I saw somewhere online where you could clean your tub with Epsom salt and a grapefruit. Cool….I’ll try it. I am all about green cleaning….aka no chemicals! The grocery store I frequent only had organic grapefruit or a bag of non-organic. I don’t buy grapefruit on a regular basis, so I don’t know if $1.69…
R is for Reading….or I guess this could be B is for Books We read A LOT of books in this house. E14 has been known to burn the midnight oil reading…. They like to read anything from the Sunday funnies to the dictionary to To Kill a Mockingbird….
11. iced coffee 12. summer days 13. fans that keep you cool on summer days 14. smell of sweaty little boys 15. teen daughters that are also your friend 16. His plan. Whatever it may be 17. friends from your past 18. friends I have yet to meet 19. adventures 20. Sunday afternoon naps
I just blogged about our homeschool space not too long ago here when I did a similar meme with Classic Housewife. Annnnnd since that wasn’t that long ago nothing has changed….yet….
If there is one thing that homeschoolers AREN’T lacking…it’s QUESTIONS….. They learn by asking questions. There are no dumb questions. My answer, usually, is Google it.Why is the sky blue?Who won the Civil War?Where is Relevant?What’s for dinner….oh well….anyway you get my drift.When we went to the ocean they asked questions about the tides. When…
Ahh Curriculum….where I have been known to not finish one year only to continue the following year. It’s frugal This year I have a plan….written! in a planner! I know…be still your heart! Emily: -ahem- 9th grade in denial, but whatevJesse: 7th grade….denial about this too…. Geography/History: US History/50 states. 1 State a week and…
Whenever I go to Seattle I come back liking Idaho more. Maybe not so much Idaho as our lifestyle. When we lived over there….8 1/2 years ago now….we were very much a keeping up with the Jonses lifestyle. We really never ever kept up. Tried to have a better car, better house, for the kids…
took FOREVER to get these shots photography as a handi-craft of course We woke up to this one morning…she has twins I got used to the windblown look. Drinks by the pool…er Mocha by the ocean We hung out together a lot while the guys did what guys do. Sand Castles collecting shovels s’mores…
We recently got to spend a week at Ocean Shores, WA. I haven’t blogged about vacation yet, but I wanted to post about the Interpretive Center there. It is small, but very good as far as these types of places go. And the volunteer staff were incredible! So if you are ever in Ocean…
Not the PE of our childhood….there are no locker rooms or public showers…THANK GOD!I don’t follow a structured curriculum. They play soccer in the fall…Snowboard/ski in winter and soccer again in the spring. Of course I can’t find any pictures of them actually DOING these activities.Now I do not have a structured PE day. They…