When I was pregnant with Bella, I bought seven pregnancy books. Seven. I simply needed to know everything about pregnancy and what was coming at me. I figured the more I could control, the better of a time I’d have. Ah, so young and naïve. 😉 The book that had the most use, in fact the…
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10 Books to Start Homeschooling Your Preschooler
So this last week, I asked on Facebook what questions you all had about homeschooling a preschooler. The responses I got there, by email, and on Twitter were amazing. I’m going to tell you right now – I don’t have all the answers. We’ve only been at this a week at home. But as a…
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The Chaperone Book Review
I read The Chaperone for the Blogher Book Club without knowing who the famous start let Louise Brooks even was. The book is set in 1922. Louise decides to head to NY to be a dancer and her parents ask Cora Carlisle, a 36 year old mother of two grown boys, to chaperone her from Wichita,…
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Domestic Commando Review: What Every Stay At Home Parent Should Read
I had the chance to read Toni Carpenter’s book Domestic Commando: A Stay-At-Home (R)evolution (see her ad in the sidebar) and wanted to share what I thought about it with all of you. First – this book is unlike any other I’ve read. When I knew I would be a stay at home mom (because we…