Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
Has it really been three whole weeks? Three whole weeks since we shipped these kids off to school... ...and three whole weeks since the rest of us began our TWELFTH year of homeschooling? Note that the terrorist toddler is eating his apple for the teacher. Three whole weeks since I've {gulp} written a blog post? (Yeah, well, … [Read more...]
I long to live from a place of rest, to teach and mother from peace rather than anxiety. I'm quite certain that He desires that for all of us-- His beloved daughters called to the educating and raising up of little hearts and minds. --Teaching from Rest by Sarah Mackenzie So I made the kids their back-to-school Schultüte (locally known as … [Read more...]
The 2014 Edition - 1 - MCHEC is the largest home education conference in the upper Midwest, for good reason. Conference Host, Amazing Speaker, Conference Host (There's no minimum height requirement for this event. Short hostesses are welcome!) We're talking fabulous organizers, awesome talks, amazing curricula and extremely good-looking … [Read more...]
The weekend was busy and frenetic and FUN. Here is a sneak preview; I am posting it for Sarah: Andrew Kern and an Obnoxious Adoring Fan The full (or fullish) post is on deck. For now though, I'm eating cherry pie à la mode with my freshly minted 15-year-old. He was 7 when I first started blogging. I can't--cannot!--believe it. … [Read more...]
The Minnesota Catholic Home Education Conference starts today! I'll be there; will you? They've got an awesome line-up this year, but then again they always do: Ken Davison from Holy Heroes; Andrew Kern from CiRCE Institute; Ginny Seuffert from Seton; Lacy Rabideau from Catholic Icing; and Dr. Meg Meeker as the key note … [Read more...]
Here we Minnesotans go again. Although the start of the week brought us balmy temps, (We saw the 30's! A heat wave!), the mercury is expected to steadily drop today and by tomorrow... Photo Credit: Felicity ...we're expecting a "high" in the low teens with wind chills way below zero. What's more, parts of the state are … [Read more...]
On the Need to Breathe, Reboot, Be Happy "Sometimes I get frustrated I just want everyone to go away Sometimes I roar like a lion cub That’s when Mama knows I need a little extra love" From the song "Sometimes" (by Frances England) I walked into the kitchen on Wednesday morning and sniffed the air. "Am I baking something?" I asked myself, and … [Read more...]
Originally posted on 11/11/11 (Cool date, huh?) This morning, I opened my daughter’s English 2 book at random. Opened it at “random”—ha! With God, there is no “random.” Here is the poem that I found on that page. Here is the poem; I hope you like it. St. Martin’s Cloak Saint Martin was an officer In the mighty ranks of Rome. He … [Read more...]
Wow! I went a whole week without sharing my thoughts! Didn't think I had it in me, did you? Well, what can I say, it's almost winter. I've been taking in autumn in great gobbling gulps. * * * * * Also, we're in the midst of some serious discernment over here.You know the expression "It's all good" ? Well, it's not all good at … [Read more...]
Our Modern Day Take on the Saints of the Reformation “Saints and Scholars” is an annual production put on by our homeschool co-op, and was held at the school across from our church last Saturday. Finding an appropriate costume and writing my kids’ speeches is always well worth the effort, and yet I always—ALWAYS—hesitate before signing the … [Read more...]
