Posted in Daily log, Field trips & tours, Fun, Home ec, Poetry, games, geography, history, nature, pictures, plays, science on Jul 31st, 2009 2 Comments »
Oh my goodness, we’ve been busy! Summer is just a blur around here, even with the pageant finally over. It’s been nice, though, and it was cool and rainy for part of the week and I really liked that. It makes it nicer for our nightly badminton games.
Here’s a bit of what we’ve [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2009 5 Comments »
At long last, here’s a billion or so pictures of the Wilder Pageant from last weekend. I think the average attendance was around 1,100 people and I don’t think there were any nights with less than a thousand people in the audience!
All of us back stage before the show, with Daryl’s mom
Victoria with two friends [...]
Posted in games, math on Jul 29th, 2009 1 Comment »
I try to get educational games for my kids for gifts because it makes such a neat way to have quality one-on-one time and sneak in some learning too. There are so many great educational games out there but they can get spendy.
Zeus on the Loose is one that I got Victoria for her birthday [...]
Posted in nature, recipes, science on Jul 29th, 2009 3 Comments »
(photo plus intriguing recipe from Dish-Trict)
I mentioned getting squash blossoms at the Farmers’ Market yesterday and Gerky asked what I did with them. To tell you the truth, I’m not sure yet! They are being carefully stored in my fridge for tonight (they are very perishable!) and I have big plans for them.
I can’t decide [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 28th, 2009 1 Comment »
We don’t get MTV or watch this show but I thought I would pass on the message….
“MTV Real Life” is looking for homeschoolers between the ages of 13 and 18.
They say:
“Are you a homeschooler with a story to tell? If so, MTV would like to hear from you.
Over a million American young people are home [...]
Posted in nutrition, um... not much! on Jul 28th, 2009 2 Comments »
I’ll post pics from the Wilder Pageant and updates and all of that ASAP but I had to jump on first and say just how happy I am to have our Farmers’ Market again!
Today’s haul for the grand total of $19.75…
One bag of purple beans
Two pounds of broccoli florets
4 sweet onions
5 beets
one basket of banana [...]
Posted in cool sites, history on Jul 27th, 2009 No Comments »
A Book in Time looks like a neat site to use for your history lessons. They have all sorts of book suggestions to teach history, separated by time period. There are also crafts, curriculum alternatives to textbooks and lots more. I haven’t had much of a chance to look around yet but I definitely want [...]
Posted in Anna, Charity & Community Good, Victoria, pictures on Jul 27th, 2009 1 Comment »
The Betsy-Tacy Society had a conference last week and asked if the girls would be willing to run a lemonade stand for their attendees. The girls said yes, and happily donned some old fashioned outfits to play the part.
I even joined in, looking very silly in a dress my mother made (for herself) years and [...]
Posted in Anna, Victoria, pictures, plays on Jul 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Last Saturday I sent my camera to the pageant with Victoria and Annalee and asked them to take some pics for me. It has been such a busy week that I haven’t posted them yet but I thought I’d offer their glimpse of pageant life…
Mulling around back stage beforehand
Daddy practicing his dulcimer
A bovine castmate
Crowds starting [...]
Posted in Daily log on Jul 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Jack has been playing math games on the computer. There are so many wonderful free sites with neat stuff. (I just clicked on the games tag here to find a couple of good sites this morning, plus he did CyberChase games at PBS kids.)
Anna woke up at 6 a.m. ready to take on the day. [...]
