Posted in Frugal living, personal on Sep 30th, 2008 6 Comments »
We’re doing a different sort of challenge this fall around here. Fuel prices are so high that heating our house is going to be really expensive this winter. Here in Minnesota most people heat their houses with either natural gas or fuel oil (basically diesel fuel). Some people also have fireplaces and […]
Posted in Anna, Funnies, personal on Sep 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Anna and I have a long standing joke that I’m the second best mom in the world.
Years ago, we went and visited her little friend Mia at her house for the first time. Mia’s mom has 5 beautiful, perfectly behaved children and an immaculate house on a lake. Despite this, I really like her.
Anna […]
Posted in personal, pictures on Sep 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
Daryl and I have a tradition of getting married again every year on or around our wedding anniversary. It started when we first got married and couldn’t decide on a theme/style. We said we’d just have a new wedding every year and we have!
It’s generally just a small, private thing where we renew […]
Posted in Preschool, personal on Sep 17th, 2008 3 Comments »
So I have this little article on my web site that I wrote up years ago about what a 4 year old should know. I wrote it when I was feeling a bit grumpy about how competitive we parents we all getting with each other and how pushy schools and parents were getting towards little […]
Posted in personal, Daily log on Sep 16th, 2008 1 Comment »
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 […]
Posted in um... not much!, personal on Sep 15th, 2008 3 Comments »
We’re not getting much homeschooling done today. Or I’m not anyway. The kids have had some accidental learning via “Word Girl” and websites and new magazines that came in the mail.
Today is a bit of a Do Nothing Day for me, like yesterday and like much of last week. Maybe I should just call this […]
Posted in Victoria, personal on Sep 9th, 2008 2 Comments »
I know you read my blog so I thought I’d leave you a little note here.
I’m glad you approved of my “It’s Hard to be Ten” post. I wouldn’t want to embarrass you but I thought it might be helpful for other mothers out there with ten year old girls.
Just the same, to balance the […]
Posted in personal on Aug 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
When I was writing up what we’ve given today it seemed incomplete. A bigger story is what we’ve been given. We are so blessed, and I am always aware of it.
It’s late and I should get to bed. Alex will wake me in just a few hours. But really quick, here are some blessings from […]
Posted in personal on Jul 31st, 2008 3 Comments »
We’ve been homeschooling long enough that the socialization thing is years past laughable around here. My kids interact with other kids at the pool, the park, community theater, library club, friends’ houses and on and on. The phone never stops ringing for the girls. They are veritable social butterflies.
The same can’t necessarily be said for […]
Posted in magical moments, Field trips & tours, personal, pictures on Jul 29th, 2008 No Comments »
We had such a great time with Grandma and Grandpa last week that I didn’t get much of a chance to write about it. I’m always short on time so here are 10 photos to sum up some of the trip.
And 10 words…
Family History Play Shopping Helping
Bonding Nature Drama […]
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.