NYC: A quick detour on the way to Grandpa and Grandma’s.
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Day 128
Our little train engineer (PJ) has taken the initiative to set up trains around my parents tree and our tree this year. He appropriately gave Pops the Dr. Seuss train.
Day 127
Even though John and Grace were technically citizens upon stepping on US soil, obtaining proof was another story. Next stop…name changes and re-adoption.
{Classical Conversations} Cycle 1 | Week 13 and Week 14 History
In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year...
Day 126
Bulk meat shopping for a household of 10. A.K.A. a vegetarian’s nightmare. You can see a more detailed post on how we do this here.
Fresh pumpkin, the fast way
The first year in this house, we grew pumpkins in our garden. They took up way more room than we anticipated but were the coolest thing we’d ever grown to date. In my mind, if you grow your own pumpkins, you can’t just carve them and toss them. You have to eat them too. My...
Day 125
Patrick and I are now blue belts, Kayla and John are yellow belts, and Grace received her first belt…white.
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