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, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 6th, 2013
Our friends Katie and Jack procured tickets for us to visit the SBNHM with them this week. The highlights: a Tinkertoy Exhibit and the Backyard creek area. Too bad we have to drive an hour to go play in a creek…
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on Aug 28th, 2013
Disclaimer up front: I have no creative ideas on my own. They all come from pinterest. Where was pinterest when I was teaching art?! Last week, we painted with Lizzie’s flowers from Grandma that were finally past their prime. Huge hit–must do again! NB: It is very difficult to document most of our art projects, […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Tommy on Aug 26th, 2013
I posted on Everything to Someone this morning about our homeschool plans for the year. But I thought I’d add a few more details here! Three weeks into school, I think we’re finding our groove. You can see that I’ve organized everything by bins. We have one for art supplies, one for school supplies and […]
Hmm, need to watch Importance of Being Earnest again one of these nights when Derek’s working late…
Posted in Tommy on Aug 21st, 2013
Last night, Derek and Tommy had their first soccer practice. Tommy worked hard and came home tuckered out but excited to do it again next week!
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 17th, 2013
A homeschooling friend just told us about Art Trek open studio nights, a monthly night out to an art studio full of fun art activities for all ages. We decided we’d go this week and check it out. For $5 apiece, we could do as much art as we wanted–chalk drawings, painting on books and […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 16th, 2013
Derek has had to order a bunch of stuff for coaching Tommy’s soccer team, so we’re enjoying an influx of large-ish cardboard boxes. Yesterday afternoon, the kids and their buddy James created “robot boats” with our newest boxes!
Posted in Tommy on Aug 7th, 2013
This is a timeline. At the bottom are an Indian and cannon shot and George Washington on a horse. ADB for America Defeats Britain. Next up is the plane that carried the atomic bomb, the Enola Gay, flying over a flag of Japan in WWII. At the top are Princess Kate [note the hat] and […]
The kids are doing great in their second session of lessons!
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 1st, 2013
Because we’re doing a four-day week this year, we’re starting school today! The kids woke up to a new map above the table (we replaced the world map with a US map), biscuits with sausage gravy, blueberry lemonade (they NEVER get juice and all drank two glasses full!) and new art supplies to decorate their […]