Gardens, Hawks, and Baby Birds

Yesterday I put in my garden. Did I take pictures to show you? No. I forgot my camera, so no pictures. I will try to get some on Sunday though. The garden is just a small plot, about 12X16. It was supposed to be 8X10, but Mr. Nutt bought [...]

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Why I homeschool

I usually don’t post these, mostly because there are so many of them, and I try to concentrate on the positive aspects of life. But this, well, I just had to. Fox News Article: Autistic boy voted out of class
And people say that my children would be better off in school?!? That [...]

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Colors of Voices

Did I ever tell you this? I think it is really neat. F1 believes that all voices have colors. Mine seems to be a scarlet purple, lightly stippled black with a brown undertone. Yeah, really! That’s what he says. When he hears a voice (or actually, many different sounds), he not only [...]

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So Sad

This Fox News article is so sad. Steven Curtis Chapman’s five year old daughter, whom he and his wife adopted from China, was hit and killed by an SUV driven by her older brother in the driveway of their home.
Am I the only one who is afraid of this happening? I [...]

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Bird Notebook

I spent some time last night while nursing F7 making notebook pages to go with our current unit on birds. I had planned to use Apologia’s elementary science curriculum: Zoology 1, Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day, but Mr. Nutt’s unemployment put a screeching halt to buying any new curriculum. So, I [...]

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F3’s Paragraph on the Maoi of Easter Island

Why do the Moai of Easter Island wear pukao? Moai were believed to have powers, but no one believed them to be gods. Sometimes Moai were known as “Aringa Ora”, meaning “Living Faces”. Pukao were cylindrical red stone that the Moai wore on their heads. Many experts believe that pukao were [...]

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Happenings of Late and Lost

We went to “Field Day” yesterday with a new homeschool group. The activities will be closer to us at the new house than our old homeschool group. Although, in all truthfulness, I’m not sure yet whether it will really be the “old” homeschool group. We may utilize both groups in planning our [...]

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Feet

I love baby feet. They are just so soft and chubby. As the years go by, those cute little baby feet turn into kid feet, thin and spindly. Then they turn into grow-up feet, thin, dry,and spindly. For some reason, even my older fruit (F1 will be thirteen on Monday!), still [...]

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