Posted in magical moments, Jack, pictures, crafts, art on Jul 7th, 2008 No Comments »
For Jack’s “Mom & Me” day last week, he said he wanted to make some sculptures.
I assembled some odds and ends from the garage and yard, some tape and scissors, and paint. Then we just sat in the front yard and he started to create.
He did such a good job! I love his […]
Posted in magical moments, pictures, crafts, Fun, art on Jun 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
A few days ago I posted that I wanted to do some of the items from an old list of 10 ways to make the day magical. One of the items was:
Have the kids decorate the bottoms of each other’s feet with washable markers (or do it with your little ones). This can be delightfully […]
Posted in magical moments, Goals on Jun 27th, 2008 No Comments »
When I am less busy and less of a deadbeat, I put out a newsletter to go along with my web site, A Magical Childhood. One of the traditions I’ve developed is to end it with 10 ways to make the day magical.
I’m swiping a list from an old newsletter and am going […]
Posted in Full Disclosure, magical moments, plays, Daily log on Jun 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Tonight was media night for the Wilder Pageant, so Daryl and the girls had to be in full costume and ready to pose for newspaper photographers and such (this picture is from media night two years ago!). We did a grocery run in the afternoon and got home just in time to dash about […]
Posted in cooking/home ec, magical moments, Victoria, pictures, Daily log, geography, Fun on Jun 24th, 2008 3 Comments »
Yesterday was Victoria’s “mom and me” day so Daryl took the other kids for a couple of hours in the afternoon.
She decided she wanted to spend it making cookies, playing Scrambled States of America, and doing a craft. We generally only get an hour so I explained we might not have time for […]
Posted in Daily log, nature, PE, magical moments, social studies, art, math, reading, science, writing on Jun 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Three random ways the kids learned in each subject the past few days….
Math
Jack was answering addition and subtraction questions for goldfish crackers in Guy and Val’s hotel room this morning.
Victoria did some math pages to earn extra computer time.
The kids’ computer is hooked up to the net now in the living room and Anna instant […]
Posted in magical moments, pictures, Fun on Jun 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Our good friends Val and Guy came down for a visit this weekend.
I’ve known Val since high school and Daryl has known Guy since college. We consider them chosen family, and our kids adore them.
As soon as they got here, they were swarmed with kids. Everybody had to hug them, tell them stories […]
Posted in magical moments, pictures, nature on Jun 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
When we go on errands, we try to incorporate stops for the kids on the way there or the way back. Yesterday we had to go to a nearby city for groceries so we had the kids bring bathing suits and buckets for a stop at the lake on the way.
We were there for […]
Posted in magical moments, Jack, Victoria, pictures, Fun on Jun 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Jack, Victoria and I were blowing bubbles in the front yard last week when the newspaper editor went by in his van. He circled the block and a minute later I noticed him parked across the street taking pictures. He spelled my name wrong but he did pretty well for just going by memory. […]
Posted in magical moments on Jun 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Lots of simple little magical moments happened today. A few were…
Daryl took all the kids except for Victoria for an hour so we could have special one-on-one time. We decided to spend it on a bike ride together and then shooting marbles in the driveway. It was really nice and we laughed a lot during […]
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.