planning Archives - Stories of Our Boys

My Brilliant Plan for How to Plan

2017-03-14 aprilmomoffour answered prayer, books, organizing, parenting, prayer

**This post does contain affiliate links, which means that when you purchase through links on this page, April collects advertising fees from Amazon.** Was I always a little flaky? I don’t know. For years, I could get away with being very loosy-goosy with my planning because I was a stay-at-home mom of preschoolers. We moved all the time too, so by the time people developed expectations of me, we were off and away to the next town. Over the years, […]

How to Make Over Your Morning, Night Owl Style

2015-08-05 aprilmomoffour accomplishment, family, goals, organizing, stay-at-home mom

As I mentioned before, I signed up for the Make Over Your Morning Course by Crystal Paine, of MoneySavingMom.com. I can’t tell you how many of my friends have asked me how that’s going! And some of you mentioned the same misgivings that I felt:“I saw the part about her waking up at 5:45am, and decided that is not for me.” Boy, I love that I have friends that I can relate to. I have friends that are morning people […]

Exciting Weekly Brain Pop Jr. Lessons for Classical Conversations Cycle 1

2015-06-01 aprilmomoffour Classical Conversations, education, home school, homeschool

(Please note that I do collect advertising fees when you purchase through links on my page to Money Saving Mom or Amazon. However, I am not affiliated with Brain Pop. How I wish I were!) I’ve mentioned before that Brain Pop Jr. is a hit at our house. As part of my planning for next year, Cycle 1 of Classical Conversations, I combed through each week and lined up the material with the corresponding videos. I am not a Brain […]