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?
Pretty My new cousin Denise, and the cake Liz from church made them.Mom and Aunt Jody organized a big picnic so the folks (like us) who didn’t make it to the wedding in Brazil could celebrate Ben and Denise. What Continue reading {p,f,h,r} Visiting Relatives
Ben is reading the last 80 pages of Dracula right now, instead of doing his schoolwork, because, what is the point of homeschooling if you can’t finish a plot driven book before doing your trig once in a while? Who Continue reading Catch up on April Staycation photos and general status
I enjoyed Christmas Day, and with Dan taking off from work and our friend Warren visiting, it feels more like the 12 days of Christmas than work hard, have one day of fun, then clean up and wish there were Continue reading Not a typewriter
After Sunday Dinner at Mom’s house, K wanted an occupation. M is now a reader, which means he’s not as much fun, from K’s perspective. She found a knotted shoelace in the toy closet, and asked what it was for. Continue reading No, we Didn’t need the Jaws of Life to disentangle us.
An awful lot of pretty: leaves, Old Sturbridge Village, Breton Point State Park in RI Real: I always wind up holding the kid’s hats and shoes! Funny; this egg had white spots on it, as if brown dye had worn Continue reading Catching up on a lovely Autumn {p,f,h,r}
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It was plenty hot Saturday morning, so we put on our hats, got up early-ish (for a Saturday) and drove to Dufort Farms to pick 14 lbs of blueberries. I’d never seen an egg case (or whatever you call it) Continue reading Blueberry Pie
Pretty: K’s new dress from the great hand me down continuum – it still had tags on it. My new dress adapted from old Burda World of Fashion patterns circa 1996. My back lit tulips from last week Happy: my Continue reading 3 Days of Art with Barry Stebbings {p,h,f,r}
Dan took K for a walk in Grandma’s woods on Sunday to see if the salamanders were up yet. I was glad we got a little more wear from her pretty pink dress, it used to be long on her. Continue reading Daddy’s Sunday Walks with K {p,f,h,r}
I’m editing 3 new patterns – 2 knit, 1 crochet. We’ve had several birthdays but we shared cakes, so the baking was not overwhelming,and they were gluten free. We sang to Dan on Sunday and he shared his candles with Continue reading Random Notes on my Radio Silence
One Sunday afternoon when Aunt Bev was still alive, she mentioned that with the soft food/lactose free diet she’d had to take on to leave the hospital, she’s just realized she’d never again eat a payday bar. It wasn’t an Continue reading More or less lactose free-gluten free peanutbutter fudge with salted caramel- like a Payday Bar.
I got photos of everyone but my Mom that day! Dan washes the dishes every Sunday afternoon. He says that way no one can say he put them in the wrong spots as might happen if he dried. We’ve been Continue reading Peaceful Sunday Afternoon at Grandma’s House