Magic and Mayhem

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I hope those in the states had a fabulous Thanksgiving. We had quite an adventure.  Bad roads and mild illness kept us home instead of going to Grandma and Grandpa’s, and we ended up rescuing a giant dog roaming the streets dragging a leash and a kennel door behind him!  We had him for about [...]

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We bought the board game Cranium at Good Will last week (for $1.50 and it was like new!) and played it last night.  You  need four players, which can be tricky with Anna away.  Jack (7) is technically younger than the recommended age (12, I believe) but he and I made a pretty good team. [...]

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Simple Homeschool had a post recently about what to have people do if someone else takes over watching your kids (and therefore homeschooling them) during times like births, vacations and illnesses.  There was lots of good advice and in the comments people talked about how they left assignments, instructions, homework, etc. and got it done [...]

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I stumbled onto this video about the Science Cheerleaders, who say they’re “busting down the stereotypes.”  I admit that these women have amazing credentials and they obviously are showing that cheerleaders can be intelligent, educated women.  I’m not sure they’re busting down as many stereotypes as they think though.  What do you think?

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We had our last German class on Monday.  It was sad for it to be over!  We really liked the teacher and we were often the only ones in the class. Lisa brought some German candy to share for the last class and showed us a You-tube video of her hometown.  She also talked about [...]

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We headed to Mankato for the last German class of the semester, and before class we got together with my fabulous friend Lonni and her kiddos.  Being short on money but up for something fun, we decided to meet at Pet Expo. It was such fun!  We’ve been to Petco before but not Pet Expo, [...]

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I’ve been working my way through the categories of the Homeschool Blog Awards over the past few days and just got to “Best Thrifty Homeschool Blog” to see Magic and Mayhem on there! I had no idea (isn’t someone supposed to tell you or something??) and the voting is nearly over, but if you’d like [...]

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It’s been far too long since I’ve done a 10 things update so here goes. Here’s a bit of how we’ve learning and playing hereabouts lately… 1.  We’ve been finding lots more shark teeth, neat rocks and artifacts. Daryl and the kids have found some pretty amazing rocks, shark teeth, petrified wood and artifacts lately.  [...]

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