Posted in contests on Jul 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Kids ages 8-18, tell us what is unique about your local homeschool group or co-op in a 3 paragraph, no more than 300 word essay, and you could win your very own digital camera and earn your homeschool group up to $300 in cash! We will nominate 5 of our favorite essays and let our […]
Posted in magical moments, Victoria on Jul 24th, 2008 2 Comments »
That was the headline in the Marshall Independent last week, talking about our girl!
WALNUT GROVE - A curious 10-year-old girl helped to fill the park at Walnut Grove on Saturday to hear twin sisters Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush talk about their days as the Carrie character on the TV series “Little House on the Prairie.” […]
Posted in magical moments, deep thoughts, Daily log on Jul 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
We’re still at Grandma and Grandpa’s house, and we just got back from the lake. They live 2 blocks from the city park and one of the city lakes, with a sand beach and lots of fun stuff to play on.
The girls happily swam in the lake until we dragged them out for supper. I […]
Posted in Daily log on Jul 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
It’s day two at Grandma & Grandpa’s house and we’re having lots of fun. We’re heading to their cabin at the lake in a few minutes so I thought I’d jump on and do a quick post.
Here’s 10 random things we’ve done…
The girls are writing a newspaper together with family news.
Victoria and I hit clearance sales and […]
Posted in Field trips & tours, Daily log, Fun on Jul 21st, 2008 No Comments »
We had a really great day at the Walnut Grove park on Saturday. They run special events on weekends while the pageant is running and the newspaper editor had asked us to come by at 1 so he could take a picture of Victoria with the Greenbush twins (I’ll be blogging about that later!).
Some […]
Posted in plays, Anna, Victoria, pictures on Jul 19th, 2008 No Comments »
The boys and I went to the pageant last night with Grandma and Grandpa. I got some pics backstage before the show…
And some of the girls acting silly…
Grandma, Grandpa and the boys in the audience…
And some of the scenes… The arrival in Walnut Grove, Getting used to living in a dugout, and Anna’s […]
Posted in magical moments on Jul 19th, 2008 No Comments »
We’re just back from the pageant and I’m ready for bed, but Daryl reminded me that I was 2 days behind here! Oops! So here, super quick, is 10 magical moments from the past couple of days.
We found ourselves suddenly without water on Wednesday and we all walked down the street to see what was […]
Posted in Jack, Funnies on Jul 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
Two funnies from a walk Jack and I took during our “mom & me” time today….
1. We passed a dark lump that I absentmindedly noticed and shrugged off as burnt wood or some other bit of garbage. Jack stopped and squatted down for a better look. He explained, “I thought it was a frog or […]
Posted in Daily log on Jul 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
10 Things the Kids Learned Today…
The roses that Daddy got each of us need clean water, and a little bit of sugar will feed them the same way it will feed ants, butterflies or people.
Minute (meaning very tiny) and minute (meaning 60 seconds) are both spelled the same.
Victoria was 10 years, 2 months, 2 weeks, […]
Posted in cool sites, contests, math, writing on Jul 14th, 2008 No Comments »
From Googol Learning…
Crazy 4 Math Contest Deadline July 30th
The Crazy 4 Math Contest is once again receiving entries from all over the world, showing that mathematics, the universal language, is enjoyed by children everywhere.
This annual contest was founded in 2005 to help students keep up their math skills over the summer. Research indicates that […]
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.