Tag: life with dogs
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Dog Playing Poker (or Apples to Apples!)
We try to have family game nights every week. And sometimes, even the dog participates! While we were playing last night, I got up to get something, and Lacy came and sat in my place. I didn’t even have time to change any of my camera settings because our dog is infamous for disappearing as…
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Nature Study – Dogs
One of our favorite nature studies ever was this one, Outdoor Hour Challenge #51: Wolf, Fox, and Dog. We watched part of a PBS show called In The Valley of the Wolves. It does have some graphic parts, but Kathryn didn’t seem disturbed by it. I’m always conflicted on those parts, and never can decide…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: the home stretch
Somewhere along the way this year, we got behind schedule. There is no way we’re going to make it eight more weeks of doing what we’re doing (without somebody — like me — going bananas), and we have an out-of-state wedding to shoot at the end of May, so I’ve decided to double-up on what…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Children Around the World
We’re traveling (virtually) in Asia now, in our “Children Around the World” program from WinterPromise. The girls’ travel notebooks and passports are getting quite full! After Asia, we have Oceania/Pacific Islands, and then we are done. That will still take about seven or so more weeks. This week in our geography study, Kathryn labeled the…
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Lacy the Lurcher
On our routine visit to the vet last Friday, everyone fell in love with Lacy, and told her how sweet and pretty she is. She loved the praise, and had a great time. 🙂 They asked where I found her, and if we knew what she was mixed with, since they see quite a few…