Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
(Because some days, a new YouTube video is the only way I get their hair brushed.) Now it's off to IKEA to get stuff for the classroom! Because I ask you, fellow homeschooling mom: Can a classroom ever have too much stuff? (And the answer to that one is yes, yes it can.) (But we really do need a new set of chairs.) Have a blessed day. : ) … [Read more...]
We attended a family picnic for Boy Scouts tonight and I thought, "Two birds, one stone." Meaning, I talked them all into a family photo because I needed one for the new co-op directory. Is it just me or does Felicity look a wee bit wistful? Only two more days and then it's goodbye August. I love the fall--I really do--but for some reason it's … [Read more...]
I have just spent the morning--a very LARGE part of the morning--filling out forms and finding records so that my daughters can join American Heritage Girls. Phew! Part of the process included attaching a photo to the application...so outside we went with Mom's camera in hand. Do you think AHG will make an exception for the interloper? … [Read more...]
You would think, wouldn't you, that after ten-plus years of home educating my children, I would have settled--gosh darn it--on a math curriculum. Do you remember this post? Problem still not solved. Why do I belabor this issue?! Why? Because I am a type-A Artistic Type and that is the very worst kind of person to have choose and then--gasp! Not … [Read more...]
Today, thanks to Tracy, we watched a monarch caterpillar go from this: ...to this: They have milkweed plants growing in a garden at Pinewood Castle and were good enough to share some caterpillars with us. Hooray for the changes that took place before our eyes! Also today, thanks to...hormones, I guess, I watched my firstborn son go from … [Read more...]
Last Saturday, I placed my little boy on a mighty stead. And then, basically, I just let him go. Fortunately, he came back to me. Fortunately, he survived. Though, as you can see, he had to hang on for dear life. Two days before that, I strapped myself—willingly—into a rocket ship-type contraption and was flung into space at lightning … [Read more...]
The Chore Chart Edition I’ll have an actual post up in an hour or so (I know! Can you believe it?) but meanwhile, here’s a cartoon that my husband sent me, inexplicably right after we’d had a “discussion” concerning household chores and their assignment. You know that there’s grace working hard in one’s marriage when you can have such … [Read more...]
The following exchange took place in our basement this morning as we were tidying up embarking upon a massive archaeological dig. “Hey, I remember this thing!” This was my son, distracted (shockingly) from the task at hand. “We have lots of things. That’s the thing.” This was me, more focused (not shockingly) than my son, though certainly not … [Read more...]
“Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest.” Galatians 6:9 Ann left a comment on yesterday’s post via Facebook, saying, in part, that blogging my way through [some of the painful stuff] allows me to call on the Church Militant and my friends to give my soul the support it needs. Isn’t that beautiful? Ann is … [Read more...]
I have been a very unpredictable blogger lately—posting, pulling, posting, pulling. Okay, so, those of you that know me will say, this isn’t all that unpredictable! I’ve always been flighty and full of self-doubt…and yet, despite the insecurities, have tried to keep things “real” on this blog. You have told me that you appreciate this—my keeping … [Read more...]
