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?
Well, maybe we did over do it a little, but it was fun: Co-op in the morning, lunch in the car, two hours at the library, then a tour of the new farm where we will be CSA members, Continue reading First Day Out after Chicken Pox
I’m feeling my way towards a system. There are tasks I can only do with both hands (like take a shower and cook diner). These things happen when K is napping, being held by someone else, or lying on Continue reading Schooling around the Baby, now we are done with Chicken Pox.
I wonder if we all give advice to counterbalance our own habits. For instance, I love order, structure, and plans, when I can get them! Does that mean my house is clean? No, but I can find things. Continue reading Homeschool Advice
Hungry? Gassy? Wet? Lonely? Cold? Hot? Sun in the eyes? Bored? Want to be held? Is it a hungry cry? A Bored cry? A 5PM why is everyone cranky and dinner not made cry? Early the other morning (approximately 3AM) Continue reading What Baby Needs
I should have known what would await me when I said, "Yes, you may play with the packing peanuts, just clean them up yourself when you are done." M got the toys up off the rug, I had Continue reading Vacuum Discovery
I’ve been intrigued lately by the idea of making up a menu based on what foods are available, not the other way around, as a way of eating more seasonally. That seems to be a Chinese way of Continue reading Improvisational Menue
Baby K is sleeping, M is laying down, B is watching a video in the living room, DH is at work observing the new server installation, the network guy is transferring, so this is a good chance for D Continue reading How did it get to be Good Friday already?
Baby K has 9 spots now, she had 5 yesterday. No fever yet, which is encouraging. On M’s second day of spots, he voluntarily took a nap, so I know that he felt miserable. We are watching her carefully, Continue reading Quarentine update
I have just remembered a nice thing about the young baby months: my husband and I get so wired with interrupted sleep that we wind up watching videos together to laugh about. Having just finished reading the Scarlett Pimpernel Continue reading Various Scarlet Pimpernel Movies
Well, there is something about sweet baby girls that makes people want to buy pink. The nursery is turning Pink from all the generous gifts. I am taking the chance to learn how to use the color. I have never Continue reading Pink
planning ambushes sister for show and tell at co-op walking by the swamp at Oak Knoll playing Titan. Me? I’ve been playing blog, and nursing the baby a lot too.
B reading his Bible, the main goal of literacy scored! DH calls the bunk beds "The Cave and the Crow’s Nest" Could it be that bunk beds and night lights promote literacy?