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, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 27th, 2017
Our kitchen table often feels a little small when everyone has their school stuff out. Since we had students over for dinner last night, we have our extra table set up, and everyone has more breathing space as they work!
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 23rd, 2017
Homeschooling has been rough the past couple of weeks. I’ve started physical therapy for my knee, but it’s Monday and Wednesday mornings (through the canyon, 45 minutes away), and despite leaving the kids with schoolwork at another homeschool family’s house, we’re obviously not getting as much done as if we were doing school all morning […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 17th, 2017
For Tommy’s birthday, we were going to have a field trip to Santa Barbara, but due to torrential rain, we opted for a plan B: a cuddle up and read day at our house! For breakfast, Tommy requested cinnamon rolls, fruit salad, and bacon. Pretty exciting. After we ate, the kids played with Tommy’s new […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 30th, 2017
Most of our homeschool days are hard, hard work. Occasionally, Tommy will get up at 6:20 am to start his schoolwork, everyone will be diligent, we’ll have minimal distraction and fighting, and we’ll be done by lunchtime! Today we celebrated that rare awesome day by getting croissants at Starbucks (it’s National Croissant Day, don’t you […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 26th, 2017
The kids are still loving their French class with Marion. Even Janie is brave enough to speak up now!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 24th, 2017
Sunde and I braved crazy rain last Friday to do a homeschool field trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. I just haven’t done as much ocean study this year as I’d wanted, so it was good to get back there and spend another day looking around. Because the Daughrity kids love […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 5th, 2017
I will be honest here. I’m not a big biological science girl. So we saved the kids’ dissections for Grandma’s house. They learned a lot, she had fun showing them stuff, and I took some pictures and retreated to the fireplace before gagging.
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 30th, 2016
We used our Santa Barbara Natural History Museum membership to get into the Michigan Science Center in downtown Detroit today. The kids especially loved the exhibits on making highways, steel, and automobiles! They had fun watching a science if combustion show that featured blowing things up, of course. Definitely a uniquely Detroit museum, and we’ll […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 29th, 2016
We’re trying to get back to normal life. The kids and I got a little schoolwork done. Derek went in to work yesterday and managed to teach both of his classes. I was still in a lot of pain, but Sarah and the boys came out for the day to hang out with us. The […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 16th, 2016
Monday found us in Long Beach, visiting the aquarium with Lexi and Theo! The kids seemed to learn a lot this time, and we had fun despite no stroller.