Category Archives: Memories
Signs of Spring!
Right about this time of year, I am ready to start planting things. Generally the weather tantalizes me with a few nice days and then returns to winter grey and cold. When that happened this year I decided to do … Continue reading
Engineering Problems
Toys seem to go through phases around here. Sometimes the only thing that is popular is the Legos, other weeks the children “cook” endlessly. Lately the thing that has been popular is blocks. Bull started it. I showed him how … Continue reading
Thirty Years Ago (Homeschooling in Virginia)
I was seven years old. My parents had just completed their first year of Homeschooling. I had done second grade via a correspondence course from A Beka Publications in Pensacola, FL ( and managed to almost fail because my handwriting … Continue reading
Posted in homeschool convention, homeschooling, Memories, Reflections
Tagged HEAV, homeschool convention, homeschooling, Reflections, thanks
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Egg Drop!
Last Sunday I took the two big children to the Science Museum for the annual Egg Drop Contest. There were about 40 kids participating in middle and high school with judges from the local Engineering school some of whom also … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Elementary Education, homeschooling, Memories, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged e, Expeditions and Field Trips, F, homeschooling, Science, Su
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It ‘Nowed Last Night!
Bull woke us up at 6:20 this morning, bustling from his room to ours. “I need a diaper, I’m poopy.” S got up to change him and make the morning tea. About halfway down the stairs, Bull looked out of … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Memories, Preschool Play
Tagged conversations with W, free play, Life, preschoolers, W
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Create: Project Time
For quite some time I’ve wanted to have a regular space in our weekly schedule to work on projects with the older children. They both love to make things but aren’t yet old enough to do much unsupervised. I’ve tried … Continue reading
Heard Around Here II
Bull likes to come downstairs in the morning and snuggle whoever is down here (usually S but sometimes me). This morning when he came down his diaper was very wet so I changed him. B: Mama, I loves oo, oo … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family Lore, Heard Around Here, Memories, Uncategorized
Tagged conversations with F, conversations with W, F, Heard Around Here, W
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Foggy Morning
Sitting here on a foggy morning, feeling more than a little foggy myself since Jack has an ear infection and has woken me between 4 and 5 am the past two days. He’s not uncheerful at that hour- I’m just … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Memories, Quiet, Reflections
Tagged Creating, Jack, Quiet, Reflections
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An Outing With Two Bills
W (more commonly called Bull) is named after my two grandfathers (William Ferguson and Loren Boydstun). Great-grandpapa Bill lives near us and Bull thinks it is great fun that Grandpapa Bill shares his name! Grandpapa Bill loves sports, so this … Continue reading
Posted in Celebration, Creativity, Memories, Saturday Expeditions, Uncategorized
Tagged Jack, preschoolers, Saturday Expeditions, thanks, W
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Maryland Renn Faire 2012
Last Saturday Su and J and I went to the Maryland Renn Faire with some friends. F was supposed to go too but woke up with a stomach bug so he stayed home with S and W.
Posted in Creativity, History, Memories, preschool educcation, Saturday Expeditions, Vacation and Travel
Tagged Field trips, Jack, preschoolers, Saturday Expeditions, Su
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