Tag: life with dogs
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Thanksgiving Reflections
We’ve had a delightful Thanksgiving week. I’ve been thinking about the importance of traditions, and I’ve realized that I tend to not want to make a big deal of special occasions because in my mind, it’s merely setting us (or maybe just me) up for disappointment. However, with our mixed-up, crazily-blended family, we need those…
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Weekly Report: Thankful Trees & Flat Adventures
This is one of those weeks where I know we did do a lot, but absolutely none of it immediately comes to mind as I sit here with a few minutes to write a blog post about it! Kathryn is always delighted when our God’s World News magazine comes in the mail. She usually devours…
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Releasing Our Butterflies
We kept our butterflies about a week and a half after they emerged from their chrysalises, but we wanted to let them go before their short life span ended. Painted Lady butterflies, like we have, live an average of two to four weeks. The day before we released them, we noticed at least one pair…
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Weekly Report: Catching Up
Did you know that caterpillars can help with math? Kathryn thinks so! We’re raising caterpillars into butterflies, and Kathryn is REALLY interested in them, so math went better — and less distracting — having them sit there at the table with us. (iPhone photo; forgive the quality) That was last week; now are caterpillars are…
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My Spring Break
Oh my gracious. I have cleaned and organized like a MAD WOMAN this week! I started to write out all the things I’ve been doing this week, but that just made even more tired! In short, I’ve cleaned and/or organized just about everything in this house, and made plans for cleaning and/or organizing the few…