About 4 years ago — and after lots of begging from my girls, visiting friends with chickens, and enjoying fresh eggs from the farmer’s market — we embarked into the world of backyard chickens. Now, 4 years, two flocks, a dog added to the mix, and plenty of gross, hilarious, devastating, amazing, educating, and delicious…
Global travel is off the cards for most people during the current climate. We’re not quite sure when things will return to normal, but that doesn’t mean you can’t plan ahead. Likewise, there are ways to travel while remaining safe – such as traveling within your own country. Also, staycations are more popular than ever…
The 2020 holiday season is upon us and it’s been a tough year. Friends are suffering from Covid-related illness — even the heartbreaking loss of family and friends — quarantine, virtual school & work, and pandemic safety. Many of us are navigating this crazy time with kids, elderly parents, or our own at-risk circumstances. Also,…
A silver lining of the current pandemic is that it’s pulling us all outside for adventures across the country and around the world. Even as the temperatures drop here in Nashville, friends and family gather outside to stay safe and explore parks and trails, farms, and orchards — and even backyards. I’ve been watching friends enjoy…
Fall is upon us in Nashville, but Covid is still wreaking havoc on our community and we expect it to continue to be an issue for the foreseeable future. As a family, we continue to “social distance” and seek out new social distancing activities while being cautious and considerate. Also, we have friends & family…
The spring and summer of 2020 have been weird due to Covid-19. Here in Nashville, my family had to cancel all of our summer vacation plans, our summer camps were canceled as was the summer swim team and we weren’t able to hang out with our usual tribe of friends and family in an effort…
Have you been on a date night since CoronaVirus struck? Date nights look a little different around here these days but they can still be done in creative ways at home. We especially love to center our date night at home around our mutual love of food and flavors. Food is a great way to…
Bread, glorious bread! Who doesn’t love a warm piece of freshly baked homemade bread? Or homemade pizza dough baked to perfection. And while we are all spending much more time at home in lockdown and quarantine and social distancing, baking homemade bread is a good skill to learn for adults and kids alike. Have you…
Today I’m sharing Week 2 of our project based lesson plans (Here is Week 1). Again, I started these project based activities the first week of full quarantine when school was still getting figured out and the girls needed some loose schedule and stimulation. We had so much fun with the first project that we’ve…
During this time of quarantine – homeschooling and being homebound – we’ve been lucky. My older two girls have a regular curriculum provided through their middle school. My 3rd grader has needed more guidance, but we’ve figured out some daily activities to help and her school has begun regular work recently. And, my husband and…