Every Mom phrase ever said sung to the William Tell Overture.  Read More →

I’m curious what others think about this. A family returning home from Florida was removed from their flight when their three year old child would not take her seat. The airline says the flight was already running 15 minutes late but does not specify whether that was because of the little girl’s tantrum or because of the airline’s own issues. It also doesn’t say whether they... [Read more]

As many of you with small children probably know, The Wiggles are down a man. Yellow Wiggle, Greg Page, is leaving The Wiggles due to illness and will be replaced by Sam Moran. Greg is suffering from orthostatic intolerance, which causes dizziness, fatigue and nausea. Greg is a favorite Wiggle in our house and will be missed. Here’s hoping he makes a full recovery soon.  Read More →

If you haven’t ever seen Animal School, you really must take a look at it. It was originally posted on Raising Small Soul’s website, but I’m posting it here from You Tube. If you enjoy it, please do stop by Raising Small Soul’s website for more great information.  Read More →

One of my favorite things about homeschooling is that my children get to be children. They don’t have to enter the ranks of teens at the age of 8. As you get older, it’s easy to look at today’s ten year olds and think, they act much older than ten year olds did in my day. It’s also easy to dismiss that and think that surely you must be imagining things. But in a recent... [Read more]

This is this week’s question of the week over at WAHM bloggers. I thought, great, an easy one. I know how I measure success, right? I DO know how I measure success, don’t I? I mean, success is… uh oh. I DON’T know how I measure success. Rats. Another week of introspection required to answer the question. So, I think that the easy answer for me would be “success... [Read more]

I think that getting out is key when you’re a stay at home Mom, doubly so when you homeschool, perhaps triply so if you also work at home. So may women make the mistake of thinking that they can’t find the time. But then ultimately they burn out and have to find the time to get a job and put the kids in daycare because “being a stay at home Mom didn’t work out”. Well,... [Read more]

For many Moms who work at home, the summer provides a new obstacle– what to do with the kids? School’s out, and they’re home. How do you handle the additional distraction. In the Manty household, school is in session pretty much every day, and Mom Manty is the teacer, so the only difference that summer makes for us is that we actually tend to do more schoolwork to avoid the throngs... [Read more]

My 7 year old just told me that he did his best stacking the silverware, and that his best was the best he could do. I was right there with him, thinking “That’s right my best is the best I can do”. Then he quantified it with “Well, it’s the best I can do without taking more time”. When I tried to explain to him that sometimes our true best takes a bit more time,... [Read more]

I’m always on the lookout for ways to improve my/our parenting– I always try to involve my husband in the improvement, as well So, when I recently read this article, taken from the book, How to Raise Your Children Without Raising Your Voice, I was really impressed. So many parenting books give you some nice, warm fuzzy ideas, but very little practical advice. I particularly liked the... [Read more]

Do you have children with normal feet? You should count yourselves very blessed. Our second oldest has wide feet. Well, really they’re extra wide. Like his father, this means buying shoes for him is a challenge. My husband has been known to buy very expensive shoes that were perfect in the store but miraculously no longer fit after being worn twice. Ugh. So, the extra wide footed boy... [Read more]

This is one of the best pieces of parenting advice I know– never, and I mean NEVER tell your children what is in food before they eat it. If they rave about the food and ask for seconds, then maybe you can tell them after they’ve eaten it. For example, you’ve made banana muffins. Under no circumstances are you to describe them as “banana” muffins– they are... [Read more]