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Church with Kids… Sigh. (Sunday Musings)

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Posts here at My Little Poppies are typically about raising my children, parenting a twice exceptional child, and figuring out this whole first year of homeschooling thing. On my Facebook page, I share posts, articles, and research that I find interesting or thought-provoking, from a homeschooling-parenting-educator-school psych perspective. I’ve tried to steer clear of religion and…

NaNoWriMo, NaBloPoMo, November!

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by Cait Fitz 6 Comments

Have you guys heard of NaNoWriMo? It stands for National Novel Writing Month, and it is an online challenge to write daily with the goal of 50,000 words by the end of the month. I learned about NaNoWriMo when I first started researching homeschooling because there is a junior version that is quite popular. I…

Self Care for Moms

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by Cait Fitz 14 Comments

I wish I had an ounce of Leo’s energy. “How do you keep up with him?” is a question that I have been asked countless times. I know that question is often code for, “How do you stay ahead of him.” My go-to response is, “I need four things: a decent night of sleep, a strong cup…

I promised the ugly!

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by Cait Fitz 13 Comments

When I started this blog, I promised my friends that I’d share the good, the bad, the funny, and the ugly of homeschooling. Homeschooling isn’t all sunshine and roses, folks. Well I’ve got some ugly to share with you today! We’ve encountered some homeschool challenges recently, and it hasn’t been pretty! First, a little bit of…

Gratitude Journals

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by Cait Fitz 1 Comment

Without getting all religious on you, Schizz and I have been trying to teach our little poppies to be mindful of all the many blessings in their lives. Our evening prayers were becoming a rehearsed twelve second string of words that rivaled those old Micro Machines commercials with their breakneck speed. In order to bring…

Happy World Teacher’s Day

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Happy World Teacher’s Day (one day belated) to all the amazing teachers out there! Sunday morning, I woke up to this sweet little note: *Items this teacher needs to focus on For no reason at all, there on my kitchen table was a little love note from Leo with a picture of him reading a…