We did not have an attachment plan but maybe we should have. I won’t lie. The cocooning part of attachment plans makes me want to shrivel up and die. I think the 3 kids (who are all extroverts) might have shrivelled up during an extended cocooning time as well. However, I think there is validity...
Our week in photos
We started last weekend heading out to go camping. Our house was in the path of Irene but our camping plans were far enough west that we thought we’d be safe. We spent time with Boo Boo, raced pedal carts, and worked on our mini-golf stroke. Saturday afternoon the forecast changed so we decided to...
Curriculum Overview
Here’s the plan so far. Of course it’s subject (pun stumbled upon) to change because we can 🙂 Subject (These are ones required by our state) PJ Mia Bible (this is required by our oversight organization) Community Bible Study Weekly Character Quality Whatever else Patrick implements. Mr. Seminary is supposed to be in charge of this...
{#41} The YES Challenge
I interupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you the YES Challenge. I’ve been practicing in secret but now that you all know, we can keep each other accountable. Step 1: Read this article. Step 2: See how many YES’s you can accumulate this weekend. (Hint: Be creative. For example, if you were going to...
{#40} Personality Differences
For us, the hardest part of adoption is not the actual parenting a child from a hard place. Although that certainly has not been easy. For us, we’re lucky to get through our home study in one piece. If we can get past that, it seems like smooth sailing from there. I know I’ve said...
The In Between
When Patrick started his own business a year-and-a-half ago, I didn’t expect to cherish the times he didn’t have work. I’m pretty very type A and I expected that the periods of time he was in between c0ntracts to be stressful on all sorts of levels. And they have been. I stress when he wants...
Weekend on a Whim
One of the things I love about our family is that they’re always up for an adventure. When I found out Historic St. Mary’s City was having a special where the whole family could get in for $15 and Patrick realized how good the crabbing could be, it was hard to resist. We packed up...
Misfit Veggies
Some folks plan their garden around what they actually eat. Some grow what is easy. Some grow what everyone else does. We do a little of those things but mostly we just pick up a seed catalogue in late winter and start picking things that look fun and different. While this salsa may look pretty...