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’m trying not to think too apocalyptically about tomorrow’s surgery. I’ve learned how to use my crutches, I need to practice some more today. DH has been settling K back down to sleep sometimes in the night, so we know Continue reading Odds and Ends before Surgery
So, what are the things I usually do that no one else has to usually worry about? I need to get them listed because I’m about to pass them over to the other adults in the extended family. The last Continue reading My chores
When I was starting to think about homeschooling, I did NOT want to have a schedule, not that I don’t crave order or structure, it’s just that the most readily available books on homeschooling in my library were written by Continue reading Thoughts on our schedule
DH Christinethecurious B M K Midnight nurse K Snuggle back to sleep 04:00:00 AM Often rocks K back to sleep. nurse K Snuggle back to sleep 05:30:00 AM Get up with K, read Bible, brew coffee for Chris, earn Husband Continue reading Wow, since we we do this every weekday, that must mean we have a schedule.
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.