Nine years ago we gave birth to the perfect child. He came out examining the world and hasn’t stopped since. He didn’t cry much but he didn’t sleep much either. He talked early. He walked early. He is the best best big brother ever. He loves people–the more the merrier. I’ll admit. We take great...
Easter
Ironically, this year, I have no pictures of the things we did that were significant and symbolic but lots of pictures of the fun, completely secular things we did. The most significant part of our Easter this year was our family Seder on Maundi Thursday, and I didn’t take a single picture as evidence. We...
Life Well-Lived: Digital Organizing
How do you organize paperwork both online and off? Share your tip(s) to managing physical and digital clutter! Naming and taming your photos. I’m a photographer, so I take lots of pictures. I have over 120 gigs of pictures on our server. Wrangling the pictures can be cumbersome but one trick I love is using...
How homeschooling changed our life
With our first year of homeschooling winding down, it’s time to reflect back. I’ll be honest. I entered our first year of homeschooling with a little fear and trepidation. Afterall, I was the mom who rejoiced when my first went off to preschool (not the mom with a tissue and a camera). I was the...
A post in which we ask for a lot of money
If we aren’t friends on Facebook, and I haven’t seen you at a playdate this week, you may have missed the fact that we received a call on Wednesday that we’ve been assigned a COURT DATE for our son! We’re still waiting to hear when our daughter’s court date is and praying that it is...
Movin’ Up!
Back in January, we started Tae Kwon Do classes–all of us. Besides the fact it’s great for physical fitness and discipline, I love that we can all do it together. Our Do Jang offers family classes, and they do a great job of managing a class of multiple levels. Every last Saturday of the month...
{Classical Conversations} | Cycle 1 Lapbook Giveaway
As an extrovert, one of the things I love about CC is the community. For me, I’ve been blessed with both a local community and a more virtual one thanks to technology. I’m always surprised to look back and see how much this blog has morphed over the past 8 years. Heck, 8 years ago,...
{Classical Conversations} Cycle 1 | Looking Ahead
Our last week was Friday. While I’m relieved to be wrapping up the school year, I’ve been a little hyper about looking ahead. With 2 teenagers joining our family in the fall, I want as much planning to be behind me as possible this summer. Enter our History outline for next year… WK CC Memory...