For the first time ever, I finished planning next year’s curriculum in June! It helps that I’ve gone through each of the grades and all of this material before. And now I can look forward to a much more peaceful summer, with no curriculum choices hanging over my head. Our big ‘together project’ this year will be […]
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Miss 10’s Year Studying Fulbright’s Botany
Surrounded by our plant and tree guide books, Miss 10 sits at the table, half hidden by my 24th anniversary roses. She’s working on her final botany project: making her own guidebook of some of the trees and plants on our property. Then she will be finished an entire year of Exploring Creation with Botany […]
Weekly Wrap Up: Spring, Studies, and Books
In my life this week… Finally, finally spring is here. The grass is green, Miss 12 brought me the first dandelion, and our forsythia is almost blooming. We started neatening up the gardens and the flower beds and spent as much time as possible outside. It was so warm that we only lit the […]
Two Week Wrap Up
In my life these two weeks… We’ve had snow and ice, and we’ve had summer weather. The crocuses are blooming, finally, but they are not crawling with bees because our bees did not survive the winter. That does not bode well for the garden and orchard this year—no bees, no fruit. But, since it’s snowing […]
Weekly Wrap Up: Course Tweak, Lots of Books, and a Trifle
In my life this week… We enjoyed another busy but relatively peaceful week. We did a lot of school work, visited with friends and family, ordered glasses for one of the girls, and started our spring cleaning. On the health front: We do feel better after eliminating the water cooler. Imagine! So if you have […]