Maple Syrup Festival, 2010
The local Boy Scout Camp, Camp Lazarus, has an annual Maple Syrup Festival at the end of February/beginning of March. I’ve wanted to go for several years, and we were able to go this year. Hooray! In preparation, we’ve been listening to Little House in the Big Woods and managed to get to the chapter,…
A New Month, A New Goal: March
At New Years’, one of my monthly goals was to slowly add to our routines on a month by month basis. January was to start school and do it every planned day. That has gone well except for our sick week, but we started right back up and I think this is going very well….
The Simple Woman’ Daybook for March 1, 2010
FOR TODAY March 1, 2010… Outside my window… the snow begins to melt and the puppy is tracking in mud. Is it bad to wish it would remain frozen forever? I am thinking… it feels good to sit down, we’ve been running hard today. I am thankful for… the work that needs done. (I have…
Verb Conjugations
M-girl, sitting on the edge of the couch, “I’m falling, I’m falling, I’m [crash] fallen!”
Weekly Report: 2/22/10-2/26/10
We took last week off because Mommy and the girls got the yucky cold N-boy had the week before. I was an impromptu decision. The flexibility of year-round homeschooling. It was a little hard to get back into schedule this week, but it went pretty well. Memory Work: Bible: we added Genesis 1:6. Catechism/Creed: Still…
Book Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows
[sigh] I wanted to love the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. The title is clever. The letter format is interesting (I want to write letters like these!) The writing was generally good. The story of a post war authoress, Juliet, learning what happened on occupied Guernsey Island was intriguing. The book isn’t a…
The Simple Woman’ Daybook for February 22, 2010
FOR TODAY February 23, 2009.. Outside my window… the snow is melting and the fog is dense. The new puppy is running chasing Sandy about. I am thinking… about getting breakfast started. Oatmeal, yum. I am thankful for… oh so many things; the puppy, staying with my children, breakfast choices, a decent night’s sleep. From…
Meet Tenor
He’s part Golden Retriever (his sister was golden) part ? … and very sweet. N-boy is convinced that Tenor is “his” dog. 🙂
