Today marks day 31 without husband home. When we wake up we’ll scramble to the arrivals section of the airport. My heart sings. Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay, My, oh my, what a wonderful day! My marvelous husband is headin’ my way! Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay! I’m so excited! I even cleared off the counters, which at one time looked […]
Nihil, or what I felt we accomplished this week…
Have you ever had weeks like this? Weeks where you feel you accomplished nothing-zilch-nada (or, in Latin, nihil)? That would be the kind of week we had. Not only that, but it’s taken me almost an entire week to write about it. The reality is that we did accomplish some stuff, even in a week […]
Blacklight Puppet Ministry
This year marks Stephen’s second year as a member of our church’s blacklight puppet team… Above:Stephen operates the head of a 7-foot-tall puppet manipulated by two team members! In February 2010, as we adjusted from a city of millions to a county of about 20,000 people, we were excited to find a puppet ministry like this here […]
Comic Illustration Pages {Free Notebooking Printables}
As we incorporate a few new notebooking techniques into our studies, we wanted to share our comic illustration pages in hopes that they’re a helpful tool for other comic-crazed children (or parents). I’ve found this to be more motivating for our children than our typical copywork… These pages can be used for just about […]
Lego Room Makeover: Our Storage Solution
I have to admit it. LEGOs make me crazy. Well, LEGOs themselves don’t make me crazy, but the mess associated with them does. Those of you who have LEGO-crazed children may identify? Or at least you might know what it’s like to step on one of those cute little mini-figures in the middle of the […]
Time for a reality check
Here we are, the week of the big performance. Everything else has fallen by the wayside while Stephen works in the cotton fields as a silhouette slave… …and David dances the nights away as a southern plantation “party guest.” As a glimpse of what it might have been like escaping on the Underground Railroad in […]
American Revolution Study
Once upon a time, I intensely disliked the study of history. I could hardly bear the thought of cracking open a history textbook. One thousand other things beckoned me to come hither – to spend my time with things more pleasant. As a homeschool mom, I had to overcome my fear of history boredom, for […]
Essentials Chart Mastery
After seeing our Memory Work Sticker Book and our Memory Work Mastery Chart, a mom asked if we had a chart or other visual aid to track Essentials chart mastery. Now we do, and you can download it. Download the Chart Mastery Chart here. You can color it in, use stickers, check the box, or come up with […]
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 […]