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Our First Year At NYSSMA

NYSSMA offers an annual Spring Evaluation Festival every year, and our piano teacher suggested my son apply for this prestigious evaluation for professional feedback. He has been playing piano for over two years and plays beautifully, but since he hasn’t been heavily trained to sight read she suggested he start with Level I. There are […]

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Inspired Books For ZonderKids

We love inspirational, faith-based reading, both for the kids and the adults in this household. I absolutely loved Restoration House by Kennesha Buycks, a guide for creating an oasis at home that serves the family and truly makes all who enter feel warmly welcomed. I loved Kind is the New Classy by Candace Cameron Bure […]

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Last Day Of Greek School + Other Stuff

The boys just graduated from their first years of official Greek school (that they attended once a week on Saturday mornings), returning our Saturdays to us as a free day again. It was a great school year, they both learned a lot, and had the loveliest, most caring teachers. My younger son now reads beautifully […]

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Our Summer Reading Lists + A Summer Reading List Printable

As voracious readers, we enjoy great stories and the simple feeling of getting lost in a great “other world”. We also love to learn new things, and in order to help the boys discover new genres of books, I created book lists for them for the summer, with the hopes of them reading at least […]

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Gift Ideas For Super Moms ♥︎

Moms are the heroes of the world, directly impacting every future generation while still care-taking their children today (even adult kids). Moms deserve gratitude, and BIG gratitude, which is why for Mother’s Day I compiled a list of gift ideas that go above and beyond a typical ol’ brunch once a year- way beyond. And […]

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