So far things are going well. They’ve been putting in time on some work, and have both surged ahead in math over the summer–no idea why. And reading was much improved and there’s some actual writing going on–not just him painstakingly putting down each letter as I tell him. And the weather was beautiful, so […]
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We had school on the patio. It was over 90 degrees, hot and dry. Lunch was McDonald’s, eaten at the park. Then this: These are the first day of school pictures, kids chose the locations for the photo shoot. She’s not in grade 4. Tim is. But she reads well and can keep up, so
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This is a Monday night picture of James’ long board injuries. Mostly that night we were concerned about his hand, whether it was broken or not, but by the next day it was clear it wasn’t. Ice helped, and we sponged his wounds with lidocaine from the first aid kit. Anyway, the kids were telling old
This YouTube thing about the school bus attendant being abused by kids on the bus? I haven’t watched it–don’t want to view that, a little cute lady being talked bad to by young jerks? No. My kids hardly went to school back in the 80s before we quit, but we had a couple years of
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There they go. As soon as they decided to get all this tubing crap out, the clouds arrived. Okay there they are, specks across the lake. Sam paces. And the rope broke, so they had to tie that back together. And then we loaded up all this mess and made our way home. Thank goodness
It was both–quiet and sunny, and everything that’s June. Football? Is that what’s going on here? We launched the paddle boat. My mother bought this for us a few years ago and it has provided endless hours of entertainment for many, many kids, not just these guys. There they go to cruise past the tooth
a strange blurry pic found on my camera: my sister and julia Pam came on Tuesday and spent the day helping me babysit. God Bless Her. That’s lucky old me with the sister who is helpful. And kind. I haven’t posted a thing about homeschool in a while. Just because we’re in some transitional state
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That’s her. In the last weeks, homeschool has taken another turn, as it does, as life evolves. And yet the child desires an education, so she’s working on it. She’s been doing reports on things, looking up facts, printing out photos. She did a report on a creature called an Aye Aye, and on a
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At first it goes soooo slowly, it’s like it’s not happening at all. But then, all at once it is. Reading turns real, and stories are fun. Here he’s happily (happily!) reading those old Dick and Jane stories from 40 years ago. They’re as dated as can be, but he’s laughing. Keep going, buddy. We
This dock is a perfectly fine dock. John tried to tell me it’s a safety hazard for the grandkids. Perhaps. It’s been safe enough for my kids all these years. But this dang thing is heavy, and grinding in those posts by hand–good thing their dad is a hearty man and they have a little
