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……
Are Mondays hard for anyone else? Our day of rest sure wears the children out. Then starting back into the school routine can be mis-er-a-ble. Today was the worst we’ve had in a while; but we had two big days over the weekend with the holiday. Perhaps I should’ve taken today or this week off…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… it’s daytime, but cloudy and gray.I am thinking… about sessions I want to go to for convention.I am thankful… that I get to go to the Homeschool Convention this week.In the kitchen… [sigh]I am wearing… jeans and a hot pink peasant blouse I am creating… a list of things to…
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers My rating: 4 of 5 stars Library. It took me a while to read this one. I liked it, but March Madness was a bit more enthralling (Go Buckeyes!) I enjoyed the way Sayers made this essentially two mysteries. I was surprised by the murderer,…