Ironically, during one of the busiest weeks of the summer (VBS week), I have a couple major writing deadlines and only mush for a brain. While the more heady writing assignments may have to wait, I want to a minute to publicly wish our dancing princess a fabulous 7th birthday. Seven years ago, she made a...
So 10 years ago, today, on a cloudless, perfect day, all 18 members of our wedding party were getting ready. A lot’s happened since then… Year 1: We moved twice, added another member, got a dog, and attended 7 weddings. Year 2: We found out we were going to be a family of 4 and...
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 and giving...
It all started with this sign. Maybe you have to experience Addis traffic before you can fully appreciate that this sign probably means something like, “Run for your life and drag your kid with you when crossing!” Then we started noticing other people in signs who seemed decidely less frazzled. Some were even brave enough...
Last year after I admitted my struggle with lapbooks, Karen over at Wisdom and Righteousness, reached out and offered to get me hooked. Actually she was much humbler than that. Either way, she agreed to give me a complimentary set for Cycle 1 in exchange for a review and some blog love. Given Mia’s learning...
What are your favorite resources (Products, Apps, Books, Websites, etc.) to help you get organized? Get yourself a calendar and use it. I’ve fully embraced the digital age but I used to carry a student-planner-sized calendar that was my spiral-bound brain. I’m visual so I used lots of colored pens to categorize goings-ons. I’m a...
If you read this post, you know scheduling and I had this love/hate relationship last school year. With 3 new kids joining the schooling clan this year, I knew scheduling was going to have to become my new best friend. I recently finished a 3-day practicum for CC. It was brutal on our schedule but...
As we drove through the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, we couldn’t help wondering… Wouldn’t it be nice if HOA stood for the Homes for Orphans Assocation? Wouldn’t it be nice if they took all the energy they use fighting the evilness of sheds and channeled it toward finding families for kids who are living...