My blog covers education and children’s books. When I cover parenting issues, it usually contains book recommendations. Parenting topics include academic subjects, summer learning, bullying, special needs, fitness and more.
Learn Appalachian culture for kids by reading these children’s books about Appalachia! The best picture books set in Appalachia! I remember when I received my first letter from my soon-to-be college roommate. I looked at the envelope and tried to fathom where she was from. WV. What state was WV? I had no idea. I…
I am grateful to Puritan’s Pride for their challenge of having me make one small change towards a healthier lifestyle as part of a compensated bloggers’ program. I used to make exercise a low priority for myself. There were too many other things that I needed to do. Doesn’t it seem that exercise goals for…
When I was nineteen-years-old, I went to my local hospital, the Long Beach Veterans Administration, and slid my resume with a cover letter under all the doors of the doctors in hopes of getting medical research experience as a volunteer. A doctor, Dr. Larry Parker, in the Endicronology department called me and put me on…
I’m in a bit of a Twitter war with McDonalds {my kids giggle as they read this}. You see, I’ve only recently found out they put Pink Slime in their hamburgers. While they have ceased this disgusting additive about a year and a half ago, my kids were eating McDonald’s hamburgers as part of their Happy…
When PickyKidPix did martial arts with her siblings for a few years, Chun Kuk Do, it did not come naturally to her. That’s weird because she’s very athletic. Now, after doing kickboxing and boxing with her, I realize it was the martial arts style that didn’t quite suit her. She’s not good at memorizing sequences…
It all started with one small change: I booked a boxing class for a small group of mom friends and me. That one small change motivated our group to get in shape and soon we were boxing or doing cardio boxing classes two or three times a week. It still wasn’t enough for me. I…
I’m excited to be co-hosting the Friday Fun Blog Hop along with my four other lovely cohosts: Emily of Love, Pasta and Tool Belt Rebecca of Caravan Sonnet Shannon of Smile and Write Jess of Sleepless in DIY Bride Country Our hosts are: Anne of The Pink Momma Rea of Home for 4 Sweet Home/b> We are happy to…