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?
The local builder called in to clear the chimney in Busman’s Honeymoon is always picking up bits of string and quoting, “Safe Bind, Safe Find.” This morning, the clutter got to me, especially with missing gift cards, and instruction manuals. Continue reading Safe Bind, Safe Find
I went through the back hallway, put away the Fall weight coats, and found my missing camera. Just in time for Christmas 1.0 All the little kids liked to climb on B and M.
B’s concert was short and sweet, K didn’t have time to get naughty when Dan took her out to the hallway to fidgit and dance. This morning one of our Dairy Queen light bulbs failed spectacularly, and burned a hole Continue reading Random Happenings
We all caught K’s cold the day after Thanksgiving. So we are a week behind in the original homeschool plan. I ‘get’ to re-invent that plan today, being Mary Pride’s ‘Slasher Mom.’ I’m trimming whatever does not seem to be Continue reading Remembering the Week of Illness
I got to drive B to his audition today. I say got, because it was just me and B, and his Percy Jackson cd from the library. We haven’t been playing it out loud since we realised that the monsters Continue reading Southeastern District Music Festival Audition
So, we did survive Friday. The wonderful co-op ladies did indeed flex with the shortened schedule. We really did get the church funeral-ready by 1PM (even though I had to keep myself from saying something snippy when the flowers started Continue reading Sit-com Day, meet duct tape.
K needed something to do, preferably snow related, because her bedtime book on Sunday was Snowflake Bently, and then I let her look through our copy of Ken Libbrecht’s Field Guide to Snowflakes as she got sleepy. I had Continue reading {pfhr} random recent photos
B talked his grandfather into 4 pepper plants. So, once we’d dug them up (before the frost, by moonlight and flashlight – B is very persuasive) they arranged to come pick up the peppers. But mostly we hung out. The Continue reading Theoretically, it was all about the Peppers
This morning, I counted up how much time B has to get his work done (both learning and homework) about 2 hours in the morning, 4 in the afternoon, rarely using evenings or weekends for kitchen table work. When I Continue reading It was encouraging…it was discouraging
It’s getting harder to find activities we can all do together as a homeschool. B moves so fast, with so much homework, that I feel like he’s always zooming out of the frame, even when he’s not on a Continue reading {pfhr} Dancing Sharks
I keep this blog for many reasons, but the original one is writing practice. If I write a little bit daily then the fear of the blank page, the fear I will spell something wrong, use the wrong homophone, word Continue reading Writing Practice
I hosted a Homeschooling Mom’s fellowship night (both ladies who came had fun). I put out fresh flowers from my garden, after finding them under the rampant morning glories. Pretty: Funny: The kids thought the ladies would have more fun Continue reading {pfhr} Lemon Hots