Tag Archives: Life
Of Hectic Schedules, Activities, and Life in a Circus
Hmmph! Seems like a long time since I sat down to type here. Actually…it has been a long time…a couple of months at least and that last post was rather short. Life has been busy, no doubt (and more on … Continue reading
Posted in homeschooling, Life, preschool educcation, Reflections
Tagged homeschooling, housekeeping, Life
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The Twentieth Day
The big children asked me what day they should be on in their devotional books today and I realized as I counted the days from the Third Sunday in Lent that we are halfway through Lent. This week has been … Continue reading
Wrapping Up: Glimpses Of Our Week III
Whew! What a week for busyness! Homeschool picnic and first dance class of the fall for Bull on Monday Cleaning up the schoolroom/basement and a visit to ?the Farmer’s Market on Tuesday School on Wednesday School Thursday morning, followed by … Continue reading
The Realization That Revolutionized My Parenting
My children and I are not at war “Well, duh!” you say, “Of course not!” Of course not? Then why do we talk and act as if we were? Haven’t we all said and heard these kinds of things: “I … Continue reading
A Normal Day?
Actually I’m not sure we have any “normal” days, but here’s a little glimpse of a somewhat typical day. 5:30 am: The alarm goes off. I turn it off and snuggle up to S to drowse for half an hour … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Art, Elementary Education, homeschooling, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged A Day In The Life, Life, lifelong learning
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Two Weeks of Silence
Any blogger out there will tell you that not blogging for a couple of weeks with no explanation of why is not a good way to build traffic! It’s true, but sometimes life intervenes and the blog goes right down … Continue reading
The Witching Hour!
That time of day when everything seems to break loose at once. That hour and half at the end of the day when the children are tired of their own amusements and ready at once for some Mama attention and … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life, Memories, Quiet, Uncategorized
Tagged Family Time, grace, intentional parenting, Life, Parenting, Quiet
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Paper Avalanche? How I Organize Schoolwork
One of the great joys of homeschooling is keeping all of those completed papers, right? I mean, how else are you going to convince total strangers that your children are well-educated? ?And you have to have some papers showing progress … Continue reading
Posted in Elementary Education, homeschooling, Housekeeping, Life, Organization, preschool educcation, Uncategorized
Tagged homeschooling, housekeeping, Life, organizing
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Keep Pushing Ahead
One of the tricky things for me to balance as the children’s mother and teacher is where I should deal with attitude issues. My preference is for school not to be a time when I discipline, but if there are … Continue reading
Insurmountable Tasks
For the past week I have been tripping over a sleeping mat on Mouse’s bedroom floor. It would probably take less than three minutes to put it away, but I never seem to have three minutes when I’m in her … Continue reading
Posted in Housekeeping, Life, Organization
Tagged busyness, housekeeping, Life, Time Management
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