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Someday life circumstances could change what you have planned for your children’s education. That happened in my family, and we’ve survived! This experience hasn’t been all good for us, but it hasn’t been all bad — and I’ve learned a few lessons along the way!
Please pop on over to The Homeschool Village to read more about what happens “When A Homeschool Mom Sends a Child to Public School“
“I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.” Woody Allen
1213 – Kathryn really enjoys her homeschool enrichment classes.
1214 – Finally getting a much-overdue eye exam, and already having improvement in a weird eyelid rash I’ve had for months!
1215 – Exciting news that my youngest niece is expecting!
1216 – Being listed on a “Top 100 Homeschool Blogs” list.
1217 – We are now re-certified for CPR/first aid, and completed five of the required yearly training hours to maintain our status as approved for foster/adoption.
1218 – Letting my artsy side out a little by doing an art project with my daughter, instead of just observing and instructing. (Our chickadee pastel project.)
1219 – Fun — and funny — memories from old photos my mom dug up.
1220 – I now have better fashion sense than I did in high school.
1221 - More boudoir sessions last week with beautiful (inside and out) Christian wives.
1222 – Families who are committed to raising their children to know and love the Lord. (Baby dedication at church this week!)
1223 – Ken and Lindsey began training to go on the high school mission trip to the Dominican Republic in April. (This will be the second year, and Ken will again be a group leader.)
1224 - Financial blessing that allowed us to pay for mission trip deposits, eye exams and glasses for both me and Lindsey, and the CPR class.
1225 – Spending an afternoon re-living memories with my mom, my aunt, and a cousin while cleaning things out at my grandmother’s house.
Consider counting your gifts, if you haven’t starting doing so already!
Monday our public schools were out, which meant Lindsey was home, and that threw Kathryn for a bit of a loop in regards to us doing school when Lindsey was off. Which was totally my fault because I’d let that holiday slip up on me and forgot public school would be out. We ended up [...]
[Continue reading...]Over our Christmas break, I began a mass war-on-clutter/organize-my-life project. I’m not one to make “new year’s” resolutions, but it seems like the holidays are a time of year I end up pondering what has been going well, and what changes I ought to make in the fresh new year. This year, the two words [...]
[Continue reading...]I’ve been pregnant only once in my life, and I am so very thankful I have Kathryn to show for it. I loved every minute of being pregnant. (Well, except for those last few hours!) Really! I was one of those perky, happy, pregnant women. At a baby shower with two of my best friends. [...]
[Continue reading...](MadLibbing; paper doll version of me; Wii dancing) 1201 – A new friendship. 1202 – Nights I don’t have to cook — or plan the meal! 1203 – Getting to know Lindsey’s boyfriend better. 1204 – A delightful new oolong tea I’ve been drinking. 1205 – When Kathryn asks me to read to her. 1206 [...]
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