Tag: homeschooling
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Life lately: April highlights
“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.” Jimmy Buffett This month, Ken ran his first 10K. That’s his longest race ever, and he even did it in this straw hat! One of the most fun things about this race is seeing all the…
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Life lately: March highlights
“May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun And find your shoulder to light on, To bring you luck, happiness and riches Today, tomorrow and beyond.” ~Irish blessing I’d love to know what my grandbaby girl Khloe thinks when her mommy puts giant bows and butterfly wings on her head. 😉 I did week-end…
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On sending Scout to school
I’ve had a number of questions about how school is going for Scout, how we made the decision to enroll her in school, and so on. Now that we’re halfway through the school year, it’s a good time to address all that. We’ve been homeschooling for 11 years and I’m still as pro-homeschooling as ever….
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Homeschooling lately…
It’s been ages since I updated anything about our homeschooling, so let’s remedy that. Consider this a condensed, multi-week (ok, multi-month!) wrap-up. We love books. And library days. We’ve finally successfully implemented library days, and I’m quite tickled about it. Though we’ve homeschooled for years, I’ve never made it a habit ’til now. The library…
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2017 Goals
I’m not a big resolution setter. After all, who can compare to the Godfather of Resolutions? But I do like to set goals, and the beginning of a new year is as good a time as any. I revisit my annual goals again at my birthday since the anniversary of my birth seems like another…