It turned out well, don’t you think… and it was by far the easiest of our patriotic t-shirts to make. To make the Eagle-tee, you’ll need a t-shirt, washed in mild detergent and dried without fabric softener; fabric paint in white, brown, yellow, black, and glitter fabric paint in red, white and blue – we…
Growing up in a military family, I was taught to love our country, respect our flag, appreciate our freedoms, and celebrate the birth of our nation in style. The Fourth of July meant watching (or participating in) a parade, setting off fireworks, and enjoying the company of friends and family while remembering how fortunate we…
Summer is here. School is out and families are beginning to plan vacations: trips to the beach, an amusement park, a museum… all wonderful places, full of fun, unless you and your child are separated, and then they become places of sheer panic: crowds of people coming and going and large areas of ground…
The first time I mentioned homeschooling to my husband, Patrick, we didn’t have children. For years, I felt inexplicably drawn to homeschooling, and Patrick objected adamantly. I read a stack of books on homeschooling, befriended several homeschooling families, and by the time our boys were of school-age, I had convinced Patrick that homeschooling was something…