Halloween Candy 2012

While there are many blog posts out lately about the awfulness of Halloween candy, personally, we love it!  We don’t hide it or ration it.  We just eat it.  It’s a candy fest around our house lately. As we eat our way into a sugar 

Homeschooling Insights: Kinesthetic Learning

The latest trend in education seems to be incorporating kinesthetic learning into the curriculum. What is kinesthetic learning? Until I experienced it in action with my own children I don’t think I could have told you. Essentially, kinesthetic learning is about using the sense of 

Halloween Costumes 2012 – The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

In our household, Halloween is not just for children. What a great time of year to take a fashion risk or experiment with a new look! As for my Halloween costume this year, I continued the “world leaders” theme. My husband is not a huge 

Halloween Costumes 2012 – Young George Washington!

Now that we had two world leaders under our belt, Cleopatra and Queen Elizabeth, it was time to figure out a costume for my son. There are so many male leaders to choose from. The one I had been thinking about lately, however, was George 

Halloween Costumes 2012 – Queen Elizabeth!

Perhaps it is my organizing tendencies but I try to put all the kids in Halloween costumes along the same general theme.  Once my first daughter chose Cleopatra, I had to figure out what everyone else was going to be.  I was a bit stumped