Homeschool Penguin Unit Study

Lyndsay Stradtner2014-08-10T21:31:44-05:00August 10th, 2014|Homeschool, Uncategorized|

Our homeschool year runs from January to September, so while everyone else is gearing up to head back to school, we are in the home stretch and gearing up for a nice long break! One thing we did this year was have Taryn (3rd grade) and Jude (1st grade) keep what we call a “Curious Journal”. I purchased them from Lakeshore Learning and it’s a place for them to write and draw and keep track of all the things they are curious about. It’s been really interesting to see what they write and what they want to learn. It helps me to know what direction to head in when we […]

10

Lyndsay Stradtner2014-07-02T22:47:54-05:00July 2nd, 2014|Uncategorized|

1. I haven’t done a good old fashioned 10 on ~~Tuesday~~ Thursday in ages. Feels good. I miss blogging and really kinda over facebook. I think I need to refocus.

2. We celebrated Ty’s 17th birthday on June 7th. 17. Can you believe it? time has just flown by….

3. Ty had an amazing opportunity to attend a month long camp here in Texas. I’m so excited for him, but we are all missing him like crazy. This particular camp is christian based and focuses on a Godly transition from boy to man. He’s going to be learning so many wonderful things. He’ll spend a lot of time in prayer, journaling scripture, handling finances, home […]

holistic first aid kit

Lyndsay Stradtner2014-05-18T13:47:24-05:00May 18th, 2014|iphoneography, My Family, Uncategorized|

I thought I’d come share what went in our camping first aid kit after getting some requests over on this instagram photo.

I know going in that my husband is going to roll his eyes joyfully at this post. I know this because he’s been sweetly snickering every time he passes the pile on the kitchen counter for the last week. It’s ok, I can embrace my neurotic love of all things first aid kit. I think it makes me quirky and loveable. And even though we gave up most things that come in a traditional first aid kits, I still find myself […]