FOR TODAY Outside my window… it’s sunny with blue skies. Birds are chirping.I am thinking… about our week.I am thankful… for our church and its pastors, officers, and congregants.In the kitchen… there are bagels for breakfast. A treat.I am wearing… jeans, and a brown long sleeved t-shirt. I am creating… clean laundry. The washer…
The children and I had a fun start to our week with a trip to the Kalahari Resort and Water Park. My brother and sister-in-law wanted to take their daughter and the children have wanted to go again since we went for M-girl’s sixth birthday in 2010. Unfortunately, Jason was unable to go with us…
It was even harder to get up Saturday morning. We had breakfast again and headed out. We got the parking spot I prefer and got to our sessions on time. I went to five sessions on Saturday. The first session was Dr. Reynolds discussing Medieval Chant and the Roots of Christian Music. She discussed cantus…
My goal this week was to do 5 solid days of lessons. We achieved that. It was a beautiful start to the week weather-wise, so the children were able to be outside a lot. It makes a difference. We did four days of Circle Time. We read a whole chapter of Parables from Nature…
Friday morning was exciting. Trish (my mother in law) made breakfast for us. Above and beyond! The first session I went to was by Michael Clay Thompson from Royal Fireworks Press. He was speaking on Building Vocabulary. His talk discussed the importance of knowing roots and stems from Latin and Greek to growing the English…
I’ve been trying to remember how many years I’ve gone to this conference. I know I took R-girl as a 9-10 month old to the conference when it was still at the Landmark Baptist church and I’ve gone every year since, so that is 6 years, but I think we went to the conference at…
Memory Work for the week of … : April 8, 2013 Bible: I think we’ll finish Phil 2:1-18 this week. Catechism/Creed: M-girl reviews. N-boy Q137-142. R-girl Q95-98. Hymn: The Church’s One Foundation. By children’s request. Love that. Covenantal Catechism: Lesson 10 – Ham and the Line of Death. Poetry: Continue The Height of the Ridiculous….
FOR TODAY Outside my window… the sun is breaking through the clouds. The grass is a little greener. Spring is springing, perhaps. I am thinking… Finally.I am thankful… for Jason taking time off so I could go to the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention. In the kitchen… my son is making scrambled eggs for breakfast.I am wearing……