Valentine’s Day worksheets for elementary students

Sisters working on homework together.

Can you believe that Valentine’s Day is just around the corner? Doesn’t it seem like it was just Christmas? As a blogger holidays can especially sneak up on you because we have to be prepared with holiday content when you want it! Did you know holiday content used to trend on Pinterest 45 days ahead […]

printable gift tag for teachers and neighbors

Inexpensive teacher gift idea.

Anyone out there still looking for last minute teacher or neighbor gifts? I like to give a gift to all the teachers but I try to keep it simple. It can be tricky trying to navigate teacher’s gifts. I want to give something thoughtful but I don’t want to spend a lot of money. Especially […]

Thanksgiving worksheets for elementary students

Working on fun holiday schoolwork.

If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile than you know I love holidays and I love making fun worksheets to share with all of you. When I was a homeschool mom there was nothing I enjoyed more than planning out fun lesson plans to coincide with all the holidays. We almost always had some […]

volcano unit and lesson plan for homeschool

Homeschooling at Mount Rainier National Park.

Last summer our family went on a road trip to the Pacific Northwest. And since we had no idea what would be happening with the school year, I decided to proceed as if we were homeschooling again. So I started our school year right before we left and made sure to plan a fun volcano […]

sweet as can bee baby shower and diy balloon garland

Overhead view of the deck.

A couple of weeks ago I co-hosted a baby shower for a friend of mine. You probably caught some of the party prep on Instagram. Although, in true Justine fashion things were so crazy the day of I barely got any pictures or video taken as I had the mad dash race to finish line. […]