Tag Archives: Life
Loving The Mess: The Importance Of Sensory Play
The other day Jack and I were sitting on our back patio. I was reading and he was exploring the sand box and experimenting to see how much sand he could pick up with a piece of tile. He added … Continue reading
After My Break
So here I am- after six weeks off and lots of busyness, ready to begin regularly posting again. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the blog and its direction(s), a lot of thought on how much time I … Continue reading
The Plan For The Week
I mentioned on FB this morning that I needed to sit down and make a plan and a list for the week. Someone said they’d like to see it and I thought “why not?”, just as easy to do it … Continue reading
Posted in chicken bones, cooking, Housekeeping, Life, Organization, Uncategorized
Tagged homeschooling, housekeeping, Life, planning and organization
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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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Tagged HEAV, homeschool convention, homeschooling, Life
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Keeping Up With Reading: Providing Good Books
A lot of reading is happening around our house these days! Sometimes it looks like this: And sometimes it’s just the long hour and a half of quiet in the afternoons while the little boys nap. Buggle is getting through … Continue reading
Mouse’s Marvelous Medical Misadventures! (Part 1)
I said Part 1 because I am quite certain that yesterday was not the last time she will end up in the ER! On the way home from church yesterday we stopped to chat with a neighbor. They were just … Continue reading
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Tagged Life, Medical Adventures, Mouse, Raising a Doctor, teaching moments
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Shopping With The Mouse
Some people in my family have a shopping gene. They love to shop and some of them actually love to buy stuff. I didn’t get it. I shop with a list, I go to two or three stores where I … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Joy, Life, Memories, Saturday Expeditions
Tagged conversations with Su, Life, Mouse, Saturday Expeditions, Su
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I Need A “Bossy” Planner: Well-Planned Day Planner Review and GiveAway
I am an affiliate of Home Educating Family Publishing and received a free planner to review. All opinions are entirely my own. With everything that goes on around here, is it any wonder that I sometimes can’t remember what day … Continue reading
Interpretations
Sometimes I wonder what goes on in my children’s minds! They are all fairly intelligent and information sticks in their minds like lint to velcro, but the remixing of the information into knowledge of how the world works can be…shall … Continue reading
Rainy Summer: What To Do?
Around here we don’t really have winter. Sure, it snows occasionally but mostly we just have lots of wet, cold days. It’s OK at first, actually kind of nice after the heat of summer but after a while we start … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, free play, Life, Memories, Preschool Play, Sticks and Stones, Uncategorized
Tagged free play, Life, preschoolers, rainy day activities, rainy days
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