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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 876 – 900
I’m still counting! 876) Oodles of inquiries for wedding photography! 877) Lindsey likes her math curriculum. 878) My new favorite snack: apple and peanut butter. 879) Kathryn and Lindsey worked out a disagreement on their own (the first time ever; a big milestone!) 880) Hearing “I’m glad you’re my mama” from the daughter I gave…
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Raising Homemakers
Despite how much I adore cute little aprons and cookie-baking, that’s not what being a “homemaker” is all about. I’d be delighted if you’d pop over to read my article today at Raising Homemakers, based on my thoughts about being a homemaker and raising them: “The Privilege of Raising Homemakers.”
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2011 Curriculum List
Our 2011 homeschool year – REVISED as of January 2011! We did things a little differently last semester; the biggest difference now is that Lindsey is home full-time, and that has reshaped much of what we do. I’ve also gone back to spending more time with Kathryn on the things we’ve loved about homeschooling in…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Cheetos Edition
I am still pleasantly surprised at how school has been going for us. And home/family life in general. I believe several things have been coming together lately as a result of a whole lot of prayer over the past year or two. It’s good. I’ll write more about that some other time. Some specifics this…
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Prayers for Parenting and Homeschool
A while back, the leader of my homeschool support group handed out a list of prayers for our homeschool. Since then, I have added and tweaked my list — and I believe all of these apply to parenting in general as well. Feel free to copy and/or print these prayers, if you’d like. In my…
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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 851 – 875
Join in and count your “one-thousand gifts,” too: 851) a delightful new loofa in my shower (sometimes it really is the little things!) 852) finally being able to make copies on my printer! 853) doing a nature study last week 854) a new pen-pal for Kathryn 855) a tour of our favorite radio station 856)…