Posted in Daily log, personal on Jul 27th, 2010 2 Comments »
Oh my goodness, we’re busy! Yesterday we drove up to Alexandria (3 hour drive) to see some HS friends before they leave the area. They wanted to see the Runestone and we’d just visited it last month, but we’re always up for a mini-vacation with fun people (AND a little homeschooling!). We spent the night [...]
Posted in personal on Jul 23rd, 2010 5 Comments »
I’m taking a little time off from the computer for a bit. Parenting a preteen girl is kinda sorta ripping out my heart and BBQing it at the moment and I am taking a week or so off. I’ll be back soon…
Posted in personal, um... not much! on Jul 23rd, 2010 1 Comment »
Last week I was the grateful recipient of not one but two blog awards from two fabulous HS mothers I greatly admire. In true blog award form, they came with instructions on how to properly respond and pass it on. So I went to work compiling two lists of blogs I love, 10 words to [...]
Posted in art, Book Recommendations, Daily log, nature, personal, pictures, plays, recipes, science on Jul 18th, 2010 7 Comments »
It’s been so long since I’ve done one of these posts, it’s going to be hard not to be 30 or 40! Here’s a bit of what we’ve been doing around here… 1. We’re reading Kayak Anna. I got the book Kayak Anna and Palindrome Creek (or something similar) to review and started reading [...]
Posted in personal, um... not much! on Jul 18th, 2010 No Comments »
Today we took Alex and Anna to Worthington to hit the farmers’ market and 3 different grocery stores. One of those was Walmart, and they were having back to school sales so I stocked up on markers, composition books, glue and such. The young woman who checked us out looked up and asked, “Are you [...]
Posted in art, cool sites, games, math on Jul 15th, 2010 1 Comment »
Here’s a few nifties I’ve been meaning to share…. Right now you can download Dan’s Doodles for free from CurrClick. They look like some really neat designs for coloring with the kiddos! Freely Educate (which you should follow if you don’t!) has their favorite freebies for elementary ages here. Manga High’s math games look pretty [...]
Posted in personal on Jul 15th, 2010 7 Comments »
I have a dear homeschooling friend who is leaving Minnesota mostly because his family has felt so ostracized being a secular homeschooler in SW Minnesota. I have a homeschool friend who signed a statement of faith that didn’t match her beliefs (left leaning Catholic) in order to finally get some HS opportunities for her kids [...]
Posted in deep thoughts, personal on Jul 13th, 2010 7 Comments »
Lately I’ve been feeling pulled in too many directions and generally overwhelmed. I took on another writing column (this one on green living, a subject I really love yapping about!) and have been juggling… Homeschooling four ages Housework Two blogs Three daily columns Cooking mostly from scratch and now having to also provide vegan meals [...]
Posted in Funnies, pictures, Victoria on Jul 11th, 2010 2 Comments »
The children in the Wilder Pageant often carry little cloth dolls like Laura’s beloved Charlotte. Often, their “mothers” in the pageant sew them as gifts but sometimes the girls make their own. Victoria decided to make her own last week. This is what her doll looked like. Yep, green hair, one big eye and a [...]
Posted in computer & programs, deep thoughts, Victoria on Jul 9th, 2010 3 Comments »
Okay, I made that number up, but I’m pretty sure there are at least 900 reasons I love it, and it seemed silly to start at one. Victoria just put up a tutorial on how to make a sparkle picture using Sumo Paint on her blog. The tutorial included screen caps, lots of steps about [...]
