Posted in deep thoughts, personal on Apr 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
This is the time of year when the pelicans return to our part of the country. Yes, we’re landlocked with corn fields all around, but there are also lots of lakes and wetlands and those bring pelicans for a good part of the year.
I love pelicans. I would love them just for their […]
Posted in Jack, Victoria, holidays on Apr 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Jack had a really good birthday today. He got some neat gifts, saw some neat people and did some neat things! There was lunch with Grandma and Grandpa, playing in the park with friends, a cake made to his specs (a green cake with his name and a little version of him on it!) and […]
Posted in Jack, pictures, holidays on Apr 30th, 2008 3 Comments »
I decorated the downstairs for the week last night. With all of the birthdays in a row, I’ll just leave it decorated until Sunday. Yellow crepe paper streamers are hung throughout the kitchen, dining room and living room with lots of balloons and a Happy Birthday banner.
Jack came downstairs this morning and his […]
Posted in personal, holidays on Apr 29th, 2008 2 Comments »
We’re about to get really busy!
Tomorrow, Jack turns 5. We’re having a little celebration with cake.
The next day, Victoria turns 10. We’re having a larger celebration with cake.
The next day, we’re having a giant party at a nature center for all of our birthday kids with friends.
The next day, Alex turns 1! The same day, […]
Posted in Lapbooks, Anna, pictures on Apr 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
Anna did a horse lapbook the other night, all in one night. She really had fun and we both learned a lot.
I printed out various things that I found online doing google searches for horse images and horse facts for kids. I found some really neat stuff that […]
Posted in magical moments, pictures, nature on Apr 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Daryl took the kids to run errands this morning and a few minutes later Anna came back in the house to inform me that there was something magical and I had to come! As much as I like putzing online and doing laundry, that sounded even better so off we all went.
We drove a […]
Posted in challenges, Anna on Apr 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
Annalee is my little fairy child. She flits about, writing songs, drawing pictures, singing, dancing, pretending. She loves to do math only because her big sister hates to do math and she can do it better. :) Otherwise, she’s pretty much against anything that looks, tastes or smells like school. Luckily, […]
Posted in Field trips & tours, nature on Apr 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
We had a few errands to run in a nearby “big city” (they have traffic lights!) so we drove the 30 miles over there today. We dropped off homemade cards for a HS friend who’s had her tonsils out, picked up some groceries and let the kids play at some parks. I even […]
Posted in Anna, Victoria, testing on Apr 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
We got our CAT results back for the girls today. This was Anna’s first time with the test and Victoria’s third. Overall, the results were wonderful. Each girl had one area out of the ten where she scored below average, but the other nine were all well over average.
The basic results were…
Anna (2nd grade)
Overall scored […]
Posted in PE, deep thoughts on Apr 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
Today I took my girls to homeschool swimming. I watched them fling themselves into the water again and again– swimming, diving, splashing and playing like they had been born in the water.
They weren’t always so fearless. These are girls who cried when water ran down their foreheads in the bathtub when they were toddlers. These […]
I'm a frazzled AP mom to 4 fabulous kids in rural Minnesota. Homeschooling here tends to be child-led and focused on fun. We do lots of crafts, reading and exploring. I'm madly in love with my brilliant, goofy lug of a husband and I don't get nearly enough sleep.