One of the advantages of homeschooling is that when the perfect late summer beach day hits, you can ditch the books for the day and fully enjoy nature’s bounty. Today was the perfect beach day. Around 80 degrees, a light …
More Streaming Thoughts
– I just got home from the library. Words cannot describe how GIDDY I feel when I leave the library with two huge bags of books cutting off the circulation in my wrists. Seriously. The library is like the greatest …
Your Q’s and My A’s
Thanks for your patience while I wrapped up this post. It was a lot of fun, and I appreciate all the interesting questions. And thank you for not asking about politics. I’m still working on a post about political parties …
Q & A – Take 2
Hi All, I’m getting ready to do another Q & A post in the next few days. That’s where you send me your questions about life, homeschooling, global warming, the best way to remove crayon from fabric walls (if anyone …
Love and Marriage, Thirteen Years In
Today is Havarti’s and my 13th wedding anniversary. Yay us! It’s funny to look back to where we were then and to remember what it was like to be in young love. Havarti and I were 24 and 23 when we …
Dolittle’s Backyard Birthday Bash
Last month we celebrated Dolittle’s seventh birthday. (Sniff.) She had originally asked for a very specific unicorn cake, which I was going to make (I took cake decorating lessons when The Muse was a baby – I gots skills), but …
Helping Kids Temporarily Ditch Their Shyness
I was painfully shy as a child. (Perhaps that’s why I like writing so much better than talking.) So I’m sympathetic when my kids go through phases of feeling timid around people. The Muse went through a short shy period …
Summer School
I’m going to go a bit backwards here and catch up on some of the happenings during and since the move. Almost three weeks ago, we kicked off our summer home school session. We’ve added two students to our home …