Reflections on Homeschooling, Parenting and Life
You may have noticed that I posted my first pictures last week. Now that I know how to do it, it’s no big deal, right? Why is technology like that – for me anyway? I didn’t use a breast milk pump for six months because just staring at the machine made me feel anxious. Then [...]
Yesterday, Zach peed on the floor in his room. That’s right. He peed on the floor. Apparently, Ezra and a friend were pretending to pee on the floor and everyone was laughing. So Zach thought it would be especially funny if he actually peed. Have I mentioned that he is working really hard to figure [...]
Just got home from my second homeschool study group of the week. Tonight was for people using Charlotte Mason’s principles. Monday was for people who wanted to learn how to teach writing. (And by people, of course, I mean mothers. Jeff is homeschooling the boys for 9 hours a week, but you won’t catch him [...]
“Kevin, you are so debonaire.” This was Zach’s response to a joke that Kevin told at dinner last night. Kevin, who works as an Americorps volunteer at our church, is very, very funny and not what I would immediately call debonaire. So I described what debonaire was and asked, “Does that sound like Kevin?” “No.” [...]
Today when Christina walked in, she saw Ezra sitting upside down on the couch. In his underwear. Zach was under the coffee table. Using it for leg presses. Where was I? Sitting between them talking about oracle bones from ancient China like it was the most normal thing in the world. Well, that’s not exactly [...]
Chili’s in the pot, Jeff is in NH, and the boys are staging intergallactic battles. Time for three random thoughts. Many people (relative to the small numbers who read this site) have asked for pictures. I will start posting pics this week, beginning with the salt and flour maps. Isn’t whipped cream just amazing? I [...]
I always had the best salt and flour maps. So did my sisters. And not just a little better than the other kids. Our salt and flour maps were the Harvard of relief maps compared to the community college crap my classmates tried to pass off. Everyone else carried theirs in on little pieces of [...]
One of the best things about sending my kids to school was that I could run errands in peace. (I could also go back to bed with Jeff, who works from home many mornings, but that’s a whole different post – let’s call it The Effects of Homeschooling on Marital Relations.) If I want to run [...]
“What did you have for breakfast this morning? Did you have a bunch of syrup?!!” “What time did you get up? Were you two up talking all night?!!” I was on the warpath this morning, trying to figure out why the kids were behaving so badly. Was it sugar? Lack of sleep? Oh wait. I [...]
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