Posted in DIY, family life, food, homeschool, prayer requests, pregnancy on November 18, 2009 | 11 Comments »
It’s gray and wet outside. Also, cold. And still hunting season. I need a nice, refreshing walk to lift my mood, but looks like it won’t happen today…
Related to hunting season: I start hearing guns go off (mostly target practice) in early- to mid-October. It gets more frequent until 11/15, opening day. Then I count [...]
Posted in family life, homeschool on September 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We officially started school today. (But really, does the learning ever stop?) Maya is a first grader, and we’re going through Adventures in My Father’s World. We also started I Can Do All Things (Art), Singapore Math U.S. Edition (1A), and Writing With Ease (Year Two). We’ll start First Language Lessons (2nd grade) back up [...]
Posted in family life, homeschool on July 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’ve finally made my decisions for the coming school year, which will start in early September. Maya (6) will be a 1st grader and Ellery (4) will be pre-K. Asher (21 months tomorrow!) will be terrorizing the house and keeping things lively, and Little Lentil will arrive in late December or early January to shake [...]
Posted in books, family life, homeschool on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We are housesitting for some friends (M & J) who had their first baby (C) nearly a year ago. I love looking at C’s bookshelf in her room as I nurse Asher. It’s such a first child bookshelf. The books are crisp and new-smelling. At least half the books have unturned pages with still-sharp corners [...]
Posted in family life, homeschool, pictures on October 3, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Things are going really well here at the Academy. There are lots of details I’d like to share, but for now, click here to see a photo set of our first day of school.
(By the way, I just found out that I have a Flickr Pro account–how cool is that? Somehow, through my ISP, I [...]
Posted in family life, homekeeping, homeschool on September 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tomorrow is Maya’s first day of kindergarten. She’s very, very excited. I’ve told her that it’s not going to be much different than usual–just a bit more planned instruction and activities. But still, I can tell that she really wanted/needed an “official” First Day, so tomorrow is it. October 1st! (Hurray for homeschool! Where else [...]
Posted in family life, food, homeschool, pictures on August 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Made salsa with the kids:
Fresh Tomato Salsa, Fresh Hot Tomato Salsa, and Salsa Verde
Ordered a kindergarten curriculum:
My Father’s World Kindergarten
Posted in diapering, family life, homeschool on August 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Keeping busy here. Here’s quick update on the kids:
Elly
She has a high fever this morning. Please pray for her to feel better and heal quickly.
Somehow, she’s got herself almost all potty trained! It was really unexpected for me, and a wonderful blessing. I was waiting until closer to spring, when she turns three. I [...]
Posted in homeschool on July 24, 2007 | 7 Comments »
So, I’ve been doing a lot of research on kindergarten curriculum for Maya. She’s already begun to read, but we haven’t done much else, in terms of formal training. To be honest, it’s all a little overwhelming. There are so many great homeschool bloggers out there, especially classical method homeschoolers, who seem so knowledgeable. It’s [...]
Posted in books, family life, homeschool on July 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The girls and I listened to Peter Pan in the car as we drove to pick up our CSA veggies at the farm. When we got to the part introducing Captain Hook, Maya and I had this little conversation:
ME: Did you catch that? Captain Hook’s right hand was cut off by Peter Pan in a [...]
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