Day two of our church’s first ever Vacation Bible School. The girls and I are volunteers, and the boys are participants. We’re working with the kindergarteners. The thing about the younger kids is they need a lot more help. And they want you to play the running games with them, preferably holding their hands. So […]
Traveling links! 1984 was a big year in cinematic history. I was 10, so I only saw Star Trek and Karate Kid. (Plus the movie we agreed to pretend didn’t happen: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.) Leawood, Kansas: on the front lines protecting the citizenry against 9-year-olds and their evil agenda of literacy […]
Our Tuesday appointments are over for the summer. Happy dance! Don’t waste your summer. Embrace boredom! Have a 70s summer! Or not. Is eating fruits and vegetables good for you? Ultimately, who cares? “Life is for living.” So what can eating watermelons cialis properien http://regencygrandenursing.com/post-acute-sub-acute-care/comprehensive-wound-care do for erectile dysfunction and how methods such as penis […]
The biggest drawback to homeschooling all year is that it does cut down on long, lazy hours of summer reading. But we do have extra time, and summer reading programs available encourage kids to spend some of that time reading when they’d rather be swimming or running through the neighborhood like little barbarians. Yes, we’re […]
*This post contains affiliated links Four transcribed conversations and fifteen letters: if that was the record of your life, would it be sufficient? Would your be able to fill that space with anything worth remembering? Moreover, would there be enough wisdom in that brief space that all of Christendom would be quoting you almost 400 […]
This weekend is the Arlington Homeschool Book Fair. It’s always the second weekend of May: Mother’s Day weekend, the busiest month of the school year, and when I have just had it with lessons in general. But the pull of books — and free shipping on our Math-U-See materials — is strong. I like to actually […]
It’s an epidemic of whining, crying, complaining, and flat-out disobedience. Plus stuff. So much stuff. And none of it’s flammable, so burning it with fire is not an option. Lalalalala! I can’t hear you! I may be here in body, but my mind is far away. . . You can squeeze the medicine cialis generico […]
Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Author: Mark Twain, read by Norman Dietz What’s it About: The sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (which we also listened to), he of the famous fence whitewashing episode, this is the tale of Huck Finn and his adventures traveling down the river with his friend Jim, who […]
Even though I hit my goal of blogging every day for a year, I’m trying to keep up the streak. However, I’ve been painting since sun-up and still not even half done. I’m a little short on blogging power. On the plus side, free labor! But I still need a post for today. I was […]
Day two of spring cleaning continues apace. Today we conquer the front garden beds and try to repair the some of the damage from our plumbing conundrum last week. Fortunately, it’s a nice day for it. Shiny clean and organized links! Spaced-Out Challenge Messier Guide, Part 2. Beautiful: Reaching my autistic son through Disney. Woohoo! […]