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May 2011

May 03, 2011

Remembering Mac

Mac died today. Mac is short for Judah Maccabee. He was the boys' Hanukkah present...

April 2011

April 30, 2011

Who knew?

Several times this week, I heard myself telling someone that I love homeschooling. If you've...

April 29, 2011

Not Right At All

After hearing us talk today about the tornadoes that swept through the South yesterday, the...

April 28, 2011

Housework

Got up with the flu this morning. But I had to drag myself out of...

April 27, 2011

Competition

Yesterday, I told the boys that one of their friends ran a mile - which...

April 26, 2011

It’s Nice To Be Known

Sometimes the boys say the sweetest things. On the way home from his social skills...

April 23, 2011

Rangers

What is it about a man in uniform? So sexy. At least that's what I...

April 22, 2011

Early to Bed

I've been waiting for this day for a long time. What parent doesn't? Tonight, for...

April 21, 2011

So Embarrassing

On the way into Colonial Williamsburg today, I noticed that you could rent costumes for...

April 20, 2011

Tired

Every muscle, every fiber, every brain cell. They are all tired. My daddy came home...

April 19, 2011

Because I Have Limits

Warning: Salty language ahead. I spent nine hours today getting ice chips, and talking to...

April 16, 2011

The Nature of Childhood

I brought the boys to Plimoth Plantation today with many hopes. For example, I hoped...

April 15, 2011

Why We Shouldn’t Homeschool

My dad is out of the ICU as of tonight - awaiting test results and...

April 14, 2011

My Daddy

My daddy is in the hospital. My great, great daddy is sick. So musings on...

April 13, 2011

Art School

Jake was not homeschooled. Kind of the opposite, really. He left home when he was...

April 12, 2011

Why We Homeschool

The night before our first day of homeschool, I posted my first entry to this...

April 08, 2011

Climbing

Ezra came downstairs this morning with big news. He had just read that, "two...

April 08, 2011

Works In Progress

"I'm just gonna keep working on it until it's done." "That's good, Ezzie. Very good,"...

April 07, 2011

Letterboxing

The boys went letterboxing today. Never heard of it? Neither had I until last fall....

April 06, 2011

The presence of God

Have you ever just wanted to slap Brother Lawrence in the face? No? It's just...

April 05, 2011

Comb Sweet Comb

To use Ezra's definition, today was a marked day. We brought home 10,000 bees today....

April 02, 2011

Lady Spark

I always hated the big fuss people made over PMS. I never had it myself,...

April 01, 2011

Attention Spark

ADHD. While only two members of our family have an official diagnosis, I wouldn't be...

March 2011

March 31, 2011

Anxiety Spark

I read that nearly one in five people in the US has a diagnosable anxiety...

March 30, 2011

Shaping Our Dreams

Too sad to write tonight. Having a delayed reaction to Bill Stuntz' death. Bill was...

March 29, 2011

Reignited

I long ago promised to continue my review of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of...

March 26, 2011

Colonial House

I thought I would use a slow day (which really means a day when we...

March 25, 2011

A pretty good start

I came downstairs this morning and found the island in the kitchen full of paper...

March 23, 2011

Getting Inside Their Heads

My kids say the most random things. Sometimes I can figure out what the heck...

March 23, 2011

That’s just how nature is.

I never know where the next blog theme will come from. I wake up, have...

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