In another week, we will begin our fourth year of homeschooling. During that time, my older two children have been homeschooled through Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA), and we have been so very grateful for that resource. However, I now have a four-year-old, and he has been asking to be homeschooled for over a year! Since CCA does not have a pre-K program, I will be creating our own homeschool program for him this year and am looking for some easy preschool ideas and weekly ...
Chocolate Walnut Brownies Go Better with Milk
This post has been sponsored by Heifer International. In our family, we have a thing for chocolate desserts. Whether that's ice cream, cookies, cakes, or my favorite, brownies - I've yet to meet a chocolate dessert that I don't absolutely adore. I have been making chocolate walnut brownies for years. My husband and children don't care for walnuts, so that means more for me! I make a batch of these decadent, fudgy brownies, and then freeze most of them to enjoy ...
Philly Pretzels | How to Ship and Freeze Pretzels
When you grow up in the Philadelphia region there are a few foods that always remind you of home - Taylor Pork Roll, Herr's Potato Chips, a real cheese steak, Tastykakes, and Philly pretzels. Growing up, there was always someone selling pretzels in brown paper bags on the street corners in the city, or outside of the Vet when you got out of a baseball game. These days, living in the 'burbs I get my pretzels from Philly Pretzel Factory in Langhorne. When we buy pretzels, we get a ...
School Supply Caddy
Tomorrow is our first day of school. I feel mostly prepared, but tonight, as I was sitting here trying to get the last minute items organized, I realized I didn't have a way to organize our supplies. We complete our lessons around a table in the living room/homeschool room, and there are no desks or pencil cases anywhere to be seen. So I took the small mountain of school supplies and a kitchen utensil organizer I had on hand and got to work getting myself organized. ...
Un-Stuffed Pepper Skillet
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BackToButterball #CollectiveBias Back-to-School means back to our extremely busy schedules. We have scouts several nights a week, plus our homeschool PE class, school projects, field trips, and so much more is going on. Unlike the relaxing days of summer where I can start prepping dinner in the middle of the afternoon, once school starts dinner needs to come together fast and easy. ...