maya's reading!

It's amazing to me that Maya is learning to read. Amazing. I'm an impatient person by nature, and the thought of homeschooling my children was, to put it mildly, daunting. I knew that homeschooling was something we were going to try wholeheartedly, and commit to, on a year-by-year basis. But the actual application of that [...]

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kyle david miller

Please go to Jody's blog and help her spend some money for a good cause–and perhaps learn something new that will keep your kids safer. After that, go to the Kyle David Miller Foundation and learn about how this special boy's passing is helping to educate (and maybe even save) countless families around the world.
Via [...]

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large family

Have a large family? Come from a large family? Want a large family? Wonder why on Earth anyone would want a large family?
Read this. Bring tissues.

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hannas

We are just lovin' our Hannas around here! The girls received the following for Christmas:
-Playdress set (dress, leggings, two pair socks) in Mango/Berry Bloom for Maya-Sweatpants in blossoming pink for Maya-Striped long sleeved boxy tee to match sweatpants, for Maya-Tank camisole in white, for Maya-Set of three Hanna Unders, for Maya-Wiggle pants in French Blue, [...]

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ikea

Oh, how I do heart IKEA. I just stumbled upon some sweet IKEA links for all you fellow fans:

Bemz – This designer makes custom slipcovers for popular IKEA furniture–and the prices aren't bad!
IKEAhacker – A blog that features IKEA products and how people modify them to suit their needs. Totally cool.
IKEAfans – I used this [...]

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lacking

I don't know if I have the patience to teach a little person to read.
It's been one of those days.

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overheard

Had to hop on the pc and record what I just heard Elly sing (imagine this in a toddler whisper-like chant, basically tuneless, “sung” as she's playing with a book):
“Praise the Lord Oh my soul rejoice and take me out to the ballgame…”

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Tell FDA: No Food From Cloned Animals

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed its review of food from animal clones and FDA regulators say that the agency will likely approve the sale of cloned foods this year.
FDA’s action flies in the face of widespread scientific concern about the risks of food from clones, and ignores the animal cruelty and troubling [...]

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peace–for a moment

Ahhhh. Maya is listening to Stuart Little in my bed, Ellery is sleeping snuggly in hers, and I am sitting on the couch. The sun is shining through the window behind me and warming my neck. For a moment, all is at rest.
Learning to be at peace in this moment is very difficult for [...]

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librivox

I've mentioned several times that we love audiobooks here. While it shouldn't and doesn't replace actual parent-child reading time, it allows my older daughter (4) to listen to novels while resting in bed, providing both she and I with a rest time while my younger daughter (22 mos) sleeps. Any sort of audio story [...]

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