Author Archives: treeoflifemama

So I got to go to the public library today, and test out its curbside service, which launched yesterday. The holds I put on some springtime and Easter books way back in early March finally came through. I got to … Continue reading →

  Here’s another online board game playing guide, to follow up with the one I shared a few weeks ago. Go here to get this new one. I love that it’s a one-page at-a-glance PDF.  Thank you Board Game Geek … Continue reading →

I stumbled across this series of lovely videos this past week. I love it so much that I’m sharing the series with you here. I just love the colorful flowers in each one of them. I just love how flowers … Continue reading →

If you’ve read my blog for a while, you’ve known I’m into baking with natural yeast. You can read about that here, where I got to see the Bread Geek in action. You can see some of my recipes here … Continue reading →

  Note: If you want to see the checklist of how to find your zen as a homeschool mom, during lock down or not, skip to the bottom of this post to the numbered list. If you want to read … Continue reading →

OK, so before you turn away from this post because you can see the above photo is obviously kale, and you are disgusted, please hear me out. Yes, kale eaten raw, or cooked until it is wet and slimy and … Continue reading →

  Happy Mother’s Day! I get a lot of inspiration from a story about an amazing mother, Esther Packard. You can read the story from the Ensign magazine here. Esther bore 17 children. Her husband, Forrest Packard, left their home … Continue reading →

I love books like the one above, that have lots of funny cultural references to art or literature, along with a running joke for the whole plot. This is such a funny book! It’s about a termite who won’t eat … Continue reading →

  Every Sunday night I read aloud to Bugsy 6-8 pages from a book in this series, the Illustrated Stories From Church History. We’re on Volume 4, It’s only taken about four years to get to this point! Slow and … Continue reading →

A sweet picture book bio about Emily Dickinson. (You can read a digital version of this picture book in Scribd! That’s a website full of digital books. You can read it for free by signing up for a free two … Continue reading →