I have now been homeschooling for over 5 years. We have done various things over the years to incentivize good behavior in the classroom, kindness, and respect. This last year we started the best school reward system: Punchcards. It has been THE MOST successful tool, I am so happy we have done it. It's simple and doable- which you know is a must for me. Let me explain how it[...]
Imagine if you will:a little red-headed girl… lover extraordinaire of all things fruit… sitting at the kitchen counter. I'm dipping fruit, to my heart’s content, into a heavenly mixture of cream cheese, marshmallow creme, and my Mom’s homemade strawberry jam. This is Nana’s Easy Fruit Dip!! This easy fruit dip has been around as long as I have and is absolutely the easiest[...]
I just made this super easy Avocado Corn Salad for my sister’s 40th birthday party! A total hit with everyone and so fresh! Tim says it might even be better than homemade guacamole…which is saying a lot for him! The ingredients are all healthy and gorgeous colors: fresh corn, grape, cherry, or pear tomatoes, and avocado (the more the merrier!). Adding the lime juice makes it re[...]
I've been making this easy summer salad for awhile now and it's almost too easy to share, but I am going to because I think you will love it. It's the perfect salad as a side to a great meal, or just for a simple healthy lunch at home. It comes together pretty quickly, it doesn't need time to marinate (although you can do that also), and it's fresh. Bonus if you can use some pr[...]
Sometimes a 'refresh' is all you need. In life, in a day, and maybe even in your house. So after 10 years of the same furniture we decided to do a master bedroom refresh for Tim and I. Once we saw the amazing job our designer did in Lucy's nursery (see that blog post here), we knew we wanted her to re-design our master bedroom as well. She made it better than we could have imagine[...]
Favorite dinner alert! We love, love, love making Wood-fired Pizza with a large crowd or just our family. It’s easy, a bit messy, and super delicious. I’ll walk you through the steps and hopefully you will get an opportunity to try it on your own. And if you don’t own a wood-fired pizza oven you can just cook it in the oven using our pizza dough recipe here. Step 1 Purc[...]