Fresco Painting Like Michelangelo
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Tommy on Nov 6th, 2014
The verdict: frescos are fun but much harder than painting on paper!
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Santa Monica Pier
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 3rd, 2014
Now that we’re going to our (amazing!) church just a few blocks up from the Santa Monica Pier, we decided to meet the Watlingtons, fellow State College transplants, for lunch after church this weekend. We’re looking forward to showing off the sights to our families next time they visit for a weekend!
Homeschool Field Trip at Underwood
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.)
The Chicken Mummy
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 […]
In the car, on the way home from dropping off Derek’s dry cleaning, Tommy: Mommy, Daddy is so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so funny! Later, as Elizabeth is aggressively loving Jane-bug with hugs and kisses before bed, Me: Who is your favorite person in […]
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 […]
Just Another School Day
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 […]