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My husband’s company gave him the day off work on Monday for Martin Luther King Day. It was kind of weird because this was also the first day back to co-op for our three older kids. Although their teachers had been giving us assignments for the past two weeks, they didn’t have class. Monday was…
Today was an unseasonably hot fall day. The rest of the world was out of school for Columbus Day, so we decided to work hard all morning so we could go to the corn maze this afternoon. We had not been to this place before even though it’s not that far from our house. So,…
Ahhh… Home sweet home. It was hard to say good-bye to the summer temps, the beach and the pool, but it’s always great to be back home. Before we left… back when I could just sit around by the pool updating my blog… I put together these highlights of our trip: 1. Spending the day…
I wasn’t sure if this idea of doing homeschool away from home would be one of my many Great Ideas that are better in my head than in real life. We still have a lot of school work to complete before we can end our school year, hopefully, at the end of May. So, we…
I’m finally getting a chance to continue with my story of how we ended up doing homeschool away from home. Click here if you want to get caught up. We picked out the only stretch of time we could get away without interfering with too many other activities. We planned a four-day drive to Florida…
The day after our seashell collecting adventure, we went back out to the island for more exploring. This time, we drove out to the opposite end of the island, Captiva. I love imagining what it would be like to live on an island… where coconut trees grow in the front yard… where the earth is…
Walking along the beach, she noticed a seashell in the sand. Instinctively, she stooped to pick it up. She rubbed her fingers along its smooth white surface. She inspected its shape. Then she saw another. And another. Soon, she had collected 10, then 20. Minutes later, her bucket was half full. She stopped and looked…
A few years ago, when our kids were still in private school, conversations with friends frequently focused on our schooling options. At that time, the idea of home schooling was the one thing I hoped I wouldn’t ever have to do. “But if I ever DID home school, ” I would say, “I would use…
It’s an oasis in the middle of a city. It’s a garden. It’s a place to go for a walk. A place to dine. A place to shop. A place to go for a boat ride. It’s completely enclosed, heated and cooled to a perfectly comfortable temperature every day of the year. For us, it…
On this, the last day of 2009, I would love to write something meaningful to celebrate such an eventful year in our lives. Our family celebrated milestones, said good-bye to loved ones, welcomed a new life, faced challenges and made it through big changes. But I’m a little too sleep-deprived to come up with the…
