How do moms with multiple kids at multiple schools do it? I’ll tell you, the past week has been crazy, what with car pools and early morning risings and after school practices and oh! Did I mention that Joe has his first cross-country meet this afternoon?At least his sports are getting me outside.Consequently, whatever “schedule” I might have had … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday
The “I can tell it’s the first week of school” EditionAMDG, … [Read more...]
How’d he do, you’re wondering?
He did fine.He brought home a buttload of homework* but he did fine.Ancient history, calligraphy, stargazing, pre-Algebra…such was the stuff of his evening. He also memorized a score of prepositions, though his former English teacher mom was thinking, do you not just know these? Proper English grammar is the equivalent of breathing, in my … [Read more...]
On Letting Go and Eating Little Schoolboys
“Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb?” (Is 49:15) The following picture will tell you almost everything you need to know about my oldest child—easy-to-smile and easygoing, cheerful, helpful, outgoing, eager. He is a homeschooling mom’s dream child. And he left for school this morning. (If you … [Read more...]
