Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher My rating: 5 of 5 stars Library. What a great book! We read this aloud and the lessons Betsy learns, the approaches the different adults take, the feeling the reader gets from the characters is well balanced, interesting, and beautiful. Betsy’s growth and improvement over the course of the…
FOR TODAY Monday, May 7, 2012 Outside my window… it is cool and the birds are singing.I am thinking… about what new elections in Greece and France will mean.I am thankful… In the kitchen… lasagnaI am wearing… denim shorts, green shirt, and OBX hoodie I am creating… nothing right now. I am going… to try…
First, can I please say that I’m astounded that it is May?! How these months have flown! We had a good week and accomplished a lot. We finally finished studying Anatomy in the God’s Design for Science Human Body book. It is good to have that accomplished. We’ve been very busy with soccer and baseball…
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting My rating: 3 of 5 stars Own. We finished The Story of Doctor Dolittle this evening. It was a pleasant read aloud and we enjoyed the story. Don’t know whether we’d read others in the series, or just let the children read them on their own. The…
The Rich Are Different by Susan Howatch My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own. I love Susan Howatch’s writing. What beautiful sentences she writes! Her stories are intriguing and hold together – despite their unbelievability at times. (Probably because they’re based on true stories) She is amazing at giving voices to her character-narrators. They all…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… warm and sunny. Gorgeous spring day for the children to enjoy swinging.I am thinking… about naptime. I should be thinking about grocery shopping.I am thankful… for my niece who turned 4 over the weekend.In the kitchen… the dishwasher needs emptied!I am wearing… jeans and a purple flowered top. I am…
We had a really good week. Last week we were off on break with Daddy. We had fun doing geocaching and being together. I had the opportunity to attend the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention to be taught and encouraged. On Monday, we cleaned house, particularly the school room, as one of the major changes I decided…
I enjoyed this year’s convention very much. This was the first Homeschool Convention I ever attended without Heather and that was kind of strange, she was missed. Neither Anna nor Jeanelle were able to attend, but my most-wonderful-in-the-world Mother in Law and super-great Sister in Law were attending, and we had that lovely commute in…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… it is cool and light.I am thinking… too many thoughts from the convention.I am thankful… for the opportunity to learn from amazing educators like Andrew Kern, Susan Wise Bauer, Christopher Perrin, and Martin Cothran.In the kitchen… I haven’t cooked for a while … grocering tonight!I am wearing… black sweats and…