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I’ve been following Brooke’s blog for a while now, but I haven’t read her book yet. Last week, she released a second edition of Warrior Prayers and offered it for free for one day only to those who’d help her promote it via Facebook and Twitter. I jumped at the chance to get a free…
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Josh’s Birthday
Josh is old like me now, at least until the end of the month 🙂 (I tease him every year from May 8 to June 1, which is the time that we’re the same age each year.) Josh had to share his birthday with Mother’s Day this year, but he didn’t seem to mind too…
Strawberry Picking
We went strawberry picking this weekend. We brought home 4 boxes of strawberries and a gallon of strawberry cider. While there, we couldn’t pass up the strawberry slushies. We started with one large to share but it was to good we had to go back for a second one 🙂 I had lots of questions…
Friday Funnies
Heard from Jonathan this week: “I like Antartica. I want to go there, but I’m too little.” “It is chilly in Antartica, but it is my favorite.” Jonathan has suddenly become interested in the world map that hangs on the wall in our office / schoolroom. When we read stories from our Sonlight curriculum, we…
Which Science?
I gave Jonathan two Apologia science choices for his Kindergarten science curriculum: Astronomy or Zoology 1. He and I have been talking about Astronomy for a while, but I really thought once he saw the Zoology 1 book about birds and insects that he’d choose that. We have been watching birds in our backyard while…
A Little About Feminism… or Stop Beating Up the Women Around You
Most of my formative years were spent living with my single mom and my little sister. Unintentionally, it was modeled for me that a woman can (and maybe even should be) ultra-independent and self-sufficient. Don’t get me wrong, my mother was amazing and probably should have super-mom status for what she did to keep things…
Jonathan’s BIG Decision!
I was settling in after dinner to do a little schoolwork with Jonathan while waiting for Josh to get home from work. Around 5:45 p.m., we were starting to read the second story out of Stories from Africa from our Sonlight P 4/5 curriculum, but we only made it to the second page…. The little girl…
Studying Ocean Life
We’ve been reading a book about oceans and sea life over the past couple of weeks. Today we’ve been reviewing. We looked at pictures, short videos, and played games online. After that, we drew pictures of ocean creatures. This is a a whale, a shark, and a starfish: This is inspired by “Finding Nemo”…. A…
How long will you homeschool?
I read this post a few days ago at The Pioneer Woman. I loved this quote: Now when I’m asked how long I plan to homeschool my children I respond “Until they fire me or leave home.” We’re in for the long haul. We’ll homeschool as long as it is the best for our boys and…
The Hobbit
I posted this on Twitter last night…. [blackbirdpie id=”48555193926819840″] I can’t believe that my four year old is listening to and loving The Hobbit. We tried The Chronicles of Narnia late last summer, but it was too much for him to pay attention to. Jonathan has grown so much in the last 6-8 months. Now,…