Glass Sword (Red Queen Book 2), by Victoria Aveyard (The book cover is a referral link. Read our disclosure policy for more info.) I enjoyed The Hunger Games Trilogy. I also quite like the Maze Runner. But, the problem I found with each was the tone of the story altered drastically between the beginning and…
Disclaimer: I don’t know Getting Nerdy. They’re not paying me. I just think it looks cool – and, I’m cheap! I ran across these 3-D Paper Dissection Models at Getting Nerdy and thought they looked really good. If you’re not going to use a real one then these would be a great option. Unless you…
It is the small things that make me note the vast differences between my children. If I had asked my elder, “What is your squirrel’s name? ” Until fairly recently, I can say with the utmost certainty (which comes with knowing the child for 7 years), I would have received some something along the lines…
After counting to 20 and starting skip counting I wasn’t really sure where to go with Kindergarten Math. I have a curriculum but it starts in First Grade. So, I totally ripped off Saxon Math K. By which I should clarify to mean: I used their table of contents to guide where to take my…
Yesterday a-storm a-came. We were prepared. We made it to Chick-fil-a AND back with our Chicken Minis before the monsoon started. It seemed like the perfect day to get some stuff done. I warned SBW that the power might go out. But, he was all like, “I totally got this, Mom.” Okay, not really, but…
How a four year-old sets the table…only the essentials Just so you can really see everything going on here: The coasters (because we’re fancy) are on top of Transformer napkins. Just between the gun and sword – a lint roller (because we’re classy). Happy Thanksgiving!
The epic battle between Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge and Jack Sparrow’s Black Pearl.
Day 11, Thursday, Oct 21: Old Jaffa “The eyes of Texas are upon you. That is the sound they sing.. well – SOUNDS LIKE HELL!” This is how our day began. For thirty minutes Will sang himself the Aggie War Hymn until the alarm went off at seven and no longer could we pretend we were…
Hello, friends. Remember when we went to Israel and I was telling you all about it and then, I abruptly stopped in the middle? It was not that I didn’t finish writing about it but because the Masada pictures kicked my butt. I finished them today! Here’s what happened: Day 7, Sunday, October 17: Masada Masada…
Should you Read it?: Yes J.D. Robb Doesn’t Disappoint Vengeance in Death, by J.D. Robb, is the sixth in the series. Like its predecessors it is a well written murder mystery. Detective Eve Dallas has to solve who is killing her husband’s old acquaintances by engaging in the murderer’s sick game of riddles. It delves…
