I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 11th, 2015
Well, maybe that title was a bit presumptuous. We don’t fancy ourselves professional artists here, but I did ask Jen to recommend art supplies to buy with our charter school money (and bought everything she said was best, despite the kids’ ages). The big order came in this week, and we pulled out our new […]
Did you know that Amazon Prime has a whole season of Reading Rainbow streaming right now? It’s a good thing, because all five of us our seriously under the weather. Tommy and I are too hoarse to do much reading aloud, the kids have an impressive symphony of coughing right now, and Janie woke up […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Janie on Oct 2nd, 2015
This week, Janie has been really insistent about coloring along with the big kids when they’re doing schoolwork. Yesterday, it was a map of ancient Greece!
Posted in Janie on Sep 30th, 2015
Janie had her 30 month check-up today. Everything looked good, and she didn’t even cry when she got her flu shot! Just a quick “ow” of surprise. Her stats: Height: 36.25 inches (71%) (Susie was 36.5 inches, Elizabeth was 36.25 inches) Weight: 27 lbs (30%) (Susie was 26 lbs, Elizabeth was 31 lbs) BMI: 14 […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 28th, 2015
It’s amazing how motivated children can be when you tell them they can play with friends after schoolwork is done. Tommy was up before 7 am, working on math, in order to be free to play with James this afternoon! Elizabeth buckled down on her work, too, flying through her phonics, handwriting, and math test. […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 25th, 2015
Every time someone asks me the stupidest question about homeschooling, I picture this scene from yesterday. Just a normal homeschool park day. Tommy is in the background, playing baseball with the four other big boys after catching geckos for a while. All the girls, from two-year-old Janie up to 12 year olds Peyton and London, […]
So after stellar success on Monday (only one accident all day, staying dry through her 3 hour nap, getting up after bedtime to poop on the potty), Janie had zero interest in using the potty yesterday or today. I set the timer on Tuesday, she’d fight going, would sit for a minute and say she […]
Posted in Janie on Sep 21st, 2015
Janie picked out Minnie Mouse panties at Target this weekend. Elizabeth is in charge of potty training this time around. Every time Bug successfully uses the potty under her watch, Elizabeth picks one toy from the Earn-It-Back Bag (the trash bag Derek uses to pick up any toys on the floor after we’ve given them […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Janie on Sep 18th, 2015