Teachable {MOM}ents

Here is the third week in my series on birthday parties - how to have super fun and festive parties on a budget. All of the parties I will be sharing in this series are birthday parties that I have planned for my children and the entire party cost is under $100 {including food}> I love planning parties, but also need to keep my spending to a minimum. With more children and more parties to plan, I now spend even less. The third party I am sharing was my daughter, Evelyn's 4th birthday party - A Tea Party (1.5 years ago!). This party took place just 2 weeks after our youngest was born, so it was a smaller, more intimate party :) I set up our dining room up as our tea party space.  The lanterns were recycled from another party :) I got the flowers at Michael's on sale, and the pots from Target's dollar spot. The lace overlay is my mom's as well as the tea set. We served tea and pink lemonade. I found some honey tea stir sticks at

Here is the second week in my series on birthday parties - how to have super fun and festive parties on a budget. All of the parties I will be sharing in this series are birthday parties that I have planned for my children and the entire party cost is under $100 {including food}> I love planning parties, but also need to keep my spending to a minimum. With more children and more parties to plan, I now spend even less. The second party I am sharing was my son, Beckett's 2nd birthday party - Farm/Tractor Birthday Party (2 years ago!). This party was supposed to be outside - but it rained so we had to improvise and do the party in our basement (sorry about the dark pictures!). We went with a red, white & blue theme which made it easy to pick up supplies after July 4th (birthday in August)! The Barn (a.k.a. our basement) We borrowed hay bales from a farmer friend & the pews were being stored in our garage (husband = pastor) His birthday is in August, so I wa

It is that time of year! Well, actually we started our new school year back in June - although it has been pretty relaxed so far (we are moving in 3 days!).  I wanted to share our curriculum choices this year with you... Evelyn's Curriculum (1st Grade) Penmanship:  Horizons Penmanship 1 (Manuscript) She is already zooming through this book! Reading:  Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons We are half-way through this already! Once she has finished, we will begin working on some early reading phonics books I picked up for her. Learning Through Literature This book provides reading & math lessons for classic literature.  Math:  Horizons Math 1 (Book 1) We will be through this book within a few months. Science: Answer's In Genesis "God's Design for Life" (The World of Plants) We have the whole "God's Design For Life" unit.  Beckett's Curriculum (Preschool) Phonics: Hooked on Pho