Camian Academy

First, some “school”. The pretty beads make him happy.

Next, perfecting the smile guaranteed to melt your heart.

And, finally, a little walking to round out the day.

Cameron is too curious for his own good. A couple years ago he stuck the end of a pair of scissors in an outlet. It made quite the fireball and tripped the breaker for half our apartment. Tonight he took a wet piece of paper and rubbed it on a hot lightbulb […]

Since today is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, Jamie took the big kids to work with him. They were just so excited. They’ve been wanting to see where he works for a long time now and they were just beside themselves that they not only get to see where he […]

So yesterday my big kids were playing outside like usual. They came in and happily informed me they ate some ants. Apparently Ani ate two and Cameron ate three. They tried them live (Ani insists it died the moment it hit her spit). They prefer them pre-squished however.
For this I blame […]

The kids have watched all five of the Homeschool Field Trips. They are a huge hit, particularly with Cameron, just as I figured they would be. I’ve enjoyed them very much myself. Last night when Jamie got home from his geology class I just had to tell him all sorts of interesting […]

In Virginia we have to send in our notice of intent to homeschool by August 15th each year. The school system is not required to acknowledge it though most do. But, since they don’t have to, I didn’t worry about not getting an acknowledgment letter. I sent in my letter in early […]

A few weeks ago I blogged about our rec room being a (w)rec(k)ed room. Yesterday Jamie and I attacked the room and in about an hour and a half we had a rec room again.

We went to the MACHEMD curriculum fair last night. We’ve gone every year since Ani was 2. We didn’t need anything really, but we always can find stuff to buy.
We got Abadaba Alphabet, a book with a CD of Jim Weiss reading the book. It never says the letter names, just the […]