Category Homeschooling

The kids found this little stick guy climbing up the walls yesterday. They kept him, and they let him wander around the house until they lost him.  This morning while grabbing my jeans from the closet he reappeared! Yes,I screamed,…

    Thank you Lord for all these cute things to love, and for Spring to remind me of the sunshine that is behind every cloud.   These furry woodland creatures are everywhere right now. All the cutest little babies.…

Since moving to Oregon, my kids have become avid snake lovers. A day hardly goes by without someone catching one. Here are a few snaps of the ones they thought worthy. Most of them are bull snakes, gopher snakes and…

This is my sweet girl learning how to quilt. She is really good at it – or so Peggy says. Peggy is our next-door neighbor who has taken Emily under her wing, teaching her the fine art of quilting. If…

    I just have to show you this!  My oldest son has an inventive and focused mind. He came up with this wonderful idea yesterday.     He made this hand out of cardboard and fishing wire. Stay tuned…

   For a number of years now, I have had a growing love-hate relationship with Lego. My kids LOVE it – it is all they request on birthdays, it is all they spend their money on. Consequently, the Lego minefield…

   So what are you to do when it’s freezing Oregon day out and snowing?  Make cookies of course!  So we did just that and made a huge mess with frosting. Oh and the kids where bouncing off the walls…