Family Life & Kids
Late Summer Hike
September 7, 2008
It's been a little over 2 weeks since we last hiked. We were anxious to get into the woods. It was a perfect late summer day with blue sky, gentle breezes and the air sweet with warm pine. This was our first hike with the new camera. I was so ...
Kindergarten, Easy Does It
September 6, 2008
You may have already noticed that we're not really big on formal schooling around here. But there are a few things like math, handwriting and spelling (for Céline) that we work into our daily routine to build skills. It was Céline's desire to learn all of these that got them ...
School planning
September 3, 2008
I spent the evening planning for the upcoming school year and figuring out general household routine... at Starbucks. Kind of like a mini-retreat, complete with over priced "white" tea - what the heck is white tea? Anyway, the night out by myself, even if it was for school purposes, was ...
Labor Day Gifts
September 2, 2008
Yesterday was a wonderful day at home. I spent most of it in the garden, cleaning up perennials and harvesting the beans (post about that to follow soon). This morning's photo prompt at Shutter Sisters was about the gift of photography, "photography is a creative gift where the satisfaction of ...
Beach Candids
September 1, 2008
Today's photo prompt at Shutter Sisters is Stalking the Moment. I did a lot of that yesterday at the beach with the kids. I love these candids of my youngest daughter especially. Brienne tries to climb viewer Brienne caught by a wave
Last day of August
August 31, 2008
You'll notice I did not title this post Last Day of Summer. In our homeschooling household summer doesn't end till the autumnal equinox. Doesn't mean we're not shifting gears, we are. But when the day feels like summer we live summer. Whereas we usually head to the mountains on the ...
(this week's) top three reasons we homeschool
August 27, 2008
No doubt there's as many reasons to homeschool as there are days in the year. Today, kids in our town started school a full 3 days before labor day weekend (seems wrong to me). Three days, three reasons for homeschooling. 1. We'd rather go to the beach on the nicest ...
