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?
M asked me when we were leaving for the extra F.I.R.S.T. Lego League meeting, bouncing on his toes. “Oh, about 2:30.” I drawled, thinking, I’d pack the overdue library books, and stop at Dunkin’ Doughnuts for coffee (we are out Continue reading Afternoon of Lego Club
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
My kids will really appreciate that title. Everyone has off from homeschool for the duration, except B, whose flute and Spanish tutorials are ongoing, so his practice is. I’m enjoying my vacation, investigating how to integrate the blog on the Continue reading I Need to Bake More Cookies
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
That day B went to the aquarium with DH? The rest of us tried to have a regular school day. Funny, it turns out that having B along means that things really run smoother, who knew? It was 11:30 AM, Continue reading {pfhr} Chilly Picnic
M set these blocks up on my computer desk while he bounced on the balls of his feet. “Mom, It goes down both directions. There are 8 bumps, then 4 bumps than 2 bumps. Also the 2 block high is Continue reading M’s Duplo Block Pattern
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
When M did his map work yesterday, he had to draw a star to mark Baghdad. He drew a four pointed start, sort of a square with dimpled sides. I realised that I’d never shown him how to draw a Continue reading A stary Divergence