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The Past Few Weeks…

Have been a whirlwind of activity! Home Educators Association of Virginia Convention in Virginia– one full day of driving to get there (the children did very well and made traveling really enjoyable for the most part. A day and a … Continue reading

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Bless Another Homeschooler

  Convention is coming and I’m making my lists and anticipating happy hours spent looking at curriculum, buying curriculum, making lesson plans and finally teaching! I‘m also anticipating the joy of being able to talk to other homeschoolers and encourage … Continue reading

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Quiet Days

  There’s been a lot of this going on these days. Taking pictures of a sleeping baby, or just watching her sleep. Slowly returning things to normal. Today that meant making a batch of bread since we’ve used up the … Continue reading

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Picking Curriculum: Or Why I Start Thinking About September in February!

    Lately (for which I am very thankful) school has been going remarkably smoothly. We took a bunch of time off in December due to holidays and sickness and finished out 2014 by moving the schoolroom upstairs from the … Continue reading

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Evaluating The Past Year

Now that I?m home from convention and we have finished up our last few subjects my mind is turning to planning the new year and using all of the materials I purchased in June! This is our fifth year of … Continue reading

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Where We’ve Been: 2014 HEAV Convention!

On Friday and Saturday I spent a good portion of the day doing Special Needs Counseling, Friday the little boys stayed with their old babysitter and Saturday they hung out with me at the convention. They did beautifully- playing with … Continue reading

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Continuing Education

This post contains affiliate links. I had a moment of panic yesterday when I realized that I was leaving for Virginia and the HEAV Convention next Saturday and I haven’t finished my list of curricula, picked the workshops I want … Continue reading

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Recovery (And Planning)

Sometimes I just need to take a little time off. This past week has been one of those times. Not that I haven’t been working, it just hasn’t been blogging work! Last weekend was the HEAV Convention which was great … Continue reading

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At The HEAV Convention

I never can decide which I like better at the convention: meeting friends I only see there, or seeing all the curriculum that I’ve read and heard about. And there’s also the workshops. I don’t go to many of them … Continue reading

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So Much To Do

Today is the opening of the HEAV Convention! I’ve been working all week to have the house in order for me to essentially be gone for two and a half days. I still have a bunch to do though: The … Continue reading

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