WIP Wednesday - May 15

May is probably my busiest month - between birthdays, awards programs, spring musical, and track meets, I feel like the world is spinning crazy fast. It's hard to find time to stitch each day, so I'm happy if I can just get a few stitches in - like the 8 that I did on Sunday. Since I spend 2 days on each project, I can at least see progress overall.

Ariel from the Magical Stitch-a-long (SAL) (This was one of my already started projects, and I'm excited that it's almost done.)

The Little Glass Slipper from the Magical SAL

Mulan from the Magical SAL

The Critical Thinking Co. Review

With college looming just around the corner for the twins, preparing them for the SAT is at the forefront of my mind. One of the most daunting aspects for them is the vocabulary section. I was extremely excited when we were given the opportunity to review Vocabulary Virtuoso PSAT-SAT Book 1 from The Critical Thinking Co.

WIP Wednesday - May 8

A late post for Work in Progress Wednesday.

I'm thoroughly enjoying participating in Stitch Maynia. I wasn't sure how I would feel about having so many different projects, but it's actually more inspiring to me to have multiple projects to work on. I didn't get to stitch any on Saturday because I was at a track meet for Caelin ALL day - left the house at 8am, got home at almost 11pm - and forgot my sewing bag!

I'm working on each project for 2 days before moving on to the next project. Thursday was day 2 of Harry Potter with Owl. Here's the starting point and then the progress made Thursday. It's a lot of white on white, so it's hard to see.

Friday and Sunday, The Beauty from the Magical SAL (Stitch-along) that I'm participating in.

Monday and Tuesday, The Enchantress from the Magical SAL.

Pathway to Liberty Homeschool Curriculum Review

Our family has chosen to homeschool for a number of reasons. One of which is that teaching from a Biblical worldview is important to me. Another reason is that many school curricula have been rewriting history, and I want to ensure that my children learn an unrevised history. Pathway to Liberty's History Curriculum from Pathway to Liberty Homeschool Curriculum approaches the teaching of unaltered history with a Biblical world view. We had the opportunity to review Pathway to Liberty's World History.

The Hamelin Stoop Series Review

Brailey is a huge fan of the fantasy genre, but finding books that are appropriate is sometimes difficult. The Hamelin Stoop Series by Robert B. Sloan from 12 Gates Publishing is a brand new series that is bridging the gap between middle grades and young adult fantasy. We were excited to have the opportunity to review the first two books in the series.

WIP Wednesday

This year, I'm participating in Stitch Maynia for my first time. What I like most is that each person can do whatever works best for them during the month of May; it really is just to encourage stitching all month.

Here is my plan for Stitch Maynia:
I’ve decided to do 15 projects in May. Most will be starts but 3 will be WIPs. I'll work on each project for 2 days, and that will give me 1 free day. I'm sure I'll need that with birthdays for 3 of the kids plus several track meets this month.

Today was Day 1 and I worked on Harry Potter with Owl. I am so excited that I finished the bottom half today. It's exciting to start seeing the details in the owl.

Techie Homeschool Mom Review

Unit studies - I love, love, LOVE the concept, but I hate the prep time that it usually involves on my end. Sometimes it's not even the preparation time that is the issue; sometimes doing a unit study is far more teacher-involved than I have time to be, especially if the unit study is for just one child. I'm always looking for new unit study products to see if I can find one that is a better fit for our homeschool. I was delighted when we were given the opportunity to review Ancient Rome Online Unit Study from Techie Homeschool Mom.