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, Family, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 9th, 2017
Our second day in Chicago last weekend was spent at MSI, my all-time favorite museum! Tommy totally did not remember all the times he’d been there, but we tried to recreate a few classic photo ops. Everyone had a blast, and we’re looking forward to coming back sometime.
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 1st, 2017
We are enjoying a mini vacation in Chicago this weekend, and today we checked out Adler Planetarium, which we last visited in 2010! Tommy was in space-obsessed boy heaven. We checked into the hotel, recorded our adventures in our field trip journals, visited POSH (my favorite store in Chicago), and met up with Grandma and […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 26th, 2017
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 22nd, 2017
The kids and I came down to Columbia this week to observe the total eclipse. It was definitely the coolest natural phenomenon I have ever seen! We had lots of fun with the funky glasses, and Grandpa made extra sure that the kids would be safe by adding masks on top.
Posted in Homeschooling, Iowa on Aug 9th, 2017
I am kicking myself that I didn’t take a before picture of our school area, but just imagine bins, piles of books and art supplies, and an overflowing school table with all the activity stuff from the mixed in. So I finally found a cheap used shelf on Craigslist and spent a couple of hours […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 26th, 2017
We are loving having the Fishers here for the summer. Our project for this week: the Samantha play from my old childhood American Girl theater pack. First read-through! George Page apartments have a natural stage.
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 9th, 2017
Another year of quality Christian education at Charis Classical Academy is officially complete. We celebrated with chocolate chip pancakes, super easy school tasks (this year, the big kids finished up their math, writing, Latin, spelling, and grammar books, which brought me great type-A satisfaction, leaving room for more project-based learning in those subjects the past […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 5th, 2017
To celebrate our last week of school, we took James and Ellis with us to Santa Barbara for the day. First we hit the zoo, where we rushed to all our favorite spots and saw the lion prowl and roar at us. Then we popped in to the Sea Center to pet sharks and starfish […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 19th, 2017
After reading Pagoo, we had to check out our own local tide pools. We saw dozens of huge sea slugs, sea anenomes, crabs, mussels, and mystery worms.
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Family, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 18th, 2017
I get really stressed out taking the kids to art museums by myself. Docents give me the evil eye, I spend more time reminding the little girls not to get too close to the art than I do actually looking at the art, and it’s just generally exhausting. So we decided to take advantage of […]