Magic and Mayhem

From yesterday and today!

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We’re back just for the night and then heading out again tomorrow!
We had a great little trip. Daryl taught lots of people lots of stuff about the atlatl — so much so that he nearly lost his voice by the end of the session today. He also really wrecked his legs […]

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The other day I joked with Victoria “What, I have to give you life AND feed you?”. That’s not all I have to do, it turns out! I have to school these people too.
Real school. No more of that relaxed, fun, child-led business. Oh no. They want school, […]

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We’ve learned and done the past couple of days…
1.  Victoria bought a skateboard and has been learning to ride.  She’s letting Jack and Anna try too.
2.  We went to Marshall and visited some homeschool friends.  The kids played baseball, made marble runs, pretended to cook and about 104 other things until we finally dragged them […]

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It’s nice to be home for a bit.
Today is shaping up to be a nice lazy day.  It’s beautiful weather and Anna has set up a family pedicure stand outside.  For 5 cents she’ll paint your toenails!  I had her do it outside to keep freshly painted toes from marking up carpets and such, and […]

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We’re back from our overnight trip to Mankato and packed in lots of wonderful stuff.
We started out attending a homeschool potluck picnic, where we all ate great food and played/yapped with friends until well after dark….

We got to Grandma and Grandpa’s house pretty late, with just enough time to play a little and listen to […]

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…we’ve learned, done or read the past few days:
1.  Jack and I have started reading The Berenstain Bears’ Science and Nature Super Treasury from the library.  It’s a nice intro to some science topics for a 4 or 5 year old, though it’s out of print and not worth the price people are charging for […]

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On the one hand, there’s a little voice telling me all the things I should be doing and all the ways I am rotten, rotten, rotten.
A good mother would have gotten to history today instead of just looking through the book and leaving it for the baby to attack.
A good mother would have done more […]

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We met up with some fabulous friends who were in Sioux Falls Friday and spent the night at a lovely hotel together.  It was so nice to see them and we had a blast!  Bigger blog post tomorrow! 

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Every homeschooler knows that learning happens all the time. It’s easy to fall off the structured wagon and think you’re not doing anything, though. I am the queen of spin when it comes to turning everything into homeschooling! Here’s some accidental homeschooling we’ve done while avoiding anything schooly the past couple of […]

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