This week the girls took their turn at Stealing Magic, the second book in The Sixty-Eight Rooms series by Marianne Malone. While the boys read this book last week, the girls took a very different approach to it. After discussing the story, we moved right into painting. Jack and Ruthie traveled to Paris in 1837… Continue reading Book Club, Girls’ Edition: “Stealing Magic”
“Mermaid Moon” by Colleen Coble
Mallory’s mother died fifteen years ago. But her father’s last words on the phone were unmistakable: “Find . . . mother.” Shame and confusion have kept Mallory Davis from her home for the last fifteen years, but when her dad mysteriously dies on his mail boat route, she doesn’t have any choice but to go… Continue reading “Mermaid Moon” by Colleen Coble
Foreign Languages for Kids Review: January
I continue to be amazed at my kids’ enthusiasm for Spanish after only a few months of using Foreign Languages for Kids. We took a break from our traditional schoolwork throughout most of December, but that didn’t stop My Little Man from using his new Spanish vocabulary all month long. We often heard him shouting,… Continue reading Foreign Languages for Kids Review: January
Hearts for Home Blog Hop – January 14, 2016
A Nest in the Rocks is now one of the co-hosts for the weekly Hearts for Home Blog link-up, which means that every Thursday you’ll find lots of great tips, recipes, and other family-friendly ideas listed throughout this post. If you’re a blogger, we’d love to have you link up your posts and join us.… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – January 14, 2016
Book Club, Boys’ Edition: “Stealing Magic”
I was really excited about this month’s book pick. I love when the kids love a particular book enough to request the next in the series, and that’s how we ended up reading Stealing Magic. The second in The Sixty-Eight Rooms series by Marianne Malone, this story continues Ruthie and Jack’s adventures in… Continue reading Book Club, Boys’ Edition: “Stealing Magic”
Hearts for Home Blog Hop – January 6, 2016
A Nest in the Rocks is now one of the co-hosts for the weekly Hearts for Home Blog link-up, which means that every Thursday you’ll find lots of great tips, recipes, and other family-friendly ideas listed throughout this post. If you’re a blogger, we’d love to have you link up your posts and join us.… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – January 6, 2016
What Pro-Life Really Means | Evangelicals for Life
Even if you’re not heading to Washington, D.C., January 21–22 for the March for Life event, block out some time those two days because you’ll be able to attend some of the events in the comfort of your own home. Focus on the Family and The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission will host Evangelicals for Life,… Continue reading What Pro-Life Really Means | Evangelicals for Life
“At Love’s Bidding” by Regina Jennings
After helping her grandfather at their Boston auction house, Miranda Wimplegate discovers she’s accidentally sold a powerful family’s prized portrait to an anonymous bidder. Desperate to appease the people who could ruin them forever, they track it to the Missouri Ozarks and make an outlandish offer to buy the local auction house and all its… Continue reading “At Love’s Bidding” by Regina Jennings
“The Wedding Chapel” by Rachel Hauck
For sixty years, a wedding chapel sat silent, waiting for love. But times have changed and the hour has come when it just might be too late. Retired hall-of-fame football coach Jimmy “Coach” Westbrook never imagined anything would come of his labor of love—the wedding chapel he built for Collette Greer, the woman he fell… Continue reading “The Wedding Chapel” by Rachel Hauck
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from our Nest to yours! We’ll be spending time together as a family over the next week or so, but we’ll be back soon with fun ideas, books, field trips, and recipes. Until then, we wish you the merriest of Christmases.
