Our homeschool life
I first read about Discovery Bottles from the amazing Theresa at La Paz Home Learning. I decided they would make a great Christmas present for Fritz. So Santa enlisted my help to make a dozen. I am so excited for Fritz to get them and really play with them (okay, so he’s […]
I am so totally not sold on Handwriting Without Tears even though we use it. I do think it has helped Ani’s handwriting, but that could also partly be just that she is getting older and has more fine motor control now. She still writes in a weird mix of random capital and […]
I have two younger cousins who are almost 19 and 14 (side note: this officially makes me old… I was Shana’s nanny the summer she was 2 1/2 and the summer she was 4 1/2 and I was Carleigh’s nanny the summer she was born). This year we are giving them mini scrapbooks all […]
I had made a goal of being done with the all day “morning” sickness at 12 weeks. Of course I know I can’t just turn it off like that, but I find it much easier to make it 2 or 3 more weeks than a possible 28 more weeks.
Well, I hit 12 weeks Saturday. […]
Every year I make most of the presents we give. It takes a lot of time and probably doesn’t really save much money, but I enjoy making things for people. My minor love language is quality time and when I make something for someone I think about them and spend time with them […]
Yesterday Jamie and Cameron went for a walk. They came back carrying really big rocks. The one Cameron was carrying was 5 pounds and Jamie’s was 16. I asked Cameron what in the world he wanted these rocks for. His reply? To put them in his room to “man it […]
On Thanksgiving the big kids decorated the tree. It was decorated like a normal tree with ornaments distributed all over it, top to bottom. Since then the ornaments have magically moved up. The decorations have been too much of a temptation for a certain little toddler. As he pulls one off […]
Have a happy Thanksgiving! We’re celebrating at our house with my parents and my sister’s family
