This had been another good week, and I met most of my fitness goals. Be active. Yes! Lots and lots of walking. We visited Dundurn Castle and garden, and I walked around and through the castle gardens many times. Enjoy garden produce. Yes! Beans, our first plums (about 3 gallons from one bush!), broccoli, a few raspberries, […]
Holiday Highlights
Holiday Highlights: Visitors, Puppies, Museum, a Concert, and More
Week four of our holidays has been one highlight after the other, and my head is spinning. On Sunday we were blessed with a family of expected visitors, and two families of unexpected ones. We had twenty-three people for lunch! Unfortunately we couldn’t spend as much time with anyone as we really wanted to, but […]
Holiday Highlights, Week 2
This has been a hot, hot week. We worked in the house and garden, read books, ate good food, and enjoyed life. We started planning our summer learning contracts as well. School: The younger four children and I did nothing, not even documentation. Miss 17 started her final year’s work because she plans to be […]
Holiday Highlights, Week 1
School: This week we started to document what we did in the past school year. Although this is not required in our province, it’s nice to do anyhow. We have the rough daily and weekly records, but having everything listed neatly in just a few pages per child makes for a wonderful set of memories. […]