Category: Hearts for Home Blog Hop

It’s almost time for the North Carolina State Fair, and both kids have chosen to enter items in the 4-H competitions.  We’ve spent the past few weeks hard at work on a variety of art and robotic projects, and we’ve finally delivered them to the fairgrounds.  These projects have kept us more than busy, which… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – October 12, 2016

The weather has finally changed, and it’s beautiful here in North Carolina!  I’m loving the opportunity to be outside without sweating my ears off.  We’re going to be spending as much time as possible outside this month, … That’s why I’m happy that … A Nest in the Rocks is now one of the co-hosts… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – October 5, 2016

We had our school pictures taken today.  The kids wore new clothes, but since they’ve outgrown everything from last year, they needed shoes we haven’t shopped for yet.  My Big Helper discovered that my shoes fit her, now, and she chose to wear a pair of clunky brown shoes with big heels.  I’m not sure… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – September 28, 2016

Whoo-hoo!  Last week I was stressed about the extreme heat that was continuing, but for the past three days we’ve been basking in lovely temperatures and frequent drizzles.  While the heat is expected to return, we’ve been frantically doing some baking and reading on the porch, listening to the rain. That’s why I’m happy that… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – September 21, 2016

It’s still hot here! The initial reports for this week were calling for GORGEOUS weather, so I’m especially disappointed – but hopefully it will come soon.  We’re still in hiding from the heat and finishing up our Lemoncello studies, as well as preparing our entries for the North Carolina State Fair.  The kids are very… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – September 14, 2016

We’re back in school this week, and the kids are working their way through their very first unit study without me:  Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics.  They’re busy prepping for next week’s book club, swapping off using the computer for their math lessons, for their unit study research, and generally running around, giddy, showing me their… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – September 7, 2016

It’s back to school time for us! We’re starting school in the morning, and everyone’s excited. We have our new notebooks, unit studies, and books all ready to go. We spent the past few days unpacking from a weekend trip and enjoying the last bits of summer, why I’m happy that … A Nest in… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – August 31, 2016

My Big Helper has been really busy this summer, and now that she’s home again, she’s working hard to catch up on things around here – including her bees.  We spent Friday afternoon learning from her mentor, doing hive inspections and a sugar shake test to determine the level of dangerous mites in the hives.  We’ve… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – August 24, 2017

Is this summer flying by or what?  I’m seeing lots of back-to-school pictures on Facebook, but we’re still several weeks away from that – we’re cramming as much summer fun into our last days as possible.  We spent the weekend visiting family and hiked in the Shenandoah National Forest one evening, where we saw lots… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – August 17, 2016

Last week My Big Helper went off on her very first mission trip!  She loved it and has her heart set on heading off to Haiti in the near future more than ever.  This week she’s spending a few days at 4-H workshops, so My Little Man and I are having more quality Mommy-Son time. … Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – August 10, 2016