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Cast & Characters
There are some recurring folks in our lives I use abbreviations for; here is a quick rundown.
F (Buggle): Oldest Son, 5 years old (b.2007)
Su (Mouse): Oldest Daughter, 4 years old (b. 2008)
W (Bull): Second Son, 3 years old (b. 2009)
J (Jack): Youngest Son, Infant (b. 2012)
S: Husband-
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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Food or Sacrament?
Today the children decided that they should butcher one of their stuffed animals and make stew out of it (it was a rabbit). They did this with great gusto and imaginative detail and I filmed part of it and posted … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, devotional life, Uncategorized
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Farewell, Dianna Wynne Jones
You know those books that you read over and over? The ones that you make excuses to read aloud because technically they’re children’s books, or young adult fiction and you really aren’t either a child or a young adult anymore. … Continue reading
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Back Again
So I just looked and it’s been three weeks or so since the last time I posted. Yikes! Time does have a way of flying by. I kept saying “I’ll get time to write tomorrow” and other things kept happening … Continue reading
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Schooling Update
I was flipping through old posts and realized that it’s been a while since I gave a schooling update so here goes: F He is halfway through the second unit of Rod and Staff’s First Grade Bible Nurture and Reader … Continue reading
Posted in preschool educcation, school readiness, spiritual formation
Tagged F, preschool education, preschoolers, spiritual formation, Su, W
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Excuses , Excuses
Last night S put the big children to bed while I sat downstairs and listened. They sleep in a bunk bed and because of some problems F has been having with sleeping (which translates into Mama not getting much sleep) … Continue reading
Saturday Expeditions: Blueberry Scone
About a month ago we started a weekly practice of the older children taking turns going out with me on Saturday morning and staying home with S on the alternate weeks. Usually we go to the Farmer’s Market about ten … Continue reading
Gardening: Book Review The Art of the Kitchen Garden
I am an avid reader of gardening books (in the days when I had television I watched a lot of gardening shows too), but I don’t usually decide to buy them. Ethne Clarke’s The Art of the Kitchen Garden really … Continue reading