“I think I’ll call it Bluewall,” she tells me as we drive out to our new house to do some painting. “It’s going to be about all kinds of animals, like mice and rats and weasels and dogs and things. The hero is going to be a squirrel named Rosa.”
“No horses?” I inquire with a [...]
Seated around our table with five of her friends, Mouse celebrated her eleventh birthday.
One is two years younger than she. One is three years older. The other three are her age.
All five are Christian. Only three attend our church.
Three are homeschooled. Two attend public school.
One lives down the street. Four [...]
In his book New Pioneers, Jeffrey Jacob quotes a homesteader from Idaho’s description of the joy she has in the way of life her family has chosen:
There is so much more to say, and all I can start with is–this is a most beautiful way to live. We feel joy in just watching a gate [...]
This dog has got to be the most annoying dog we have ever owned. He charges the children when they open the door, knocking them aside for his taste of freedom. Once outside, he runs in mindless circles at top speed, just out of reach, all the while barking incessantly. When he tires of this, [...]
Hey, did you know we’re Mexican?
says the little girl at craft table at the library. She couldn’t have been older than six. Her little friend across from her dropped her scissors, mouth agape.
Don’t you call me that!
She was clearly insulted and the table fell silent, all eyes on the offender. She averted her eyes, but [...]
With over two million views already, you just may have already seen Kseniya Simonova’s compelling storytelling through sand. But it is well worth the second, third, etc. viewing.
I’m only vaguely aware of the events depicted, yet find myself captivated by the telling of the story and brought almost to tears myself.
Nothing captures my children’s attention [...]
A week and a half away from our formal start to the homeschool year and I’m feeling excited and apprehensive. Excited because I’ve found some really good resources, the kind I’ve been lamenting the seeming non-existence of for four years. Excited because who wouldn’t be excited at the door of a great adventure, especially one [...]
I’m totally reposting an old post for My 3 Boybarians’ Blog Hop. Not all that much has changed since the last time I posted on the topic, except that I have a fifth child now. And a kitchen table which is currently buried under their latest project.
First, we have the independent learning center. This [...]
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