Quiet Adventures

Books I Read in 2018

My goal was to read an average of one book a week. If you count children’s books, I exceeded that goal by far. Ha! Otherwise, we’ll blame only 31 books on binge-watching Gilmore Girls (for the first time!) when I could have been reading. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Preparing for Christmas

There are many wonderful ideas for this time of year! It can be hard to narrow them down to a feasible amount. Here’s what is on our schedule as we prepare for Christmas.

What We’re Loving About Our New School Year

We began our new school year last week. The boys are now in 1st grade and preschool.

Planning for the Coming School Year

I absolutely love planning for a new school year and thought I’d share what we have coming up, since some of you asked!

Reader’s Question

I’m thinking of homeschooling and like what I’ve seen about Charlotte Mason. What do you recommend?

Summer Break

Activities and Book List

Gramma’s Walk

This is a sweet children’s story that helps in understanding the elderly and those in wheelchairs. Donnie and his gramma have a close relationship and enjoy using their imaginations together.

I’ll share the highlights from our week here. The complete lesson plans are available…

28 Favorite Books for Toddlers

I have a thing for book lists and am continually adding to them. There are so many fabulous books in this world of ours like so many friends just waiting to be discovered. In fact, I told my husband the other day, “I’ll be ready to die when there’s no one else to take care…