Tag: life with dogs

  • A Tour of our Homeschool Room

    A Tour of our Homeschool Room

    Welcome to our school room, complete with a cute dog to greet you! (Lacy the WonderDog: star student) Bookshelves are my friends. And I’m fickle about tables. I always tweak our schoolroom from year to year, but there are no huge changes this time around. The bookshelves have been rearranged to accommodate this year’s books…

  • I miss his voice.

    I miss his voice.

    My dad ventures down from the mountains every couple of weeks to visit. He never stays very long, as he wants to make the rounds to see as many of his friends and family as possible while he’s here. He almost always comes bearing some small gift, and this time it’s a little bag of…

  • Weekly Report: Making Plans (& a cute dog)

    We’re in a holding pattern in our homeschool lately, just doing our thing, looking toward the end of this school year and already anticipating next school year. We’ll be starting some of our next-year stuff this summer, as I’d really like to work gradually into more of a year-round schedule. More on that as I…

  • Our Week: Fun Mama Points = Heart Ties

    SPRING BREAK! With Ken and Lindsey out of the country on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic (returning tomorrow!), this week has been all about being a Fun Mama. We started the week with a sleep over, and I took Kathryn and her friend to our favorite frozen yogurt place the following afternoon. (Can…

  • Weekly Report (with Listening LacyDog)

    With wrapping up this week, we are two-thirds through our school year. Time flies, friends. Truly. I think I’m getting old and sentimental. A few instagrams from our week: Kathryn finally lost a stubborn molar; I made a crumb cake for a little homeschool moms’ get-together here at my house; and a visit from my…