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My husband rocks

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So while I was spending some time yesterday wishing for material pleasures, my husband was out granting a wish I hadn’t dared to express. He came home last night with a brand new MacBook for me! I’ve always owned PC’s but have lusted for Macs from afar. They are just so modern and sexy and now I feel like that,…
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Wishing

Filed Under: unschooling, vacation, wishing

I wish I had a nice camera. After visiting my favorite blogs, Happy and Free, Pioneer Woman, and SouleMama, the desire to have a better camera has become incredibly potent. I NEED it. Well, not really, but it would be so nice to have a nicer camera to capture pics of my kids. Not that I would even know what…
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Super Mushroom!

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Iain made up a recipe for a power packed treat that will really get you moving. According to him it will give you loads of power and 10 lives. Now that’s my kind of treat! Really, he came up with this at 11:00 the other night and it is actually pretty good. Try it and see what you think! IngredientsChocolate…
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Just can’t get enough Super Mario Bros

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The boys have an obsession with Super Mario Bros. That’s right, I said it. An obsession. It has lead to many a meltdown because there aren’t any toys locally available that would help satisfy their need to have an action figure for everything they love. There was Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Spider-Man, Ben 10, Power Rangers, but nobody here sold Mario…
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“The Explosive Child”

Filed Under: oppositional defiance, parenting, unschooling

A while back I wrote a post addressing an issue we’ve been having with our youngest son. It seemed like out of nowhere he began having daily meltdowns and violent tantrums and I began to question whether unschooling was the right thing for us. Well, this week I read a book called, “The Explosive Child” by Dr. Ross Greene and…
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