Our Heartspun Homeschool

Our Heartspun Homeschool

Monday, October 26, 2020

Christmas Day 2019

 We always spend Christmas Day at home with just our family. It is always so very nice and peaceful for the most part. We don't have to get in a hurry about anything, the kids can play with all there new things and we can all be lazy. I don't need to worry about the house being picked up or cleaning and cooking. Its a day to just be. We make monkey bread for breakfast every Christmas morning. I will try to share the recipe soon. Its fairly easy and the kids love the specialness of a specific Christmas morning breakfast. 





















































Homemade Granola

 Just recently I've started following a few large family YouTube channels that give great ideas to help a bigger than average clan run smoothly. I'm always looking for recipes that are cheaper and easy to make. I'm a huge meal planner and organizer, so I'm hoping to make some posts about that in the future. I'm also throwing around the idea of switching over to a YouTube channel, but I'm not sure people want to see me on video rambling on. This recipe is one I got from one of my favorite Vlogs, Our Tribe of Many. Sarah has some great recipes and ideas and this is one of them. I bought a gigantic bowl off of Amazon and as you will see in the pictures it works great for putting this all together. If you don't need a batch this big, just half the recipe. You will also see my baggie holders in use. I use these mainly for making freezer meals. They are a super great "kitchen gadget" as my son Henry likes to call it. ( I am not being compensated for promoting baggie holders and I will get nothing if you order one from the amazon link)

Baggie Holders


Homemade granola

12 C oats

1/2 C flour

1 T cinnamon

1/2 t nutmeg

1 C coconut oil

1 C honey

optional: Raisins or chocolate chips

Mix the dry ingredients together.

Microwave your honey and coconut oil together.

Pour over the dry ingredients.

Mix well.

Add raisins or chocolate chips.

Grease two cookie/baking sheets (this is very important, if you forget you will regret it)

Put mixture in one layer on baking sheets, the thinner the layer the crunchier your granola will be.

Bake at 325* for 18 minutes. The second batch will go for about a minute less. 









Friday, October 23, 2020

Christmas Eve 2019

 Ever year we spend Christmas Eve at Grammy & Papa's house. We eat pizza, decorate cookies, and open presents from them. This year my brother and his new wife joined us which was really special. Usually its just us and my parents and sometimes my brother is able to make it and have an early Christmas with us, but this year them and their little dog Bowie were able to come for the actual Christmas Holiday. Fun was had by all!!