I read a lot of books this January! (I also started a few, but didn’t finish them yet) Also, you might notice a trend in autobiographies. Becoming by Michelle Obama I really liked this book! Michelle Obama is one of my heroes, so it was really fun to read her autobiography and I really liked…
How’s My Timberdoodle Eighth Grade Curriculum Going?
If you have been reading this blog for a while, then you (probably) know that I’m homeschooled. I got a chance to review the Timberdoodle Secular Elite Eighth Grade Kit, so I wrote an unboxing post. My mom’s unboxing post is here. It is about the middle of the school year, so I’m writing…
Book Review: Tell Me
I recently read the book Tell Me by Joan Bauer. I thought it was really fun to read. It is about this girl named Anna who is really good at acting and singing. Her parents have been fighting, so they send Anna to live with her grandmother, Mim, in a town called Rosemont. Anna makes some…
100 Word Story: Harmony Forest
The green trees stood proudly in the sea of bright young grass. No human footsteps had ever crossed the path, no harsh boot prints had pressed the flowers. Only the squirrels skittered happily, gathering their nuts gratefully from the giving trees, who graced their arms down to them to let them pick enough for a…
Unicorn Cupcakes Tutorial!
My nine year old sister was having a unicorn themed birthday party, and asked for unicorn cupcakes (and I said yes). I was going to use fondant – everyone in my family loves fondant and I have a little bit of experience with it – and make one of those multi layer cakes coated in…
DIY Corkboard!
I was at a conference in August, and they had a really cool Maker Space with a giant box of corks (I think they were donated by a restaurant?) and some hot glue guns. I have wanted a corkboard for a while, so I decided to hot glue together some (well, 140 – I didn’t…
Poetry: Cello
A bow across strings, Dusty rosin dancing, Fingers flying, Shifting, Leaping, Notes on a page, Standing strong and still, Like little soldiers waiting for their turn to march, Pages flying to and fro, And the sound, Deep and high, Magical and hopeful, Sad and quiet, Joyful and loud, The perfect instrument– Cello. Well, cello is…
Timberdoodle Secular Elite Eighth Grade Unboxing!
If you have been reading this blog for a while, then you (probably) know that I’m homeschooled. I got a chance to review the Timberdoodle Secular Elite Eighth Grade Kit, so I wrote an unboxing post. Here it is! (BTW I have flipped through all of the products to see what they are like–I just…
Poetry: Crazy
Crazy Fast in circles round and round– Cuckoo cuckoo flop! Chaos galore, screaming loud!
Guest Post by Anna: Cali and the Lovedove!
Once we were taking Cali on a walk. Cali found a lovedove. Then Cali chased it. And played with it. They were friends. They played together for one hour. And they jumped onto a tree. And then Cali had to go home. But Cali was sad. So we made Cali a stuffed animal of it….