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?
I didn’t take a photo this week because I put the veggies away already, and I was SO tired last night. K’s teeth, or the itchy patches on her arm that I think might be eczama woke her up a Continue reading This week’s CSA Box and Menu
At Why Homeschool. It looks like a long, meaty one this week!
there were blueberries too, they got put into scones, Cooks Illustrated July/August 2007 cole slaw for 4th of July Picnic (buttermilk recipe from CSA) rhubarb Pie (Mom used her part of the rhubarb to make a sauce for the barbequed Continue reading This Week’s CSA Box and Menu
On Thursday, K took a long nap in the morning. I got lots of school in with the boys, but in the afternoon when I was dragging, K was bushy-tail-ed. This was an occasion for the DVD player. M and Continue reading OK, She won’t Sleep, Lets go to the Zoo, the Sun is Shining
M just reported, "They let me sit in the machine, and touch the controls." "What did it feel like?" "Warm and Comfortable, I’m going back to watch some more. And B took pictures, 3 pictures." His eyes are shining like Continue reading Where is my Porridge?
Cristina at Home Spun Juggling has a questionnaire going: What is a memory you have of learning with your mother? What is a memory you have of learning with your father? What kind of education do you think you gave Continue reading Memories of Learning
That cold, wet weather we’d been stuck with for a month blew away and gave us "Canada weather," as my husband calls it: blue/purple skies, high flat clouds, cool, but not cold wind, the laundry can dry, the allergies back Continue reading Splendid 4th of July Weekend
Many relatives will be gathering at my Mom’s house for a picnic this afternoon, then heading out for a Pawsocks game. K and I will remain home after the hot dogs to go to bed a good time (I don’t Continue reading The Cake is in the Oven for the picnic, but it might rain.
The City must have been either racing the heat, or the rain, because today the back hoe was digging up the sidewalk starting at 7AM. The operator was so deft, his co-worker was sometimes using a shovel not inches away Continue reading Breakfast Entertainment
I had to wait to put K down for her (much needed) morning nap today, who could compete with the town crew fixing the sidewalk?
Welcome to our tidied up back hallway/mud room! DH hung the mirror that used to go with the guest bedroom in the hallway, increasing the anemic light back there. I finally got all the winter things put away (except the Continue reading This Saturday Was a Gift Too: We Got Work Done
We’ve been trying to meet up with my cousins at the Boston Museum of Science for most of the Spring, but we managed to have most of us ill during that time, and didn’t want to get their baby sick. Continue reading Last Saturday was a Gift