“I think I should read four books a day; two in the morning and two at night.”
Those might be some of the sweetest words ever uttered from my eight-year-old’s lips.

THANK YOU BOOK ADVENTURE AND AUTHOR CYNTHIA RYLANT!!!!!
 
On a side note, he is also learning the value of saving for something he wants, rather than spending [...]

Our Backyard Birds

I have been able to see and identify so many backyard birds in the last week and I am thrilled!  I finally bought a bird feeder and some black sunflower seeds, and now we are just flushed with sweet little birdies.  I am going to post pictures and songs of the different birds here, and [...]

Spring Cleaning Checklist

I have a few things that I want to get accomplished over “spring break.” I decided this morning it will have to be two weeks because there is only one of me, and many, many things that need done.
1.  Clean all the windows, inside and out
2.  Clean my MIL’s stuff in the kitchen cupboards, [...]

Henry and Mudge save the day

Super-boy is a reading fool this week. Ok, relatively speaking. He has read three books this week, and taken the quizzes over at Bookadventure.com. Yipee!!
I have finally found a series of books that he enjoys reading and are right at his level: Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant.
 
They are perfect [...]

Take this Cup from Me

Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not [...]

In my quiet time…

I spent yesterday morning in prayer and meditation. I have so many things on my mind. The worries keep piling up, and it seems that the good times are as elusive as always. I barely grasp them in my hand before they are already slipping through my fingers. There have been [...]

Mr. Red-belly

The kids and I saw this little guy walking up the maple tree in our front yard this morning. I had a feeling he was a woodpecker, but I grabbed our field guide just to be sure. He is a red-bellied woodpecker. He is so unusual looking that we found him in [...]

A Charlotte Mason Education, and math curriculum.

I came across a homeschooling mom today that suggested that a homeschooler should be teaching math from life experience only, rather than use any curriculum.
I agree that it is invaluable to teach “life” math. You can make almost anything an opportunity to teach math. Cooking, baking, grocery shopping, playing video games, playing almost [...]

Finished!

I finished the shawl for my mom at 3AM yesterday morning and I popped in in the mail yesterday afternoon. It will be a couple days late as today is the big day. Oops! I called her this morning and let her know it might arrive tomorrow, or Monday. Usually, I [...]

To read, or not to read…

Super-boy is growing up in little ways, and not so little ways too. He is getting pretty tall, and showing some beginning signs of mature decision making, even if it’s frequently followed up with very immature behavior. It’s tough being a kid!
We took all of our school supplies and books to the library [...]