Two weeks late, but I really do want to keep a record. I’ll write last week’s in a separate post. So the week of August 8-12, R-girl and I did most of the things the other children and I had done the week before. M-girl and N-boy had their “Old Enough Others Outing” with Grammy and Grampa….
When I was a teen, I had my Bible sitting open in my room one day and I came home to find a sticker in the midle of it that said “Miracles Happen for those who Believe.” I assume my mom put it there, but to this day, I’m not certain who did. I’m pretty…
As you likely know, we use AmblesideOnline for our homechool curriculum. One knock AO gets is that it occasionally uses old, sometimes racially insensitive (at best) or downright racist (at worst) books. There are books to offend many groups – Roman Catholics have issue with Trial and Triumph and Westward Ho!; This Country of Ours…
It’s the Olympics, y’all. I love watching the Olympics 🙂 Are you reading? ‘);
This was an unusual week. R-girl was scheduled to spend her “Nifty Nine” time with Grammy and Grampa starting Saturday and coming home on Wednesday. In the past, we would not have done formal, academic lessons. But because we scheduled the “Old Enough Others Outing” for M-girl and N-boy starting today through Wednesday, so R-girl…
Another quote from A Delectable Education. This time from Episode 42 the second with John Muir Laws. For me [nature journaling] just forces my brain to lock in on a totally different level, so that’s why I’m using it. I’m not using it ’cause I want to make pretty pictures, I’m making the pictures because…
For Today… Looking out my window … the sky is blazing blue. I am thinking … about the coming week and the things we’ve scheduled to do. I am thankful … that the weather has been so nice so I can take my morning walks. Walking the dog early has been a blessing to me … and…
We had a good week of school this week, but that’s likely because it was rather light as the school work goes. We’ve now finished Week 8 of AmblesideOnline Year 5. This week was the second of two weeks of swim lessons for the children. M-girl and N-boy both finished the “Fish” level and R-girl…
I listen to a lot of podcast and had gotten behind this spring, so this summer, while many are on either hiatus or slower schedule, I’ve been catching up. One of the ones I’ve caught up on is A Delectable Education. This summer they’re publishing a little more slowly, which makes the catching up easier….
I read Cindy Rollins’ new book, Mere Motherhood: Morning Times, Nursery Rhymes, & My Journey Toward Sanctification on Sunday and wrote my review on Monday. I’m still thinking about the Zucchini and Larkspur quote. It may have stood out for me because when I was nine, my favorite book was The Password to Larkspur Lane – a…