Sunday, May 4, 2014 One of our favorites. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, Galaxy, 1.5019)...
I still have not read Anthony Esolen's Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child , recommended to me by a knowing friend,...
Fridays sure come around quickly. Stephan comes home early for the month of May! Still healthy kids How the kids...
Sorry, I can’t resist. Notice the bold I highlighted from the IRS site. 4. Submit copies of filed FBARs for the...
I’ve been up to my years in taxes, FBAR, summer planning, science exhibitions and our homeschool application, but I don’t...
At about 4:30 Friday afternoon, I became aware of some rustling in the bushes outside my office window. Normally this is just the...
On to something more uplifting than crime networks and paperwork . . . There’s a science museum exhibition ( Technorama ) at...
I've said before that I love going to a church that has services every single day between Palm Sunday and Easter , and I love even more...
Why, as an upstanding citizen of the United States do I have to report to a crime network? Because I have made the baffling...
Oh where to start? He’s growing so fast! Maturing, learning to be patient, calm himself down, use calm words, pick up toys...
Jesus was the only one with a perfect score. We won’t achieve that on earth. So why is everyone obsessed with it?...
One great aspect of the Bullet Journal is that you don’t have to decide on a pre-made structure. You just start and it...
My Dad! Happy Birthday! The step in requesting permission to homeschool is off in the mail Doing the music for the Easter...
I'm always complaining that we—and by "we" I especially mean our schools—do not expect enough of our young people. ...
The other day we had to go shopping, so I told the kids to get ready. I have enough to do getting myself, my bags, and Daniel...
My son loves it . I regret the day I showed it to him because a three-year-old shouldn’t be addicted to video games, but...
Back by popular demand, I present a second “Do Something” challenge. It can be hard to get moving on a project. It...
It’s fun having a girl around. She likes pink and purple and dressing up, but not too much. She is social and imitates...
We aren't as fancy, but we're singing this for Easter. I love having a hand in the music so I can pick great songs like this, even...
I’ve been devouring my birthday present, a Kindle version of The Secrets of Happy Families by Bruce Feiler. Instead of a list of...
Fifty years makes no difference in the susceptibility to parody of elementary mathematics education in America. Elementary school...
It looks like the last “7 Quick Thanks Friday” (a take-off of Jen’s 7 Quick Takes Friday ) was from when Vivienne...
I recently made a commitment of doing project time with Vivienne. She’s cute and cunning enough to get plenty of...
Since we’re on the topic, I’ll attempt to write a brief description of my current system. I will force myself to keep...
Around March 8 th Daniel started sitting on his own in a W position. The 17 th he passed a toy from one hand to the other,...