Nearly every night Mia ends her prayer with “and I pray for everything I am missing. Amen.” She’s a little paranoid and likes to cover her bases. One night Ty prayed for a toy Mia had lost weeks ago. It seemed out of place but Ty is usually pretty random so we let it slip. ...
Stomp!
‘Tis the season for grape crushing (or stomping). A vineyard not too far from us has an annual grape stomp festival. We’ve been wanting to go for a couple years now and our schedule and the weather finally cooperated this year. Ironically, Ty opted out of the stomping competition because it was too messy. They...
{#45} What to expect at your home study interview
Our long home study interview was today. Each agency and country is different, but this will be 2 of 4 (our orientation meeting at our agency counted as #1). Again, since each agency and country is different, your interview will probably look a little bit different but this is how ours went today. Our social...
What's Up, Doc?
Recipes for carrots welcome 🙂 Oh, and we also pulled the bushel gourds, a lost potato and some onions today.
History Activity: Parts of the Constitution
We’re going to focus on the Constitution for Week 5 of Classical Conversations. This is the activity we’ll be using to understand the parts of the Constitution. Supplies: 1 Sheet each of red, white, and blue construction paper Glue Scissors Parts of the Constitution Make a poster as shown. As you explain it, have your...
{#44} The strong-willed child from the hard place
This is kind of a post-in-progress. We find ourselves with a strong-willed child from a hard place in our home. I’m hoping there are more of you out there. For our purposes, I’m going to define the key words like this: Strong-willed: Thrives on conflict. Has difficulty obeying right away…ever. Always fights to be “right.”...
Recent school projects (and an adoption update)
If you bake out all the collagen from a bone, and tap it with a mallet, it shatters. The Pilgrims built rectangular houses out of lumber. The Wampanoags built dome-shaped houses with large pieces of bark as walls. In the midst of keeping up with schooling, we’ve been finishing the last of our paper chase....
Reflections from a First-time Homeschooler
I interrupt the normally scheduled Thing Adoptive Parents Should Know . Did you even notice that was a weekly Saturday occurence? Probably not. In case you’re wondering, we’re still having physicals corrected AGAIN for our home study. I’d rather not talk about it. Homeschooling. There’s a happier subject. At least today. We’re doing really well despite...