Monthly Archives Aug 2007
Real life science and school
August 31, 2007
Monarch just emerging I'm trying to take a blogging break to plan the upcoming school year. Yes, I'm being more intentional this year about our children's education. Following the same basic philosophy but providing more direction in our children's learning through defined reading lists and building certain habits and skills ...
cheeky kid
August 27, 2007
This morning I was explaining to Laurent why I couldn't go outside yet; I had lots of clean up to do, dishes to wash, laundry etc... His response was "You deserve it by being a mother" I had to laugh! I didn't take it too personally as he didn't say ...
Personality Test
August 22, 2007
Thanks to a friend's blog I took an on-line personality test last night. Not sure that I totally agree with the results. I feel this test did not take into account that I am a stay at home/homeschooling mother. The context of the questions seemed to assume most of my ...
Freeport Summer Night
August 20, 2007
We joined the masses yesterday for an afternoon of shopping and a free evening concert in Freeport. This summer's concert series has been top notch and last night we saw Brandi Carlile opening for the Indigo Girls. I am a big Brandi Carlile fan and I've always liked the Indigo ...
That time of year
August 18, 2007
Willow pond garden & houseYesterday I bought a bag of newly picked apples from the farm. Sigh.... As much as I love the familiar and delicious crunch of a fresh, locally grown apple I am slightly melancholic that it's late summer and fall is just around the corner. Thankfully, we've ...
You may already be there
August 15, 2007
This came into my e-mail inbox today from an e-list I belong to. I thought it was worth sharing. A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. ...
Stuffed Tomatoes
August 14, 2007
I'm a pretty proud mama this evening. My eight year old wanted to "make something" today. So we put her creative energies to work in the kitchen, and what fun we had. She choose a recipe for cottage cheese stuffed cherry tomatoes but seeing as we don't eat cottage cheese ...
Dancing Girls
August 10, 2007
We went to a community concert yesterday afternoon in Festival Plaza. The girls got dancing to the toe-tapping bluegrass music of "The Grassholes". Beautiful day, fun time. I couldn't chose just one favorite to post so I'm posting a slideshow.
Books... finally
August 8, 2007
I have been in a dry spot for reading material lately. Just can't get into anything and nothing is grabbing my attention. Thanks to facebook (and a friend's favorites list) I found out that Anne Lamott has a new book. Yipee! We went to the library this morning to get ...
Only in Auburn Maine
August 8, 2007
can I be driving through the deserted mall parking lot (after a fruitless trip to get new eyeglass nosepads - I forgot the glasses at home, arhhh) and come across a parked minivan with a bagpiper (playing the pipes) and 3 young kids riding bikes in circles around their bagpiping ...
Meeting together
August 6, 2007
I don't really know what else to call it. We met in our home last night with fellow Christians to talk about life, what God's put on our hearts, to pray and play Sequence. None of it was planned except the invitation we put out to anyone interested in joining ...
Swimming Lessons
August 6, 2007
The kids are in swimming lessons, Maine style, at a local lake. Earlier this summer Celine and Laurent wanted to learn how to swim but I wasn't sure how to accomplish this since we would miss 2 weeks (during vacation) of the swimming programs I saw advertised. Then I remembered ...
