“The most important work you will ever do will be within the walls of your own home.” Harold B. Lee The next step in transitioning to life as a stay at home parent is creating some rhythms to your months. We celebrate everything around here. Being a stay at home parent provides my family with the […]
Creating Rhythms To Your Week as a Stay at Home Mom
Once you have your Job Description written and Daily Routine in place, I suggest creating a Weekly Rhythm. This is going to be when you choose what days of the week you want to go grocery shopping or take your child to outings outside of the home.
Reflecting on our First Year of Homeschooling…
In just a couple of days we will began our second year of homeschooling. Before we start this new year I took some time to reflect on the previous year and what worked well and what didn’t. What Worked For Us… Unit Studies We all love a theme and unit studies gave us just that; […]
Creating Rhythms to your Days as a Stay at Home Mom or Dad
When Anika was a newborn, she didn’t sleep for more than one hour long stretches. The days and nights quickly began to blend together. Days of the week were ill defined. Sundays looked no different than Wednesdays and in general time meant nothing anymore. It was disorienting. Combine this with the shock of abruptly changing […]
Creating your New Job Description as a Stay at Home Mom or Dad
The very first thing I suggest in this process of transitioning to a stay at home parent is creating a formal job description.
Minimalism should come with a warning label-Caution: May cause sudden desire to alter everything about your life
A year ago we pushed the reset button on our lives and moved back to our home state. We purchased a small house with an apartment we could rent out to pay our mortgage and began homeschooling. This move was one of the scariest things I’ve ever done, but I surrendered to it. After spending […]
Storyland, The Golden Apple Inn and Moat Mountain Mineral Site, New Hampshire 2023
We recently made the drive across Maine to Glenn, New Hampshire where we stayed at The Golden Apple Inn and visited our favorite New England theme park, Storyland. It was part of our 9 day trip by car in and around New Hampshire. Travel Day We are fully embracing big kid mode and loving the […]
My Family’s Experience with 9 Days of Travel by Car
How my family of four traveled by car for nine days in and around New Hampshire. I genuinely love New England and have zero desire to travel anywhere out of it during the summer and fall. Late Winter and early spring are entirely different story. I’d gladly erase the month of March in New England. […]
Peaks-Kenny State Park, Dover-Foxcroft Maine Camping Trip July 2023
Our second camping trip of the season brought us to Peaks-Kenny State Park in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. This is a beautiful, small 56 site campground on the shore of Sebec Lake. Setting Up our Campsite We checked in, picked up some Junior Ranger books and headed to our campsite. We stayed at site 36. It was […]
Lovely Lucid Life June 2023
Summer has arrived for us and despite persistent rain here in Maine it’s been lovely. Here’s a snapshot of what June 2023 looked like for us. Camping Our first camping trip of the season brought us to Camden Hills State Park. You can read about it here. Jake’s Last T-Ball Game Jake finished up T-Ball […]