Category: homeschool
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Nutcracker Field Trip: Week before Christmas break
ONE more week til our Christmas break, and we are all glad! One of the moms in our homeschool group is from South Africa, and this is the time of year they are finishing up for the year — we decided we should adopt the South African way of doing things! {grin} Next week is…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 14
Oh my goodness gracious! I am sooooo glad we already planned to take next week off school because it is soooo necessary for all of our sanity! {sigh} By far the most meaningful thing we did this week was to celebrate the life of a dear young man who “graduated” to heaven last week after…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 13
Yesterday, while Kathryn and I were sitting on the sofa doing a little math, I noticed what I thought to be a leaf or something tracked in from outside — until it moved! It was a very small blue-tailed skink, which we managed to catch and release. Specifically, Kathryn managed to trap and release. Can…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 12
This has been a cold and blustery week. But I am not complaining: I love it. 🙂 On Monday, Ken and I attended an all-day photography training seminar. Lindsey was in class, but Kathryn spent the day with our friend Tina being a “mother’s helper,” something she’s been eager to do ever since I mentioned…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 11
A highlight of Kathryn’s week was when I bought her a lap desk at Target. $12 later, she is a very happy girl. She has doodled “I love lapdesks” on her papers and has enumerated the many wonderful reasons for having a lap desk. I got some serious good-mom points for this purchase. Now she…