‘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...
Why my kids share a room
I’ve always wanted a guest bedroom. Our first apartment had a single bedroom. The hand-me-down pullout sofa was a poor excuse for guest quarters. Our first house was smaller than our first apartment with 2 tiny bedrooms and the same pullout sofa. Then we lived with my parents in a modest 3-bedroom 1.5 bath that...