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, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 23rd, 2015
All four kids had their dental check-ups today, and whew, it’s going to be an expensive coming decade. Tommy and Elizabeth have small jaws that will probably need some expanding, and their teeth are coming in huge and crooked. That’s normal at this stage, but the dentist affirmed that their mouths are so crowded that […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 19th, 2015
Today we headed back to Underwood Farms for real pumpkin picking with the Kims. The weather actually cooperated–it was a cool 74 degrees. Tommy loved running around with four rambunctious boys, and can I just say that watching a teenage boy gently take a four year old through a corn maze is one of the […]
Posted in Tommy on Oct 17th, 2015
We told the ref that number 7 on the other team was playing too rough, but he didn’t believe us until the kid knocked out Tommy’s tooth. Something about a kid spitting out a mouthful of blood with a tooth in it convinced him that maybe 7 was in fact confusing rugby and soccer. Fortunately, […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Tommy on Oct 13th, 2015
Our CBS homeschoolers’ Underwood Farms pumpkin picking field trip was yesterday, but the little girls and I weren’t up to going along. Thankfully, PJ and Christina totally didn’t mind keeping an eye on my big kids along with their crews (and sending me some pictures afterwards). It’s a fall tradition the kids love so much […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 11th, 2015
Well, maybe that title was a bit presumptuous. We don’t fancy ourselves professional artists here, but I did ask Jen to recommend art supplies to buy with our charter school money (and bought everything she said was best, despite the kids’ ages). The big order came in this week, and we pulled out our new […]
Did you know that Amazon Prime has a whole season of Reading Rainbow streaming right now? It’s a good thing, because all five of us our seriously under the weather. Tommy and I are too hoarse to do much reading aloud, the kids have an impressive symphony of coughing right now, and Janie woke up […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on Oct 5th, 2015
On days when I’m too sick to teach, I now have a willing substitute phonics teacher who can help his sister finish her lessons until Mommy gets her voice back.
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 28th, 2015
It’s amazing how motivated children can be when you tell them they can play with friends after schoolwork is done. Tommy was up before 7 am, working on math, in order to be free to play with James this afternoon! Elizabeth buckled down on her work, too, flying through her phonics, handwriting, and math test. […]
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, […]