I went in for minor surgery on Tuesday. It honestly wasn’t a big deal and I have felt very good all week despite it, as long as I don’t overdo. Add to that the insanity that is called ‘signing up a child for high school’ though, in addition to daily life with 6 boys and things definitely feel a little more nuts.

As we head out of summer and into yet another fall/school year I am gathering many many very fun ideas and products to share with all of you. So, after taking a lot of time off from blogging this summer I am definitely looking forward to the exciting things I have planned for you very soon.

I am going to be featuring a couple of weeks of giveaways and now is definitely the time to start spreading the news! Next week we will be having a Back To School Bash. The fun thing is, this bash will offer great items and ideas for kids AND moms!!!

Then two weeks later I will be offering several super fun and exciting products and ideas mainly for the grown ups (though there might be a few items for little people thrown in as well)!!  Feel free to join in the festivities during my Hooray for Fall Week!  I’m so looking forward to it and hope that I can squeeze everything in to the one week for each that I have alotted.

Here’s your chance to get a jump start on extra entries!

1. Have a blog? Mention my Back to School Bash (August 30 – Sept 3) and/or my Hooray for Fall Week (Sept. 13th – Sept 17th).  Once the giveaways come around for each event simply leave a separate comment with a link to your blog post as an extra entry.
2. Tweet it! If you use twitter, feel free to tweet about these events to let everyone know with a link back to AFrogInMySoup.com and in addition to the extra entry you usually get for tweeting each giveaway you’ll get yet another entry for any giveaway you choose to enter.
3. Share on Facebook! yep, if you choose to let your friends on facebook know about these events with a link back to the site you will get yet another entry.

These options offer you an additional three entries PER giveaway that you choose to enter during both giveaway weeks! (yes you are welcome to cheer). Until I have a better way for giving each of you lots of entries with one submission I am afraid that you will have to leave a separate comment for each qualified entry for each giveaway.

Not every review featured during those weeks will offer a giveaway, but there are some amazing products out there that I simply felt you all should know about.

As I have been gathering resources for homeschooling families, one of my favorites is definitely The Old Schoolhouse Magazine!  I know that we aren’t the typical homeschool family, since we do still send some of our children to public school, but having the right resources in place for any child you homeschool is absolutely necessary whether you feel you fit the mold or not.

Just because you are “only” homeschooling one child doesn’t mean that you don’t need the same support, encouragement and resources as the family that is homeschooling 4 children.  This year I will be homeschooling 2 preschoolers and an 8th grader so it ought to be interesting.

I mentioned The Old Schoolhouse earlier and I just have to say that they have an amazing fan page on Facebook offering tons of contests, freebies and encouragement.  If anyone has a question about curriculum, they can ask it there and I’ve always been amazed by everyone’s willingness to rally around and answer each concern and question!  A definite must if you are a homeschooling family or are thinking about homeschooling!

I also subscribe to their magazine (digitally and in print) and just received the Spring edition and it is amazing.  Tons of resources, balanced advice, great encouragement and amazing ideas to educate your child well.   This is another resouce I highly encourage homeschooling families to have.

Right now is definitely THE time to subscribe because they are having an amazing promotion where you will receive 19 free gifts with any new or renewing 2 year subscription with them.  These free gifts are worth over $400.  If you have ever considered (or are now considering) getting a subscription to The Old Schoolhouse, do it now and do it soon because this offer is only for the first 5,000 people!