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, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 4th, 2018
We started the day off as we always do, with a trip to the Reagan Library for their Independence Day festivities. There were some notable changes this year–the gentleman who always runs Patriotic Bingo was conspicuously absent, Betsy Ross has gotten so heavy that she doesn’t even stand up anymore to do her stars, and […]
Posted in California, Children's Books, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 28th, 2018
I thought that we had a pretty low-key summer planned, but we actually have barely caught our breath all month. This week the kids are doing just a six-day swimming lesson session to kick start their skills before a summer at the pool. We couldn’t find anyone to teach lessons on campus, so we’re driving […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 15th, 2018
This week we made our annual trip to Underwood Farms Somis to pick blueberries! This time we took along Judah and Ari, and the kids picked over 11 pounds of berries, not counting the ones they ate in the fields. Now we’re feasting on blueberries at home!
Posted in California, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna on May 23rd, 2018
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 21st, 2018
Today Kim and I took our kids (and half of Sunde’s) to Leo Carrillo Beach to go tide pooling. We had never been, and it was so fun that we can’t wait to go back! Caves, waves, so much sea life–it was the perfect homeschool outing! Oh, we are so glad the Fishers are here […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Musings, Susanna, Tommy on May 9th, 2018
When a group of homeschool friends announced they were doing a field trip to the Huntington, we pulled out our membership card and tagged along. It’s amazing what a difference a month made with the flowers! All the roses were heavily pruned a month ago, and this week, they’re all in full bloom!
Posted in California on Apr 30th, 2018
Sometimes we do eat back there and enjoy the view!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 27th, 2018
This week a bunch of our friends headed up to Santa Barbara to tour the mission, burial site of Karana, the girl from Island of the Blue Dolphins. I’ve never seen so many children geeked out in a cemetery before. We visited the huerta where Zia worked in the fictional Blue Dolphins sequel, and we […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 7th, 2018
Over Spring Break, we met up with some friends to visit the Huntington! We never made it into any of the libraries or museum buildings, but the botanical gardens were beautiful! We brought along our nature journals and our trusty prismacolors and did the real Charlotte Mason thing for once. We’ll definitely be back again […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 6th, 2018
After all the Northern California adventures, we drove back inland and stopped in Bakersfield for one last field trip. The Kern County Pioneer Village is full of over 100 historical buildings, sortof like a low-budget Greenfield Village. It was good to show the kids more of the agricultural heart of the state.