Family Life & Kids
Reflections on August
September 1, 2010
I don't usually look back over a past month and spend much time reflecting. I'm fairly forward thinking and like to look ahead more than over my shoulder. But as we move through the days of late summer, shifting gears to prepare for fall, I feel the need to make ...
A Maine Camp Experience
August 28, 2010
For the eight years we've lived in Maine we've heard about "camps". These are, most often, small and rather rustic vacation cottages that dot the shores of Maine's many beautiful ponds and lakes. Where we grew up there were few nice fresh water lakes and no one I knew had ...
Not Back to Homeschool (yet) and Easy Chemistry
August 26, 2010
I always feel a bit out of step with the schooling/homeschooling world this time of year. The buzz, even in homeschooling circles, is back-to-school. And my mind is just not in that space this time of year. Like I've written earlier, this is our first year of summer homeschool. But ...
Monarchs in My Back Yard (MiMBY)
August 24, 2010
Studying caterpillars and butterflies is part of our summer science.
Intimacies
August 14, 2010
We celebrated our fourteenth anniversary this week with an over-night getaway to Bethel, Maine's most beautiful mountain village. If memory serves me well (Damien thinks we may have done this once though I don't recall) this is our first ever over-night trip without any children. What with no relatives living ...
3 Lessons Learned for the Beginner Homeschooler
August 13, 2010
Eleven years ago our family started this home education journey with the birth of our oldest child. We never did try a public or private school option. Homeschooling is all we know. Our family's experience is limited to elementary aged education. So I'm certainly no expert on the subject of ...
Noodle Salad Recipe ~ Cooking a Meal for 25
August 11, 2010
In early July I prepared a lunch for twenty-five young adults working with Lots To Gardens. This was one of the commitments I was referring to in this post (the clash of too many commitments having brought me to the brink of my sanity.) Our family has invested in this ...
