I’ve been busy leading a mini-workshop at church for the past couple of weeks. With Dad gone and our church a bit far from home, the kids have had to tag along and busy themselves while I’m teaching. A dear member and friend noticed that the girls occupied themselves with books, and began her lament […]
Crickets in the Fridge
As I sent my dear husband to the tackle and bait shop for crickets, now for the third time (at least) in this season of home education, I couldn’t help but laugh at the hilarious places that science education has taken us over the years. These crickets, while still alive, will go into the refrigerator. That leads […]
Green Smoothies
When Amy’s favorite juice recipe reached my mailbox, I looked at the color and almost immediately deleted that piece of mail. I don’t drink green drinks, I said to myself, hearing a subtle tone of Sam I Am. Then my cousin Adrienne began posting her smoothie combinations onto Facebook and I thought, where is she getting […]
Where in the World…?
“What college was that?” AJ inquired. Honestly, Washington University at St. Louis was nowhere on our radar screen. We’d not heard much about this school, though I knew it was mentioned in the same breath as Rice, Northwestern, and other universities with which we are more familiar. St. Louis was not what you’d call a […]
On and Off the Beaten Path
Wow, what a blog break, huh? It was somewhat unintentional. I knew that the week out of town would involve some heavy travel days, but I had no idea that the nights would be so busy, or that I’d be too zonked to do anything except rest when I wasn’t driving. Plan A was to […]
Oh Come, Let Us Adore Him
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were […]
Current Events:1st Crack
In my last post, I shared my youngest’s desire to add current events to her course work, and, to a larger extent, to emulate her brother and sister. She’s completed her current events for 2 weeks now, and her results are well worth capturing. Here is a sample of her summary. “Stitches of Hope” […]
Imitation, the Sincerest Form of Flattery
Well over a year ago now, I’d taken a survey of our kids’ feelings on what was then our homeschool environment. I also posted my follow-up plan, in which I talked about how elementary school-unfriendly our school was at that time. Given the needs of the oldest, I’d made a very conscious decision to focus […]
The Wind of Change (to my Door Decor, that is)
We didn’t get the rain, but instead lasted through the windy side of Lee. When I say windy, I mean wwwwiiiiiiiinnnnnddddddy. The last of the fake flowers that had become little more than a hiding place for the occasional lizard fell off the wreath that hung on our door. On a day when I was already […]
Raising Truly Beautiful Girls
We have two daughters. One is a teenager who is imminently, and almost unbelievably at times, becoming a young adult. The other is an 8-year-old who thinks she’s imminently becoming a young adult. They are as different as day and night, but there is territory that ultimately must be covered with any girl at some point […]
Old School, New School: Teaching English
I often write about our Charlotte Mason-inspired homeschool and how much living books have added to our studies. We were introduced to this approach long before we began homeschooling, and I believe that was the hand of God. Yet, there are 1-2 places within our school where I deliberately deviate from Miss Mason’s advice. One of […]
Thankful
Plan A was to write this post on last week before we began our fall semester, but the days have been busy, friends. With what looked like an open window of time and opportunity, I decided to take advantage of an offer to complete a certification for work over the next four weeks. I’ve also […]