Texas is a state we return to every couple of years due to our connections with the oilfield. So… as Gary suffered under the stress of Water Survival Training in East Houston (where the astronauts train!), we ventured over to Galveston. The boys loved walking on board a jack-up oil rig museum and learning a […]
Favorite Educational Games Books and Resources
Over the past couple of weeks, some of our friends have asked what we have enjoyed most out of all the books, studies, and games we’ve used… There’s no doubt we’ve purchased, reviewed, and tested out a TON of various books and resources over the past ten years, some of which were fantastic finds, some […]
Magic Tree House & Imagination Station Book List: U.S. History
During the early elementary years (1st to 3rd grade) our children have naturally gravitated towards the Magic Tree House and Imagination Station series. Our children have enjoyed these books even more than the Who Was… series. [Note that Magic Tree House is a secular series; Imagination Station is written from a Christian worldview.] I cannot […]
Early America History Trip: Northeastern Loop
We’ve finished 48 of 48. Talk about #scheduleinterrupted! When I started looking at our upcoming summer activities this summer, it dawned on me that we’d have to interrupt the end of our school year to go on the trip we’d been planning for this summer. So… it’s been quiet here for over a month due […]
Ten Thousand Miles?!?
It’s been pretty quiet over here at Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood lately. That’s because we’ve just completed a 38-day road trip with over 150 stops in 20 different states crossing 4 different U.S. time zones and traveling a total of 10,334 miles (all in a minivan). And somehow I thought I was going to continue writing and posting […]
Cadillac Ranch {50 states before they graduate}
Along I-40 in the Texas Panhandle, just outside Amarillo… The boys left their mark.
Our Favorite Things: Favorite Family Favorites
Over the past couple of weeks, some of our friends have asked what we have enjoyed most out of all the books, studies, and games we’ve used… There’s no doubt we’ve purchased, reviewed, and tested out a TON of various books and resources over the past ten years, some of which were fantastic finds, some of […]
We interrupt our “normal” routine for…
Our normal routine is shifting all askew for the next couple of weeks as we prepare for a performance in Cookeville, TN. In addition to our normal work, we’ve been finalizing the memorization of a few script lines along with several songs and a bit of choreography. (Of course, by “we,” I mean “they” because […]
The Wichitas of Southwest Oklahoma: Holy City, Fish Ladder, and Heart Rock
Just about every year we make a trip to my home state of Oklahoma. Our favorite place to make memories is the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, which includes a visit to… The Holy City of the Wichitas, a very special site for all of us, as it is where our family started… […]