Posted in Home ec, housekeeping, Organization on Nov 9th, 2012 No Comments »
This is the filing card system I’ve been using lately for my to-do lists. I have a crazy amount of things I have to do on an ongoing basis, and I couldn’t find a program, list or app that would work for me until I started doing my cards again. I made it up years [...]
Posted in Attachment Parenting, Home ec, personal on Jul 3rd, 2011 3 Comments »
Kara over at Simple Kids wrote recently about how their family was preparing for the baby coming soon. She asked how others prepared for upcoming babies and it got me thinking. Not that I haven’t already been thinking about the subject! Fall is coming soon! Many of the things that are normal for other people [...]
Posted in Daily log, Frugal living, Home ec, pictures, plans for the day on Jun 11th, 2011 3 Comments »
Life has been busy here lately! Here’s a bit of how we’ve been learning and playing… Playing element bingo (Anna won the prize — wacky glasses!) Visiting the railroad museum Getting Victoria back from visiting friends in the Cities Experimenting with our new telegraph machine Gardening Hanging out with fun friends Finishing testing for the [...]
Posted in cooking/home ec, Frugal living, Gardening, Home ec, Montessori on May 27th, 2011 8 Comments »
A while ago, a friend asked me if I knew anything about homeschooling older kids with the Montessori method. I had no clue but I promised I’d look into it for her. I still had it on the back burner (being 5 months pregnant with 4 kids, too many gardens and an affinity for the [...]
Posted in cool sites, geography, Home ec on Jan 27th, 2011 2 Comments »
I’m off to have some virtual woman tear up my calf again, but first I thought I’d share a few nifties that are on my mind here… Do professional photographers really make any money? That’s the question this professional photographer takes on. While this article is being widely applauded by photographers, her numbers don’t necessarily [...]
Posted in Home ec, housekeeping on Jun 28th, 2010 No Comments »
We were in a thrift store last week and Victoria and I spotted the perfect design book to describe my decorating style… And in order to make this homeschool related… On a related homemaking note, here’s the science behind seasoning a cast iron pan! Do you know which oil will produce the safest, healthiest, hardest, [...]
Posted in Anna, Home ec on Apr 21st, 2010 1 Comment »
Today’s post comes courtesy of Annalee! She made up this dish and then blogged the recipe. It’s delicious and oh-so-pretty too. oeuf et ciboulette “Oeuf et ciboulette”is french for egg & chive. Oeuf et ciboulette is the name of my egg dish. Here’s how to make it. Ingredients: Fresh chives cut into small chunks, Salt [...]
Posted in art, Daily log, Home ec, PE, pictures, recipes on Feb 5th, 2010 2 Comments »
Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to…. 1. Making deviled egg sailboats. 2. Continuing to read our Revolutionary War diary. 3. Having guitar lessons with Daddy (for Victoria and Anna). 4. Doing art. by Victoria: by Jack: 5. Creating games and busywork. 6. Running businesses. I love how Jack creates his own spelling [...]
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 art, geography, history, Home ec, math, pictures, reading, science on Nov 7th, 2009 8 Comments »
Other than a cold or two, we’re finally over being sick around here. It’s nice to feel human again! Here’s a few things we’ve been up to since recovering…. 1. Learning about explorers. We’re doing a lapbook about explorers from CurrClick (I got it free in exchange for reviewing it) and we started last week. [...]
