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 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, […]
Posted in Susanna on Sep 16th, 2015
It’s clear that Susie’s resemblance to Grandma Willett does not end with looks. She also seems to have inherited her Grandma’s tendency to injure herself at the slightest provocation. Yesterday’s impetus for sending her to Urgent Care: slamming the sliding glass door on her fingers. Her poor middle finger had to be superglued together (she […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 9th, 2015
Attitude check, first day of Writing With Ease, the ubiquitous tutu (and pillows off the couch), and trying to figure out another way to understand the hundred numbers chart.
Posted in Susanna on Sep 8th, 2015
One of the biggest reasons I signed the big kids up for our charter school this year was having educational funds to spend on things like ballet class! Golden Valley will pay for Elizabeth’s fees, so I only have to cover Susanna. Today was their first day, and they were pretty cute, if I do […]
All of Susie’s nearest and dearest know of her deep attachment to Lionel, the mangy little hunk of fabric that used to be a plush lion, an Easter gift from Nona when she was a year old. A year or two ago, I tried to buy a new Lionel on ebay after Old Lionel’s mouth […]
Life has gotten busy this week. So much for trying to stay off my foot and rest–between real schoolwork, ballet, three soccer practices, grocery shopping, and play dates, we’ve been busy all day, every day. And my foot is definitely feeling it. Tonight the kids are out on the back patio, riding around as dusk […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 31st, 2015
In case you missed it on facebook, we celebrated our official first day of school today with the traditional name/age/grade signs and a joint school session with Beacon Hill Academy–DenHartog Campus!
It’s a good thing we have so many flower girl dresses around the house. The girls are currently big into playing wedding!
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 19th, 2015
This is a pretty telling view of our school day this morning. Tommy, Elizabeth, and I were still in our PJs. Susie was in the dirty tutu she’d worn the day before. Janie was in a diaper. Before I made it out to the table, the kids had gotten out the color wonder markers, so […]
Sigh. What are you going to do?