It’s that time again. Tomorrow we begin our 20th year of home schooling. That makes me sound a lot older than I really am. Although, since Danny and I just celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary, I guess we are as old as it sounds. This year, I have 3 students. We just married off our … [Read more…]
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. In our home, Thanksgiving is about getting to spend time with our family — either immediate or extended. All of the trappings of other holidays are set aside for Thanksgiving. There is no emphasis put on gift giving/receiving so we aren’t going broke and aren’t feeding the greed machine that … [Read more…]
School has been going on for 4 weeks now. Everything is running smoothly and we are very busy. One thing that really helps is the menu. I’ve done this off and on over the years and every time I get back to it I wonder why I ever let it slide. I make a 4 … [Read more…]
We are about to start school for the year. One of the most important things I have to do (for my sanity) is to get schedules ready for the kids and myself. I think I have come up with something workable. There doesn’t seem too be too much free time but who said life would … [Read more…]
It is that time again. I’m finding it a little difficult to settle down and get myself ready. With one son living in CA and another going to school in FL, I find myself more distracted than I did when they were all little and under one roof. This year I will have 4 students. … [Read more…]
Yesterday was our first official day of school. We actually started Monday with our co-op but that was not as hard to start as yesterday was. Monday night, after co-op, I took a long bubble bath so I could do some hard thinking about the rest of our school year. I came out very relaxed … [Read more…]
Here I am smack dab between two of the biggest holidays of the year. Christmas is behind us, New Years is ahead. I don’t have a thing scheduled to do and I am taking full advantage of it. For the first time in our 17 years of home schooling, we took the month of December … [Read more…]
One thing I like to do for my kids is decorate their birthday cakes. The best compliment I’ve ever gotten was, "Mom, your cakes are better than the ones at my friends’ birthday parties". I guess I’ve spoiled them. The first one I ever decorated was for my 21 year old’s first birthday. That was … [Read more…]
It’s been a while since I talked about the string orchestra I teach. We’ve been very busy this year. I have a great group of kids to work with. They (for the most part) work hard and want to do a good job. Last month we had a concert at our local library. There was … [Read more…]
Our co-op just had it’s Latin Banquet. This co-op is patterned after Charlotte Mason’s teaching style. The kids study Latin, Shakespeare, Art, Nature, Great Books, and Speech. Most of them are involved in a string orchestra as well. The Latin banquet was a lot of fun. Everyone dressed in togas and we had a great … [Read more…]
