Posted in Being a Grown Up, Domestic Bliss on Aug 31st, 2008 2 Comments »
We’re still trying to figure out how to keep up with household chores now that I’m not in the house all the time. Yesterday we sat down and wrote down every chore we could think of, and then divided them up. I won’t bother listing my chores, as they are by far the longest list […]
Posted in Cute Kid Stories on Aug 29th, 2008 3 Comments »
Carbon watched the Democratic convention with me last night, and he was very interested in what it was all about. He could tell that it was a party, a celebration, so he made the logical assumption that Obama had won the election. He asked me “what percent did he get?”, which just sounded so grown […]
Posted in RE, The Art of Happiness on Aug 28th, 2008 No Comments »
I am a nerd - the kind of nerd that loves to have sticky notes, pens in as many colors as possible, “the perfect notebook”, “the perfect calendar”, and other such things. This week, I’ve been enjoying the chance to dig into a big giant pile of church school supplies, and get them all organized. […]
Posted in J.'s Homeschooling, Books on Aug 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
Rifles for Watie, by Harold Keith
My sister is going to be studying the civil war this Fall, so I read this book to see if it would be good for her unit study. The book is very good, and seems to be historically accurate. It is a very nice balance for younger readers, with bits […]
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods, Parenting on Aug 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
I went out for a Mom’s Night Out last night (my first ever - what a great concept!), and left DH with the kids. I usually have time to fix them dinner, but this time I did not, so he would have to feed them himself.
Apparently, both kids told him they were not hungry, so […]
Posted in Homeschooling and Education on Aug 25th, 2008 10 Comments »
It’s very frustrating to me, but my five-year-old boy still can’t remember the whole alphabet sequence. He’s still guessing at some letters and sounds, he will not memorize sight words, and we are making what feels like zero progress toward reading. His number sequencing is gradually progressing, but some days it seems like we have […]
Posted in Earth Scouts, Books on Aug 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
We were lucky this summer to be contacted by a group that is putting together a large mural to promote peace in Palestine. The art group brought in ceramic leaves and helped our kids paint them, and the leaves will be included in the mural, which takes the shape of a giant olive tree on […]
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods, Nature on Aug 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Last evening DH and Hypatia were hanging out in the front yard, and she was trying to ID all of his native plants out there. She calls Kinnikinnick “nicky nick”, but she can point it out. He asked her where the lupine were, and she went and pointed to one. He pointed out the deer […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss on Aug 21st, 2008 7 Comments »
One thing that I am not enjoying about my new job is that I never seem to have enough time to do the household chores. DH keeps telling me that it is going to get easier as we get it clean and there’s no one here during the day to mess it up. This is […]
Posted in Nature on Aug 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Saturday was very hot for this region (100 degrees and I thought I would be sick, but I’m a wimp with heat), so we went out to the cabin for the afternoon. The tide was out, and the water of the Puget Sound was actually a bit warm in the shallows, so we waded and […]
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