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March 2011

March 21, 2011

Do you like it?

My friend Shannah suggested that I leave a way for people to give a more...

March 18, 2011

Self-check

70 degrees. Ten boys. Two hours. One great playground. How could this day have been...

March 18, 2011

Little Revolutionaries

"Ezra? Why are you going into the basement?" "I've gotta get some really sharp tools."...

March 17, 2011

100 Days!

Many elementary school classrooms celebrate the 100th day of school. So did we. In addition...

March 16, 2011

Flying Solo

I remembered today why we have had housemates ever since Zach was six months old....

March 15, 2011

Trashing Europe

Ezra proudly read the sign outside the gas station. "God Bless America!" A few seconds...

March 12, 2011

She Likes It!

Several people I met over the last three days asked me how I liked homeschooling....

March 11, 2011

Unconscious Me

My friend Megan asked me tonight if I was taking enough "me time." We were...

March 10, 2011

CutiePie Rivalry

Poor, Ez. He's been the adorable baby of the family for his entire life. A...

March 09, 2011

Harsh Realities

"Why is life so harsh sometimes?" asks Ezra this morning on the way to the...

March 08, 2011

Keepin’ It Real

Today, we added pumpkins to our giant poster entitled, "Life Cycle of Living Things That...

March 05, 2011

Drafting

DRAFT #1: Once upon a time there were two little baby panthers. They were playing...

March 04, 2011

Amnesia

Apparently I forgot how exhausting it is to take care of a one year old....

March 03, 2011

It’s a girl!

Yup. We're having a baby. Well, not really. But we are going to have temporary...

March 02, 2011

A Mayflower Tribute

Mayflower Story I How many times have you heard about the poor Pilgrims who didn't...

March 01, 2011

Anger, Freud, and Mothering

"I'm cutting you in half and filling you with poison." I imagine the play therapists...

February 2011

February 26, 2011

No news…

...is good news, right? I hope so. Because I can't think of a single thing...

February 25, 2011

Apples to Apples

What do barbershops, winter, and dead fish have to do with the word miserable? What...

February 24, 2011

Messed Up

Here are three small paragraphs that I read today. I found them in a book...

February 23, 2011

Cha-ching!

Here's how it was advertised: It's a City for Kids, Run by Kids! Kidtropolis, USA...

February 22, 2011

Houston, We Have a Problem

Yup, there's a problem. And it's not that our government is slashing funding to NASA,...

February 19, 2011

For Your Viewing Pleasure

I introduced the definition of verb today. We focused on those verbs that convey action....

February 18, 2011

Cancer Sucks

Barbara was an early supporter of this blog. She commented on several posts, both on...

February 17, 2011

You gotta tap that!

Tonight as I was putting the boys to bed, I prayed, "Thank you, God, for...

February 15, 2011

The Birds and The Bees

Did you know that NONE of the kids' books on bees or frogs or penguins...

February 14, 2011

Milk and Honey

Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance...

February 11, 2011

So What?

So, I helped them. So what? So what if I typed every other sentence for...

February 10, 2011

Eruptions

The boys made snow volcanoes today in their "Home Schooled Naturalists" class." They could not stop...

February 09, 2011

Timelines

Today was a big day. For me anyway. We took out the fancy timeline books...

February 08, 2011

Thank You, Sorry, Please

The most common type of prayer we do as a family is called Thank you,...

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