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, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 1st, 2014
Yesterday we joined our CBS homeschool playgroup for a field trip to Underwood. This time it was much less about the pumpkins and much more about all the fun with friends. Tommy, Jackson, and Jonah were pretty much inseparable. Despite the frowny faces, the girls all enjoyed the wagon ride… Picking out pumpkins always takes […]
Peter Rabbit with Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail! Batman came along, too. (Note Tommy’s bunny tail–I totally forgot to get a rear view of their costumes, but it was super cute.)
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 29th, 2014
It’s a classical homeschooler rite of passage, right? The dreaded chicken mummy. What mom in her right mind wants a raw chicken sitting around her house for 40 days? Last week was crazy, but I waited until Sarah brought her boys over and figured it would be fun for James to join in, too. We […]
Posted in Susanna on Oct 25th, 2014
She resists having her hair brushed or put up just as much as before, but in my humble opinion, she looks way less scraggly.
In addition to the normal school-and-grocery-shopping, we started the mummification process on a young chicken (salt makes an unbelievable mess when you have a 3, 4, 5, and 7 year old helping you), Tommy sliced his finger open cutting pre-sliced bagels and I realized we’re out of antibiotic ointment and almost out of bandaids, I […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 22nd, 2014
Janie wanted to color a map of Ancient Egypt, too. And everyone got out their colored pencils when we went to Gardens of the World to sketch with the Boyds.
I haven’t wanted to put up pictures of the kids the past couple of days because it seems like it would make it harder for Peter and Cammy. But today my mom said she wished she could give all my kids big hugs, and the loss reminds us again that we are so blessed that […]
Posted in Susanna on Oct 16th, 2014
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 15th, 2014
Our new church is continuing to bring blessings. Yesterday we met up at Underwood Farms with another homeschooling family from PCC. Janette is from the Midwest, most recently came from PA, taught at a Christian school before having kids, and homeschools her four boys. They live in Sherman Oaks, so we won’t be able to […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 8th, 2014
After a day of adjustment, we’re pretty much back to normal around here. Bug is making messes… And the kids are conscientiously coloring for school. Latin vocab. And as usual, Q is hamming it up for the camera…