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How My Daughters See Me

April 28, 2009 – 10:44 pm

The last couple of weeks have been very focusing for me. The week before I started homeschooling, I sat down to figure out a schedule and had a dreadful time doing it. Finally it all came together but only after I sat down and did some uber-prioritizing. Funny thing: when you figure out which things [...]

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Restaurant Dinner for Eight, $20.59

April 25, 2009 – 8:00 pm

Ha! I love a deal. Tonight we decided to take the kids to their favorite restaurant, HomeTown Buffet, since we’ve been all broke and haven’t taken them out in ages. But you know, I don’t like going out and paying full price, so naturally I started scoping around for coupons.
There was one in my wallet [...]

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The Bionicle Tabernacle and Homeschool, Week 1

April 22, 2009 – 9:52 pm

Our church has the coolest Sunday School classes ever! A month or so ago Georgie came home all excited because he had homework from his Sunday School class (!!). He had two weeks to build a complete tabernacle out of whatever he wanted, so naturally he decided to make his from Bionicles. In case you [...]

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Resurrection Term ‘09

April 16, 2009 – 11:51 am

Okay, so I am officially starting homeschool with the kiddos this coming Monday (4/20/09). Yikes! Actually, I’m feeling pretty ok about it. Got the schedule all sorted out. See?

What, you can’t read that? Well, click on it and it will take you to the bigger version. For term study this time we are doing a [...]

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Why the Bell Tolls

April 10, 2009 – 8:35 pm

Every year on Good Friday, our church holds a special service that goes through Jesus’ dying words on the cross and reminds us of his death and resurrection. Seven candles are set up and after a reading of each section of what Jesus said, three verses of a very long song (21 verses) are sung, [...]

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Hair by Kyra

April 9, 2009 – 8:02 am

Ever wondered what happens when your four year old does your hair? When I was pregnant with Henry last year I spent several months on the couch trying really hard not to vomit, and Kyra decided that good Mommy and Kyra time would involve her sitting on the arm of the couch right by my [...]

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Pardon Me While I Build A Cathedral

March 31, 2009 – 4:14 pm

It is frustrating, you know. Like many careers that leave employees frustrated, Mothering involves many mindless jobs that repeat themselves day after day only to be undone and redone again the next day. Dishes, which we go through three dishwashers full of per day at our house, leap to mind. Laundry, floor sweeping, vacuuming, and [...]

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Pictures of the Kids from School

March 9, 2009 – 10:12 pm

Today Amy emailed me these pictures that she took of the kids at school (Zera Hall) over the last few months. They’re so cute!
Apparently the blue frosting was very blue.

Studying India.

The schoolroom.

Anika being her usual charming self.

Trinity loves school.

Georgie loves Dragons (and school). I think he bought the book from the school store.

Thinking hard.

Thinking [...]

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Kyra’s First Day of School

March 9, 2009 – 3:45 pm

Kyra’s educational voyage began today, and boy was she happy! She’s been asking me to start doing school with her ever since her nap schedule dropped from every day to every other day a few months ago, and as I was browsing through my computer stuff today I discovered a whole stash of old alphabet [...]

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Sick Day

March 4, 2009 – 3:35 pm

Well, this week we are practicing our epidemiology lesson. If, say, a baby boy gets sick and feels so lousy that he wants his Mother to hold and comfort him while he coughs germs all over her face for several days in a row, she will undoubtedly get sick. This was the premise of last [...]

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