Half a Hundred Acre Wood

Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles

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IndoctriNation the Movie

At the beginning of our homeschooling journey, I just stumbled along doubting myself, doubting the call God had given us, doubting our decisions.  I felt I was under constant attack and could hardly bear the scrutiny, and it just wasn’t enough for others to see that our family dynamics are such that my husband, who […]

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Memory Work Tri-fold Board

Due to some changes for the coming year, it was time to update our two-year-old tri-fold board. How to Make this Tri-Fold Board: Purchase a 35.5″ x 46″ cardboard tri-fold board (from places like Wal-Mart, close to where they sell posterboard) and a package of 8.5″ x 11″ Page Protectors.  Cut 5 of them in […]

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Earth Science – Creation Science for Kids

Mid-schoolyear is always a time for reflection for me.  I seem to re-evaluate and question everything I’m doing in January.  Maybe it’s because it’s a new year, or maybe it’s because I have a Type A Personality and feel as if I’ve failed on so many levels. This year has been a rough one for […]

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My eyes. Healing takes time and laughter.

I no longer need these. Because I have these. Wore these to church Sunday night claiming that it was a new prescription.  Gary kept shrugging his shoulders telling everyone, “She has to wear ’em. Doctor’s orders.” I’m currently trying to convince our whole family to wear a pair… in public. Woke up the next morning […]

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Christmas wRap 2012

It’s 2012, the end of the year, Christmas is coming, it’s practically here! Brandy is recovering from eye surgery So this wRap may be stilted and a little bit jerky. First on our list was Murfree Spring, A Discovery Center full of really fun things. In February David asked, “Pretty please? Can I spend my […]

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…But Now I See!

The days were dark and lonely. My eyes hurt and I couldn’t handle the faintest light and the drugs made me feel needy and lacking. I tried to keep the door cracked open so I could at least hear the chaos in the house.  Most of the time I just lay there in the dark […]

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When terror grips, count the gifts

This was eye surgery. Just a few moments ago they’d finished the procedure on my right eye and my entire life felt surreal but I was O.K. Now with my left eyelids taped and clamped open, as they started to scrape away the surface layer of my left eye, terror seized my heart.  Every nerve […]

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A Construction-Themed Party

A Dump Truck Birthday Cake made from… 1 and 1/4 Sara Lee Pound Cakes (use the rest for cake pops?) Graham crackers – stacked 4-graham-crackers-high underneath the cake (with icing between each layer) to lift the dump truck off the “ground,”  two side by side for the bottom of the truck bed, layer of icing, […]

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The Miracle Worker

I hear a blood-curdling scream rip through our home. With horror rolling in the pit of my stomach, I dart into the family room to see Levi holding a pick-up stick… in his eye. Trembling, I race to him, this miracle child that I thought I would never have, the one that places his nose […]