I suddenly realized that I am starting homeschooling in two weeks. I can’t believe it. I was lost in this summer fog and now suddenly I am juggling activities and tweaking curriculum, ordering last minute materials and rearranging my classroom. I’m nesting!
It’s nice to start a new year. I remember starting school. I remember coming [...]
Finally we had a ninety degree day and humidity. Just like a regular summer. It’s particularly hot for me because I’m not into shorts…or actually any summer attire, especially not bathers. That’s right, I’m in jeans and I’m staying that way.
Of course I chose today to build the Lego League table.
We got the Lego League [...]
Chuckles is my animal loving child. She loves animals intensely and desires to be surrounded by them. As a baby she befriended large, scary looking dogs. People have been scary to her but not animals. So when she wants a new animal in her menagerie, there is almost nothing that will stop her.
My initial reaction to [...]
I woke up this morning and my husband was talking in a nonsensical way.
Husband: Go and get the uh … uh…boat! Go get the …..?
Me: What boat? What are you talking about?
Husband: uh.. uh… I don’t know..
This continued for a while and after a minute or two I decided to call 911, thinking he’s having a [...]
I was in the library yesterday and came across Playaways. They are audio books prerecorded on a device displayed in a video sized case. The actually player is the size of a small cell phone and it’s on a string you can wear around your neck. You can plug in headphones or have it played through the radio/CD player in the [...]
