Breathing Space

This is not a foodie blog and I do not have pictures to go with what I am about to post, but I figured it might be helpful to some mom out t...

I have seen some talk lately putting down the lifestyle of baalei batim as a second-best choice to full-time Torah learners. Usually this ta...

I spoke to the boys' taekwondo teacher about organizing a homeschool class in the mornings, and moving them into two existing grown-up c...

My daughter is reading. Yes, we have been doing a Bob book here and there (she is on fifth book in the first set, I believe), and yes, I kne...

This just happened, and I almost missed it. The boys were taking a long time getting into bed tonight and I almost did not tuck them in. T...

8 am dentist appointment If you are a homeschooler, you are groaning already, just from reading a previous line. Two weeks ago, I saw a ...

This is what happens when I have an activity scheduled just for 10yo (homeschool day at Anne Frank exhibit) in a part of town where we usual...

There is this book called " The Schmutzy Family ". Mama Schmutzy lets her kids do all sorts of creative and messy things, until it...

 This morning, 4 yo asked me to show her how to draw a fish. I did. She tried making her own, but she was not happy with the result (cross...

Friday night, 10 pm. A very tired mommy is tucking the kids into bed. 8 yo: "How do you divide a not even number in half? What happe...

My oldest, upon hearing me debate which browser to install instead of Chrome: "Maybe you should be like Shimshon and get Firefox?"...

So we are unschooling, which probably causes more eye rolls: what are you teaching? What are they learning? And don't even dare complain...

I was all organized, staying up late, writing up the plan for today. In the morning, 4 yo decided to do water experiments in the sink. ...

7 yo's best friend had a birthday party today. He has been anticipating going there for a long time. He checked for the correct date on ...

Deep down, I hate surprises (ask the people who were unsuccessful in throwing a surprise baby shower for me when I was pregnant with my olde...

We are unschooling, right? So why all of a sudden am I sitting at the computer on Amazon, looking up workbooks? Why does my cart have four o...

This has nothing to do with homeschooling, but this is something I just did, and I am passionate about, so if this is not your thing, feel f...

Two moments from this Purim. We were supposed to make groggers, We were supposed to make them from the beginning of Adar. 6 yo asked to ma...

At some point we all have to fill out some forms: name, address, phone number, followed by occupation and employer. Ever since I started sta...