Homeschool Summer โ˜€๏ธ School Incentive Store

Since my kiddos were less than thrilled about my Summer School plan to get caught up. I decided to up the ante on our incentives with a super-fun Summer School Store. I decided that we would make our own play money to earn and use to make purchases, Iโ€™m calling them โ€œsun coinsโ€. Iโ€™ve seen … Continue reading Homeschool Summer โ˜€๏ธ School Incentive Store

Homeschool Summer โ˜€๏ธ School

The official last day of school for our charter school was May 22. We are still running a little behind in our studies. The Camp Fire set our oldest 2 kiddos (ages 10 & 7) back by a good 6 months and we still havenโ€™t quite caught up yet. Our youngest was in Kindergarten this … Continue reading Homeschool Summer โ˜€๏ธ School

Happy Snacks – Road Trip Goodies for Kids

Our very close friends are moving to Idaho. ๐Ÿ˜ญ One of the reasons that they are such fun friends is because they are also homeschooling their three kiddos who are similar ages to our kiddos. We have had lots of fun together over the past 6 years. The past 6 months we have done a … Continue reading Happy Snacks – Road Trip Goodies for Kids

Mirror Lake – Yosemite National Park – California

We couldโ€™ve spent so much more time at Yosemite National Park. We are grateful that we were able to visit this amazing place before COVID-19 was spreading here in the US and the Shelter-in-Place directives were in effect. Yosemite is a really crowded park and I donโ€™t think it would be possible to practice social … Continue reading Mirror Lake – Yosemite National Park – California

Walk Around the Block – Sharing Happiness Rocks ๐Ÿ™‚

We had a bunch of river rocks leftover from an Ivy Kids Kit and decided to turn the rocks into smiling emoji rocks. We wanted to leave these around our neighborhood for other walkers to find. We hope that they gave a smile to anyone who found one of them! I had leftover yellow spray … Continue reading Walk Around the Block – Sharing Happiness Rocks ๐Ÿ™‚