In my life this week… Aches and pains. Energy and laughter. Music and strawberries. Kids full of wonder at what they are learning…and kids full of resentment that they have to learn. Garden dirt, nettles, and a huge garter snake. Walks, apple blossoms, and lilacs. And brand new chicks, two dozen balls of fluff and energy. In […]
Weekly Wrap Up
Weekly Wrap-Up: School Concerns, Projects, and Almost No Books
In my life these two weeks… Warm weather. Cold weather. Gardening. Walking. Black flies. Another funeral. The annual March for Life. Chocolate and barbeques. A sunny afternoon wading in the river. Lemon balm and mint. Projects. In our homeschool this week… Mr. 17 is very busy with ALEKS precalculus. He loves it so much that […]
Weekly Wrap-Up
In my life this week… Well, last week Saturday our teens and I attended the annual homeschool conference. That was the highlight as well as the reason there was no weekly wrap-up last week. To sum up the past two weeks: we gardened, fed the bees, removed thistles and burdocks from our property, found some […]
Weekly Wrap Up: Getting Behind and Gardening
In my life this week… We started working on the gardens! Because it’s such an early start, we’re beginning with the flower gardens this year, and every afternoon the children and I spend half an hour chatting, weeding, and cleaning up. We’ll start the vegetable gardens in a week or so. Mr. 16 and Miss […]