I feel so honoured to be awarded the Premio Dardas award from Elena at Precious Treasures. This award acknowledges the values that every blogger shows in his/her effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary and personal values every day. Wow! Me? See why I am touched. The rules to follow are: 1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person that has granted the award and his or her blog link. 2) Pass the award to other 15 blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgment. Remember to contact each of them to let them know they have been chosen for this award. I award…

Imagine my surprise and delight to be honoured with The Excellence Award by my dear friend Jenny from He Knows My Name Thank you Jenny:) The Rules to the Excellence Award are simple I must choose ten blogs that I believe to Excellent. In turn if you are one of my ten you choose ten blogs that you feel share an excellent quality. You can give the award to as many people as you like-even those that have received it already, but please award at least 10 people. My ten are: Joann from Ten Kids and a Dog Joann is always chock full of excellent ideas and they have been…

Just in time for Advent, Dawn at Sun and Candlelight is hosting the Loveliness of Handmade Gifts. Be sure to ‘drop’ in and be inspired by the many talented ladies and their gifts. Last year we shared gifts made by Koala and Prince Charming. This year I would like to share what my Carpenter has made for me:) At the beginning of Advent last year I was lamenting the fact that we didn’t have a ‘real’ manger, the dolls cradle we’d used for years, although made of wood wasn’t quite authentic. I could hear Carpenter busy hammering in the garage but was under strict instruction not to peek. A few…

Andrea at Gray Family Circus has nominated me for a nice award!! What a nice honour:) “This award is for those bloggers who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and inspiration. Also for those who are a positive influence on our blogging world. Once you’ve been awarded please pass it on to others who you feel are deserving of this award.” Wow ! I do that?? :)Thank you Andrea:):):) In turn I get to bestow Nice Awards on a few of the wonderful inspirational blogs written by fellow homeschooling mothers. The trouble is they are all so nice. I nominate: Lynn at Signs and…

Announcing another Loveliness Fair by the ladies at 4Real Learning! This Fair, The Loveliness of Homemade Gifts is hosted byDawn at ‘Sun and Candlelight’ Our family would like to share some homemade gifts they are not made by me (no I am not that talented) but were made by my children for Christmas’ Past and Birthdays. This bookmark was made by Koala(13) last year for her brother. Her idea is each sibling receives one once they are independently reading. A lovely incentive that encourages reading and a great commemoration of achievement. This gift would have to be the most used item in our household because the cross-stitiching is done on…