1 child with life-threatening allergies, but two. Buddy, our oldest, is deathly allergic to dairy, eggs, peanuts, and a few minor things which cause hives such as cats and tomato plants (not the tomatoes themselves, just the plants). We have also discovered that Little Dude who is 1 is also deathly allergic to many foods and …

Halloween: Jack-o-Lantern Activity for All Ages

Fun Pumpkin Activity

You may have already seen my post It’s Pumpkin Time! A Fun Pumpkin Craft for Young Children, but since it’s the week of Halloween, I figured I’d post another easy pumpkin activity. If you’re looking for a way to entertain your child and keeps them engaged, this is right for you! Buddy worked on switching the faces for at least 30 …

It’s Pumpkin Time! A Fun Pumpkin Craft for Young Children

It's Pumpkin Time!

Fall is all about family and pumpkins! We recently visited our local pumpkin patch and had a wonderful time learning about pumpkins and picking them out to bring home! After our visit to the pumpkin patch, Buddy and I read several books about pumpkins and even learned about the pumpkin’s life cycle. One of our favorite books is It’s Pumpkin …

Homemade Laundry Detergent for Sensitive Skin

Homemade Laundry Detergent Hero Slide

My husband and boys have extremely sensitive skin. They will break out from anything, a rough tag on the back of their shirt to fabric that makes them sweat and itchy which then causes red splotches and hives. My family can’t do most laundry detergents. We have been using ECOS Free and Clear Laundry Detergent which they have not seemed to react …

Autumn Leaf Craft

Autumn Leaf Craft

Buddy, Little Dude, and I take a walk almost everyday. Some days, if the weather is nice, we take 2-3 walks. As the season started to change from Summer to Autumn, Buddy began to notice that the leaves were changing colors. We talked about how the leaves will change colors and fall off the trees as the trees get ready to …