My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
Last week was not much for Kitchen Table School. There were orthodontia visits, dental visits, an MRI (to figure out my headaches), the SAT while it could still be taken ( the coordinator thinks this will be the last window Continue reading More Mentoring and Chauffeuring; or how much I love having the older kids around
Mechanic’s Pond is quite low right now. I’ve been interested this month in the growth patterns of the leaves, how are the oaks and maples arranged? Do the smaller leaves go on the ends of branches or back up the Continue reading Soaking in the June Sun, by the pond where it’s not hot.
Dan had 9 days to take off from work left this year. K and Matt took the weeks off from the homeschool that I assigned them, but they still had Eagle’s Wings, and Good Company Tutorials. Ben still had finals. Continue reading Photos from 2 weeks of use them or lose them days off for Dan
We had volunteered to help my Mom pass out invitations to the 4 Day Club she’s hosting in a neighborhood near her – which meant less time to clean house this morning. As we were discussing which chores to skip, Ben and Matt Continue reading Teenagers – my force multipliers
Ben had declared that the only speech he wanted at his graduation was grace for the food. But a diploma was important to Dan, so we ordered one. Despite having played in the band for the last 5 graduations at Continue reading Graduation Photos and the lists I used for college applications
Ben played in the Memorial Day Parade. Then he dry cleaned his uniform, packed up his shako, plum, shoes and everything, and dropped it off at the high school. For the last time. He was sad too. Dan meanwhile discovered Continue reading Early June
Ben worked out a ride to the Marching Band Diner, so after I dropped him off at his (last ever) flute lesson, I was done driving people places today, my Mom is picking up the pot pie to bring to Continue reading An Unexpected 2 hours
Benjamin and I attended the “Accepted Student Day” at Wentworth Institute of Technology on April 1. The MBTA station is about a 7 minute walk from our house. From there, the train took us to Ruggles station, only an 8 minute walk Continue reading DH Guest Post: Wentworth with Ben, SS ReedWreck Construction with M & K
You can see M’s team mates piloting their robot at 34:34, and Ben on the other side of the table working as a referee in black and white stripes, and a green and orange hood.
All 5 college applications are in. We should start hearing back from them in 3-5 weeks. Even though all the colleges Ben was applying to said they’d take the Common App’s Homeschool supplement, it was not after all a waste Continue reading What do I want to remember for the next kid’s college applications?
M and I were on an emergency shoe shopping trip to North Attleboro (the plastic heel cup was poking through his shoe!) We also needed some emergency crochet hooks (all my hooks had mysteriously disappeared since I started sharing them Continue reading Hint and Seek led to Fish Census
I’m finally remembering to take photos of my samples myself to put on the project page on Ravelery, not just the photos I paid for on the sales page. K had some ideas of poses she wanted to try out, Continue reading New Patterns Up