This is the year of simplification and getting back to basics. We are making a more concerted effort to incorporate memory work review into our day and relying on great books. You can read about our routine by clicking here and detailed curriculum choices here. Below you will find booklists for the week and this...
Mia loves crafts like making potholders. However, whenever she gets to the end of a potholder, she always has to have me finish the last two sides because the loops never want to stay on the loom once the tension is gone. Please tell me we are not the only ones with this problem. We recently...
April 14, 2013 Visiting local spring flower gardens.
Day 331 Eat more chicken…for free! Day 332 PJ taking up competitive gift bingo. Day 333 Stress relief after a long day of rearranging the basement. Day 334 Let the harvest begin! Day 335 Hard to believe that the same girl who can make me breakfast can also rage for hours at a time and...
The bag of tricks just keeps getting bigger. Today’s trick: Get silly! (aka…grasping at straws.) This morning, Mia got to the bathroom just before Grace. It was perceived by Grace that Mia was maliciously cutting her off. Grace: Mia, you look devil. Patrick (in a sharp tone): Grace, I don’t ever want to hear that...
Day 324 Tatoos at an Ethiopian soccer tournament and festival. Day 325 Crashing a nearby parade. Day 326 A successful fishing trip in our neighborhood fire pond. Some kids caught double digits, and PJ caught his first fish on a fly rod. Day 327 The zucchini are here! Any creative recipes? We’ve made bread…we’ve grilled...
This is the fifth post in a series that answers the questions you asked. To read the rest of the series, click here. How do you spend your time before your adopted kids are fluent in English? It seems like I could handle that for a couple hours a day, but all the time would...
Day 317 PJ had the best day of his VBS life. His team won ice cream sandwiches because of the stagecoach he built, and he got called on stage for a game. Day 318 Stretching with a little help from his kids before Tae Kwon Do testing. Patrick and Melissa are now brown belts, Mia...