Parental Ramblings
Library Goodness
I hardly ever go to my library’s website. If I do, I quickly zoom to the renew section, save myself from overdue fines and leave. Last week, however, I I learned about some very interesting things. Now these refer to the local library I use, but I recommend you check with your library. First I … Continue reading
What is there to do around here?
Mostly this blog is a way for me to keep track of some of the things the kids do. Otherwise it is too easy to look back and only have vague recollections of the big stuff. But I get asked about homeschooling frequently – questions from friends, acquaintances that are thinking about homeschooling or the … Continue reading
…Minecraft…
The last few days have been brought to us by Minecraft. Don’t know it? Look it up. Evidently it’s obsession worthy. Well two out of three are obsessed anyway. Littlest has played dress up, made art, played with her dolls, thought about what she’d like to do for valentines, helped me cook, watched Dinosaur Train … Continue reading
Today
What do you do all day is probably the most common question I hear. And every day can be different. Compared to people who have full curriculum and do it at home we are very unschool. Compared to some unschooler the fact that I make suggestions or that they attend a homeschool enrichment program run … Continue reading
That’s How We Roll
That’s how we roll…well that could be referring to the bike ride everyone not still coughing took today. But I was actually thinking of spending the last few days with the boys making new Dungeons & Dragons characters. For the first quest they did, the dad who is the dungeon master and teaching them to … Continue reading
We’re Back…hopefully
After months and months of ignoring it and shaking my head, I just spent the morning with tech support. Even they were shaking their heads and had no idea how this really basic blog got quite so bogged down in crazy error files. So after my productive morning, here we are. We’re back…online. Hopefully … Continue reading
Watch It Wiggle
(no I don’t know, nor can I figure out, what is suddenly  up with  my lack of paragraph breaks no matter now often I put them in. grrrrr)Jello. Yup, jello, or gelatin at least. We’ve been making a ton this summer. It’s fast, easy, cool and a friend happened to give me a big box … Continue reading
The Life of Unsocialized Recluses
As common as homeschooling is getting in the US, I still frequently hear concerns about my children not being socialized. I’m gonna guess they mean the second definition, 2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable, rather than the first, 1. To place under government or group ownership or control. Although placing them … Continue reading
What holds the universe together?
This morning D, who just turned 9, asked to learn to make scrambled eggs. The other two quickly followed. So we started an assembly line, each making their own scrambled eggs from cracking the shell to whisking, which is somehow considered much cooler than stirring, to cooking. C and B both grated their own cheese … Continue reading
Supplementary Magniloquent Articulations
I can’t believe I forgot to mention one of the best big words of all: defenestrate. My friend Em gave me that one. Defenestrate: To throw out of a window. Specific, to the point, and makes the kids giggle. A lot of the words that are no longer actively used have specific meanings. We now … Continue reading
