Posted in Field trips & tours, personal, plans for the day on Feb 15th, 2011 4 Comments »
We’re leaving tomorrow for Florida. It will be me, two family friends and my four kids, packed in our minivan. It should be a wonderful trip but I imagine there will be more than a few moments that will age me a few years. I’m going to desperately miss Daryl, and I so wish he [...]
Posted in Daily log, Fun, math, pictures on Feb 11th, 2011 No Comments »
In between hyperventilating about our current news, we’ve done some fun learning around here lately. Here’s a bit of it…. 1. We’ve been doing lots of reading. Anna got Harry Potter 5 as a late birthday present and we’ve been bringing home bags of library books. Jack is still on his Garfield kick and he [...]
Posted in personal on Feb 10th, 2011 24 Comments »
Statistics are for suckers. When my mother had her brain surgery, there was a 99% chance of a full recovery. Her tumor came back. And came back again. According to statistics, one of my four children should be Chinese. Here’s some more odds for ya. I’m 42 years old. We are very careful. There was [...]
Posted in Daily log, Field trips & tours, Fun, magical moments, nature, pictures on Feb 8th, 2011 7 Comments »
Last week, we headed to the Sertoma Butterfly House in Sioux Falls to pick up a family membership at half price. We were on our way to the science museum to meet friends, so we didn’t get to stay too long. You know what, though? It only takes a little time in a place like [...]
Posted in Alex, Full Disclosure, Jack on Feb 7th, 2011 7 Comments »
Last week I took the boys to the Windom library while Daryl took Anna ice skating with friends. After I was there a little while, I started to feel pretty weak again (I was very sick last week) and went to get my purse. I called Daryl and asked if they could be done at [...]
Posted in freebies, Victoria on Feb 6th, 2011 6 Comments »
Here’s a few tidbits I thought someone might be able to use… CurrClick has a free printable animal report form. Do you sprout your own seeds? It always sounded fun to me but so complicated. This post by the Greenest Dollar makes it seem so easy even I could do it! Here’s an early literacy [...]
Posted in support on Feb 5th, 2011 23 Comments »
It’s easy to doubt yourself when you homeschool. You find out the neighborhood school kids are studying calculus in second grade. The other parents in your homeschool group brag that their kids are six grades ahead of where they should be. You read homeschool blogs where parents explain how they schedule and organize 18 children [...]
