Eclectic Parent

We went to our second symphony with the kids today. The Phoenix Symphony has short, inexpensive concerts for schools and we were really excited to find out that they’d let homeschool families attend. The first concert was a little disappointing. They tried way too hard - cute little puppets, etc that didn’t actually add to […]

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We don’t get to go on dates nearly as often as we’d like to; it’s difficult juggling three kids. But no matter how difficult, it’s important to get some one-on-one time. Important elements of a date - be spontaneous, cuddle, hold hands, make sure it’s a movie you both want to see, share dinner afterward […]

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A lot of casual homeschooler say the can wing it, no curriculum, well . . . except for math. Now maybe it’ll be a bit different when they’re older and were facing calculus but for now, math is easy to work in. D and I were in the car today. My cell phone battery was […]

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Well, it was very last minute, but we headed up to Sedona last week. Got a very late start - part of the last minuteness of it - so we weren’t there long. Had a good time though. We ate a late lunch and then went to see some red. We wandered up one mountain […]

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So in posting last night that we hadn’t been up to much - or at least hadn’t posted much, not necessarily the same thing - I started to think of the things we have done. While getting out stuff for Halloween, we came across our black light and strobe light. Never one to miss an […]

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Me for once, not the kids. Well, OK, the kids are obsessed. Star Wars everything for the boys and everything girlie for B. The current obsession I refer to is Flickr. We’ve been taking photos. We’re always taking photos, but usually just taking quicky snapshots to capture a moment. We’ve actually been trying to take […]

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Happy birthday C! Now that you are 5, you are getting to be a big boy. It has been all Sta Wars, all the time around here: Star Wars legos, Luke and R2-D2 for Halloween, Star Wars imaginary play, all the way to astonomy discussion about how different planets can have different numbers […]

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D had his first gymnastics meet earlier in the month. I’ve never actually seen him nervous before; he’s usually hyper-confident and outgoing. He was actually shaky and pale. I think he was a little unsure about what to expect. D likes to in the middle of everything, but not to have every […]

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The new puppy is teething. She had been chewing on everything she can get her mouth around. We could see why she was having such a chewing fit, she had double incisors on the top and bottom. One of the things that the puppy chewed was a little stuffed dog of […]

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D had a gymnastic strength meet the last Saturday. It’s an introductory meet to get them used to being out on the floor and wached but without having to remember their routines - plus it’s just fun. The boys didn’t compete against each other, they were just showing the best they could do. […]

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