The Prettiest Headbands Around

 

Lilla Rose Headbands

At my house we love these beautiful and very unique headbands. They are pretty, comfortable and adjustable!

 

Reason #845 Why I Homeschool

I homeschool for many, many reasons. Some are personal, and some are practical. Some are because of the specific circumstances of our family.
One more reason came to mind the other morning when we woke up to temperatures below freezing. We spent the whole day in our warm house enjoying each other's company, doing craft projects and baking delicious treats.
The reasons to homeschool don't have to be earth-shattering. Sometimes you just want to stay in out of the cold.

Half-Up Messy Bun with Fairy Clip

This is a simple half-up messy bun with a mini flexi called Fairy Aurora Borealis. This is probably my daughter's favorite clip. I mean, it's got a fairy right? What isn't great about that? It's also shiny and girly.

A Low Ponytail with Braids and Butterfly!

I love to find new ways to rock the standard ponytail. This is two mini-braids down each side pulled with the rest of the hair into a ponytail. I flipped it inside-out and added a mini flexi for extra cuteness. She's wearing the soaring butterfly purple-iris mini clip. I love the mini flexi in little girl styles. My daughter gets many compliments on her hair when she's wearing one.

I like to call this style "We're Late For Church"

This is just a braided ponytail looped up and secured. Add a big bow and boom - hairstyle.

Criss-Cross Braids

Cute hair doesn't have to be labor intensive. This is just two braids criss-crossed in the back and then wrapped around each other and secured. I admit, I am a super fan of the giant hair bows. I can do lots of stuff with hair, but I still struggle with getting a straight part on a wiggly head!

Living With Diabetes

Our family struggles with diabetes. It is a terrible disease that can seem harmless enough at first and then begin to creep in and destroy a life. Our journey with diabetes has included vision loss, loss of limbs and most recently, loss of kidney function. Living with dialysis is a whole other topic for another day, but I will just say now that it is a bigger challenge than we ever could have imagined.
Healthy eating has become an important part of our lifestyle since diabetes changed our world. We are not perfect, but we try. I make sure we have lots of fruits and veggies around at all times. We still eat red meat, but not as much. We eat a lot of chicken, and I have taught myself how to prepare fish. We try to eat a lot of the "super foods" like blueberries, broccoli, fish, spinach and kale, and I have experimented with adding stuff like wheat germ to my everyday recipes.
We've cut out almost all bread and pasta, and that has been partially because we are also working around a gluten intolerance. I've done some experimenting with gluten free recipes, but I usually find that it's just not worth it.