The Joyful Johnsons

In keeping with the name of the holiday , our family labored yesterday. Not all day, but from just after breakfast until about 2:00, we all...

Woo! Hoo ! I did the race this morning! 14.2 miles! Jimmy and I got up at 3:40 AM this morning to get ready for the race. I actually woke...

Whether your child is in a public, private, or home school, he must learn his math facts --addition, subtraction, multiplication, and divisi...

Since we started school, I have stayed behind in laundry. Really behind. I am still washing and drying 2-4 loads a day, 6 days a week, bu...

Yesterday I took Sam to the pediatrician. He has not been to the doctor since he was 18 months old. Not one single time! He, along with m...

Last Saturday as I opened my pantry door to check my inventory before I made my weekly grocery list, I decided that I could not deal with th...

I have been serving a lot of cereal and smoothies for breakfast lately, and our lunch menu has basically been whatever , so when I made my g...

Yesterday, Olivia, Julie, and Clay ran in the first 5K of our fall season, the Blue Mountain College 5K. Our homeschool running team, the S...

Clay's science course this year is Apologia Human Anatomy and Physiology. He will be completing the first lesson tomorrow, which has co...

Today I have a blog post over at The Homeschool Classroom. It's about counting the first 100 days of school. I did this the year befo...

Here are a couple of healthy recipes that my family enjoys. Both are good for both breakfasts and snacks. Granola 1 cup packed brown sugar ...

YES! I think I have a workable plan! Yesterday we followed the schedule that I outlined in my last post, and we had success! No tears. Th...

Yesterday was a better school day for us, but we are still not there yet. I talked to three dear friends over the last couple of days, and ...

Yesterday was our 3rd day of our new school year. While I don't plan to blog about every single day of our school year , I do want to p...

I took these pictures on our first day of school, but I forgot to include them in my First Day of School post. So, here they are! Olivia--1...

I took notes today as we had our first day of school. My plan was to use those notes to see how long each subject took, where we could be m...

The children went on a Back to School Treasure Hunt yesterday afternoon. I was extremely tired all day yesterday, and I just didn't t...

I have spent this week tying up all of the loose ends so that we can begin our new school year on Monday, August 9 th . So much to do, so l...

As mothers, most of us are really good at saying, "No". I say it frequently myself. No, you can't jump all over the furniture...

This is our last week before we begin a new school year, and I am not sure that I am ready for summer to be over. In fact, I know that I a...

I love looking at where other people conduct their homeschool . I realize that everyone does not have an official schoolroom , but all of u...