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?
Projects where I get to do crafts AND get organized are wonderful. I have to do it anyhow, but if I pull out my papercrafting toys, I’ll do it cheerfully. K thought the card stock and cardboard tags needed prettier Continue reading Closer to Being Organized
I gave my Noah speech to M last night – he said it introduced God too abruptly. So this morning when I dropped K off at her friend’s house, I asked Jen (Who owns a Work In Progress drama and Continue reading A Kiss, a cuddle, and some coffee
We picked 14 lbs of blueberries with Dan’s folks this Saturday, put a third in Mom’s freezer, made 3 gf fresh berry pies (which were all eaten by Sunday afternoon) a buckle, and we ate a lot of berries on Continue reading Am I forgetting something?
Johnny Tremain still hasn’t come in at the library, sometimes I wonder if the interlibrary loan gets influenced by my overdue books – I know it doesn’t, but post hoc ergo proctor hoc is so convincing. M has been giving Continue reading Carry On Mr Bowditch just got intersting
I’ve heard from veteran homeschooling parents that their kids in college often struggle with deadlines. So this year I vowed I’d set deadlines and make Ben sweat them, so he’d be used to that particular pain before he was in Continue reading This Won’t be that week.
Some of the more interesting things going on around here I can’t tell you about right now. Co-op business is confidential, and I’m working on a secret knitting project. Most of the family has emerged from the cold of last Continue reading Sorta overwhelmed but hanging on
My Grandpa Williams served in the North Atlantic in WWII on the USS Williamsburg escorting the convoys to Great Britain. When my Dad started teaching me to drive, he said that highway driving was like station keeping in the convoys, you Continue reading Station Keeping
Your 4 year old reproaches you with, “But Mommy! You f’got to do MY phonics lesson.” Your 9 year old returns from playing with the neighbor kids in a sleet/snow nor’easter to ask, “Dad, what is a snow day?” And Continue reading You know you are a homeschool family when…
I was uploading photos yesterday and set aside a random three that made me happy. it’s funny, but I really forgot today was Thursday: M wasn’t as into his Bloko sets as his Lego or Mags, because they seemed only Continue reading {p,f,h,r} What the camera had on it
I’ve worked out a sweet deal: my friend takes M and K on Friday afternoons after co-op, and I borrow her teen to be B’s lab partner in biology. This week she had another club, so we just came home Continue reading Just don’t drink the Pondwater Samples
Last week as we walked around Rockland Lake, a movie crew was cleaning up after some shooting. Since they were just popping the balloons anyway, we asked if K could have them. Of course, that did mean that we drove Continue reading He’s finished reading Don Quixote, now what?
If you add a tank battle to the margin.