I’m a new mom...again! We recently had our second child. Yay! It has been an amazing experience. We are blessed that she is perfectly healthy, happy (usually) and that her big sister loves her so dearly. But it’s been a minute since I did this last. There are four years between the two and I’ve come to realize two things so far: It seems like I’ve aged more than four years since last time, why do I feel so old? 37 is not old! I’ve also realized that I am learning a lot this time around. Here are ...
6 Things I’ve Learned as a New Mom of Two (so far)
What’s Saving My Life Right Now
I know I wasn’t the only one who was glad to see 2020 end. It was a crazy year for us, and we were hopeful that 2021 would bring a different pace. We were building our forever home, had a baby on the way, and looking forward to planning life post-COVID. The first six months of 2021 have been just about as exciting as the last nine of 2020. I was teaching “concurrently” which meant that I had a full class of students, half in person and half virtual who I taught at the same time. Our ...
Healthy Veggie-Packed Lasagna
They say when you get married, you not only marry your spouse but you also marry their family and friends. I'm happy to say that I married in to this lasagna. The recipe I'm sharing with you today is for a healthy, veggie-packed lasagna. It is adapted from a recipe I got from a friend of my husband's after we got married. Now, I'm all for a classic rich, meaty, tomato and cheese lasagna but I can't do that all of the time. It's just too much. This lasagna is packed with veggies, cuts down on ...
Block Scheduling: What it is and why you need it
As the school year is beginning, many families are learning how to navigate back to school routines, distance learning routines, new homeschool routines, and more. Increasing productivity is at the utmost importance if families want to be able to accomplish necessary tasks while still being able to tend to their kids when they are home. For us, that answer was in block scheduling. Block scheduling is vital to keeping our family running smoothly. What is Block Scheduling? Block scheduling ...
Elements of Art for Homeschoolers
The Elements of Art for Homeschoolers With the pandemic turning many parents into inadvertent homeschoolers, The Inpired Mrs L asked me to give some guidance on adding creativity and art to the homeschool curriculum. Education just isn’t complete without the added elements of art. My mother was an artist so growing up she always encouraged our creativity and I learned early on the psychological and intellectual benefits of creativity. Art is one of those subjects that is ...
Grandma’s Peach Cobbler
My grandmother was a quiet woman. She was a thinker, a quiet observer. She was a strong believer at heart and enjoyed having fun with us grandkids. I remember her teaching me how "not to make pancakes" (no measuring involved), and how to pick carrots from their small garden. This peach cobbler recipe somehow made it to me years after she had passed. I don't have any memory of eating it with her in fact. Yet, somehow this recipe snuck up on me like a ninja...silent until one day it hit me! I ...
