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Originally posted at Peanut Butter & Grace on Aug. 21, 2018   Everyone has talents that can be used to help the family maintain a home. In our work as a family maintaining a home, we are providing a healthy and clean space for us to learn, play and pray. The Catechism of the Catholic ChurchContinueContinue reading “Age-Appropriate Ways to Teach Kids the Dignity of Work at Home”

September 23, 2017 We are considered veteran homeschoolers now.  This is our 13th year of teaching at home, and rather than be unlucky, we are instead overflowing with graces and good fortune.  God has indeed been good to us.  You can count on one hand the people who have healthy kids, a home, an extendedContinueContinue reading “Oh, the Joys of Homeschooling”

August 9, 2017 Today seemed like a good day to start a website.  It began in the usual way for a new, sleep-deprived mom, with a baby blurp of spit-up on my shirt, a frantic search for somebody’s socks and shoes, and a round of discipline for a feisty toddler.  All of this was beforeContinueContinue reading “Welcome to Our Hobbit-hole”