Posted in Goals, holidays, personal on Dec 31st, 2009 15 Comments »
Y’all know how I feel about resolutions. I keep them about as well as I keep my house clean, which I do almost as well as I speak Gaelic. And nope, I don’t speak Gaelic! If I were going to make some resolutions, I’d go all out though. In my dream life, this is what [...]
Posted in art, geography, nature, science on Dec 30th, 2009 1 Comment »
…Before they disappear. This list from the Mother Nature Network has spectacular photographs and heartbreaking places on the list. Venice? The Great Barrier Reef? The Alps? Yikes. This is beautiful, depressing, educational and just plain important. And did I mention the photography? Considering the pictures all seem to be via Flickr, they’re pretty amazing. Flickr [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 30th, 2009 1 Comment »
Just sharing some of my latest articles…. Homeschool stuff: Homeschool Resolutions NOT to make this year NASA helps educators search for free lesson plans, materials and more Five fun math games to play today Attachment Parenting stuff: Taiwan to fine those who interfere with mothers nursing in public Attachment Parenting 101: Ten reasons “crying it [...]
Posted in art, cooking/home ec, Daily log, geography, history, Home ec, math, PE, pictures, reading, social studies on Dec 29th, 2009 2 Comments »
We’re getting back in the swing of homeschooling around here. Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to… 1. We’re reading book two (Utah) of the “Wright on Time” homeschool series. (Geography, social studies, reading) 2. We’ve been sledding, taking walks and playing in the snow. (PE) 3. The girls have been taking photographs [...]
Posted in nature, PE, pictures on Dec 28th, 2009 3 Comments »
I took the boys for a walk today and pulled Alex in the sled. It was bitterly cold but bright and sparkling white everywhere. Jack had quite an adventure even navigating our front yard! Here’s Jack giving Alex a hand to pull him into our yard. I got quite a workout pulling Alex and sometimes [...]
Posted in Daily log, holidays, personal, pictures on Dec 27th, 2009 6 Comments »
We had a lovely snowed in Christmas! Our area was in a snow emergency and they canceled Christmas church services, advised against any travel and basically told everybody to stay home with their families. What a lovely idea! We had already opened our presents on the solstice but the kids each had a present from [...]
Posted in holidays, personal, plans for the day on Dec 24th, 2009 3 Comments »
We were supposed to be going to Grandma and Grandpa’s house for Christmas like every year. But we’re getting a whole lot of snow and some ice on top of it and the roads won’t be safe for days. We always have our family celebration on the winter solstice when we open our presents to [...]
Posted in Book Recommendations on Dec 23rd, 2009 5 Comments »
I reviewed the first book in the “Wright on Time” series at the Examiner today. You can read it here. I listed pros and cons, which was hard for me to do since I like the author and want the series to succeed — and because I read the dozens of reviews other bloggers posted [...]
Posted in cool sites, Fun, history, holidays on Dec 20th, 2009 1 Comment »
1. The People Speak brings history to life by having actors read famous words by famous Americans, like Susan B. Anthony’s speech to the judge at her suffrage trial or Matt Damon reading the Declaration of Independence. 2. This dry erase paint could transform a wall into a pretty cool schoolroom/playroom feature! We put dry [...]
Posted in Daily log, deep thoughts, pictures on Dec 18th, 2009 3 Comments »
To continue with yesterday’s gratitude post, here’s 10 new things I’m grateful for and the promised holiday pic. 1. That my little guy is sleeping somewhat peacefully, despite being sick and feverish and having an all-around tough day. 2. For getting to play and review the HS-family-created Bailout! board game today. 3. For getting to [...]
