Little House in the Big Woods

After weeks of stress and the fun of Christmas, hopefully we can get back to a normal routine. You see our world has been turn upside-down with my hubby getting a new job and preparing to move to a new state.  Even with all that going on, I believe we had a wonderful Christmas. We […]

This is what happens after all the present have been opened!!

This is our Christmas photo. We are planning to send them out this year to our friends and family. So, all our friends and family: watch your mail because you will be getting them soon. We had some problems getting them because Target’s photo machine broke and we had to re-order them. Oh well, accidents […]

This is our dog, Shadow.  She loves playing in the snow.

We continue on our study of Christmas past through our advent calendar.
Day six: Wreaths
Activity - Read John 3:16 and make wreath ornaments.
Day seven: Ornaments
Activity - Read James 1:17 ans make wreath ornaments.
Day eight: Stars

Read Matthew 2:2, 2:10 and make paper star of David.
Day nine: Carolers
Activity - Ephesians 5:19-20; Colossians 3:16 and sing Christmas carols.
Day […]

This is Kiani sliding down our front yard. Everything has frozen overnight causing everything to become very slippery.

We do daily devotions. I based it on my bible. The bible, we use is The Power of the Praying Woman Bible–Prayer and Study Helps by Stormie Omartian. She includes prayers to go along with the scriptures. Here is an example:
Praying Genesis 3:1-13
God, help me to obey You at all times
and never assume that I […]

This week has been a busy one for us. I feel like the days are just flying by and we are barely getting things done. This is how our week went…
Monday - I had a doctor’s appointment but it was canceled due to the storm. It was changed to another day. Then we met with […]

Every evening we have been doing an advent calendar. Our advent calendar looks like a little house. It has doors to open and put something in it. I got it from Target. Every night, we have been learning about the symbols of Christmas and their history. I wanted the children to know why and where […]

This week we worked on book reports. Jason and Ashleigh used a form to help them write a book report. They will eventually be writing book reports  without them. We use them as a training tool to learn write properly. If you would like the form you can click here.