June is a very busy month for us, with a conference and live internet show for Jim, 2 mini-vacations for the family, and Daegan’s birthday—on top of our usual soccer and classes and playdates. We’ve got to get the rest of the garden in asap too if things will have a chance to bloom before [...]
Yesterday the boys and I did the big grocery shop for the week. The boys have become quite helpful at the store, and enjoy picking out a treat or two—both healthy and non-healthy. Sure, Gareth (age 5) asked for more Corn Pops, but he also requested broccoli. I can live with that. But it’s Daegan, [...]
Today was a very productive day. Jim and I sorted through the laundry room, where TONS OF STUFF we no longer wanted or needed was waiting. We sorted it into bins for Goodwill (charity) and Sprouts (to sell at a consignment store). 5 big Rubbermaid bins and 3 bankers boxes later—to say nothing of the [...]
Here’s what the boys did on April 8th (hover your mouse over the pics for details): Here’s what the boys did today, same corner of the backyard, April 21—just shy of two weeks later than the above snow pics: And you thought where you lived had changeable weather! And no, you don’t have to [...]
I heard some news about the Calgary Science Centre today that has me shaking my head. Let me preface everything by saying that this info is via my friend Cindy, so please verify for yourselves, just as I am in the process of doing. I have zero reason to doubt Cindy’s word, however—it’s just more [...]
Wishing you and yours a wonderful Easter break. I’ll be taking a technology sabbatical for the long weekend. But before I do, I wanted to say how much I’ve enjoyed getting feedback and comments from so many different people, both strengthening old friendships and meeting new-to-me homeschoolers. And I am enjoying so many of your [...]
The boys and I recently read A Bear Called Paddington (a fuller review in my forthcoming Reading Round-Up), and I was struck by the complex sentence structure and vocabulary of this book published in 1958—it seemed so much richer than much of the literature for young children today. My impressions were no doubt heightened as [...]
I came across this interesting read about homeschooling stereotypes and how they are simply not true; today’s homeschoolers are as diverse as any other group of people. Enjoy Beyond Stereotypes: The New Face of Homeschooling from the Simple Homeschool blog.
My friend Cindy posted this video clip on her blog, and I found it really touching and thought-provoking—no doubt aided by the fact that I too am raising two sons, relatively close in age. Enjoy!
Just a quickie post tonight as its been a very busy past two weeks for us; I’ll get to this week’s Reading Round-up sometime over the weekend. Last week the boys started the remainder of their classes, which means right now skating and drama classes on weekends, Sportball and art classes during the week. Last [...]