Posted in Jack, deep thoughts on Oct 1st, 2008 2 Comments »
Tonight I played computer games with a very heavy 5 year old on my lap. It was the most important work I could be doing.
I was looking something up on the computer and Jack came in and asked if I’d earn him money on Webkinz. Jack feels loved when you do rather odd things for […]
Posted in Kindergarten, Jack, nature on Sep 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Yesterday for part of Jack’s kindergarten we harvested potatoes. As far as Jack was concerned we were digging for treasure though!
The kids really had no idea that I had planted two batches of heirloom potatoes in our neglected perennial garden last summer. It was all piled with dead grass and leaves to hill up around […]
Posted in Jack, pictures on Sep 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
Since our kids don’t go to SOTH (school outside the home) they don’t get the annual school pictures. They have to settle for Mama always having the camera pointed at them out in the world. Here’s a few pics of my sweetie Jack from our trip to Sioux Falls. The last one is out of […]
I haven’t uploaded pics from our trip to the zoo yesterday but I just had to share a few pics from the day before.
This is what happens when you say yes to your small boy’s plans for a bare part of the lawn and a garden hose. I firmly believe that every child must have […]
Posted in Kindergarten, Field trips & tours, Jack on Aug 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
Jack continues to push me to do kindergarten every day as much as possible. I’ve told him that we’ll officially start school next week and so we only have to do a little bit of school for now, just to appease him. He’s a demanding little guy!
A few things we’ve done the past couple of […]
Posted in Jack, magical moments, crafts, Fun, art, writing on Aug 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
Jack has been asking for kindergarten every day this week and so I’ve made time to do something special each day. We’ve made cakes, read books, done leaf rubbings and so on.
Yesterday he said he wanted to make paper dolls. We decided to do them freehand and I asked if he’d like alien or monster […]
Posted in Behavior, PE, Full Disclosure, Olympics, challenges, Anna, pictures, Victoria, Jack, history on Aug 13th, 2008 3 Comments »
We held our own Olympics yesterday!
The kids started by picking a country to represent and finding its flag on the “flags of the world” poster to copy. They carefully made flags and we taped them to the front of their shirts.
I helped them make 15 medals (gold, silver and bronze for 5 sports). We cut […]
Posted in 29 Day Giving Challenge, Jack on Aug 1st, 2008 2 Comments »
Okay, I was going to wait until Monday to start the 29 Day Giving Challenge but it just worked out too well today.
First I decided that since I was bringing a giant pan of watermelon for all the kids in the play, that it would be a good start to the challenge.
I did that and […]
Posted in Jack, Funnies on Jul 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
Two funnies from a walk Jack and I took during our “mom & me” time today….
1. We passed a dark lump that I absentmindedly noticed and shrugged off as burnt wood or some other bit of garbage. Jack stopped and squatted down for a better look. He explained, “I thought it was a frog or […]
Posted in Preschool, Lapbooks, Jack, reading on Jul 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Jack chose the letter A to do a lapbook on this week. I have to say it was much easier than usual — no web searches for images or handouts, no intricate cutting and arranging.
We made some letter A’s together, found some stickers of things that started with A, found and drew some other images […]
I'm a frazzled AP mom to 4 fabulous kids in rural Minnesota. Homeschooling here tends to be child-led and focused on fun. We do lots of crafts, reading and exploring. I'm madly in love with my brilliant, goofy lug of a husband and I don't get nearly enough sleep.