Hello my friends! How is it already November? I mean, seriously. I feel like I just had little John and then the traveling and moving and homeschooling began. Needless to say, I’ve been a bit busy. So, a little about me if you’re new to my site or groups. We have 6 kids in our […]
Back to Basics : Postpartum Weight Loss Truths
If you follow me at all on Instagram (@rebekahvbain), I had a moment last week. . . First, let’s throw up a nice picture of the cutest addition to our family. John is an amazing baby and he’s already well-traveled in his short 10 weeks of life! Now to real life; the day-to-day. I’m definitely […]
How Much One on One Time Do Kids Really Need?
I’m no expert outside of my own real life experience. I do have 5 kids so that gives me quite a bit of training. I’ve heard many parents say that they didn’t want to have any more kids because they didn’t think they could devote the individual time needed to each kid. This way of […]
Traveling Spouse: A 6-week Survival Guide
My husband recently had to travel 6 weeks for work. To anyone who has a spouse with reasonably consistent hours, that may sound unbearable (unless you really don’t like your spouse) then maybe we should be having another conversation…We won’t go there. With 5 kids, an extra set of hands is always appreciated and we […]
You’ve Lost Your Marbles… Put Them To Work
Raising kids is all about losing your marbles in the pursuit of teaching them how to be awesome and perfect. After all, as adults we are pure awesome and clearly know pretty much everything… Actually, if you are a parent, you are probably beginning to figure out that we are the ones who are being […]
Kid Friendly Instant Pot Recipe
It’s been 8 weeks since we officially took our 4 kids out of school and started homeschooling. Our reasons were many, but mostly logistics. I’m not sure what happened, but our recent move, new school and various life changes seemed to have an exponential effect. I was no longer able to keep up with schedules, […]
Homeschool Week 2: Thoughts, Life Lessons and Prayer
#BainFamilyHomeschoolChronicles – Here we go again! If you didn’t catch my homeschool announcement, you can check it out here. For those of you following our journey from traditional school to homeschool… here is my attempt at an update after 2 weeks. In my humble opinion it’s something I would call PURE SUCCESS. Pretty confident out […]
Homeschool Chronicles: Our Daily Schedule
Homeschool 101 You’re back! I knew you would be….oh how I love my community that checks back in, shares their success stories; especially when it comes to this homeschool thing. 🙂 Guys, I’m on the struggle bus when it comes to our current school schedule. I shared on my Facebook page yesterday how it makes […]
Homeschooling Chronicles: Is It Just the PMS Talking?
Mama is about to get SCHOOLED! My Big, Hairy, Audacious goal 6 years ago was to be able to send all of our kids to Catholic School. We had 3 kids at the time I put that goal on the board. I’m actually a little surprise at how adamant I am about giving this homeschooling […]
Real Kids Review Daily Sunshine
Calling all frustrated parents! Most of us have kids who fight us when it comes to getting in balanced nutrition. Wait, that’s not just our family right? As many of you know, I have 5 kids. None of them get excited over leafy greens & broccoli florets. I’m not going to even try and convince […]