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Author: Mia

  • What to Read Wednesday: Dino Edition

    What to Read Wednesday: Dino Edition

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    This week’s What to Read Wednesday is all about dInOsAuRs! My family just had a close encounter with some over the weekend… Our home library contains a classic sing-songy Cat in the Hat glossary of the prehistoric giants, plus a science-y book from a Christian perspective: Whenever I think dinosaurs I think of Jules Verne’s…

  • Back to School: 7th, 5th, & Kinder Edition

    Back to School: 7th, 5th, & Kinder Edition

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    For the first time since we started this homeschooling adventure four years ago, we took a true summer off. It wasn’t really on purpose, I’m still all for year-round school & taking breaks when it works best for the family, but between Cousin Camp almost nearly day and remodeling our new house, it was an…

  • What to Read Wednesday: Family Matters

    What to Read Wednesday: Family Matters

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    This week’s What to Read Wednesday installment is all about families. Our favorite books on family include classics such as: The industrious pioneer family Ingalls of the Little House series, the island survivalists of the Swiss Family Robinson, the four devoted sisters of Little Women, and the adventures four siblings in The Chronicles of Narnia.…

  • Rediscovering Oregon: The State Fair

    Rediscovering Oregon: The State Fair

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    Oregon’s is the only state fair I’ve ever attended, but I still suspect it’s the best. Until last week it’d actually been at least seven years since we’d attended the Oregon State Fair, though only five of those were due to residing out of state. It was time to revisit this end-of-summer classic that Husband…

  • What to Read Wednesday: Little Scientists

    What to Read Wednesday: Little Scientists

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    All children are naturally little scientists. Scientist: A person engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge that describes and predicts the natural world. I shared my favorite Science-themed books last week (and math-but still-sciency selection the previous week), but my online pals have some additional ones to share on our blog hop below– be…

  • Reading People {a book review}

    Reading People {a book review}

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    Know Thyself… To thine own self be true… Identity… Besides being a frumpy, perma-exhausted homeschool mom of three, I’m an extroverted, Highly Sensitive Person, Meyers-Briggs ESFJ, Enneagram 8, whose primary Love Language is Quality Time and spiritual gifting Evangelism. In literary worlds I’d be sorted into Hufflepuff house and Candor faction, respectively; and I’m fairly…

  • Rediscovering Oregon: Silver Creek Falls

    Rediscovering Oregon: Silver Creek Falls

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    I’m spoiled. Having grown up here in Oregon, it wasn’t until my family moved away for five years that I came to appreciate what a rich oasis it truly is– and why my grandparents flocked here during the 1930’s Dust Bowl with dreams of prosperity as farmers. The thick, insulating blanket of low-lying clouds keeps…

  • What to Read Wednesday: Science Edition

    What to Read Wednesday: Science Edition

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    This week’s What to Read Wednesday installment is in the same back-to-school vein as last week’s: Last week, math; this week, Science! In actuality, I could double down by utilizing last week’s selection of The Martian for both– it also aligns perfectly (<– see what I did there?) with the total solar eclipse that we…

  • A Celestial Celebration

    A Celestial Celebration

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    I’m Blogging Through the Alphabet with a few online pals. This week we’re on the letter C… a / b / c / d / e / f / g / h / i / j / k / l / m / n / o / p / q / r / s / t / u…