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My Favorite Authors And Some Of Their Books I Have Read

Here is a list of three of my very favorite authors:

Roald Dahl
Ruth Gannett
Paul Zelinsky

And here is a list of Roald Dahl books that I have read:

James And The Giant Peach
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator
The Twits
George’s Marvelous Medicine
The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Magic Finger
Boy (It’s funny & kind [...]

It is now official!

El Numero Ocho is on the way.
God is good to his children.

Treasure Hunt

Right now, as I type, the children are outside on a treasure hunt. We do these for fun occasionally, and the treasure is usually a smoothie, or some other yummy treat.But today is different, and they don’t know it yet…today they are hunting for news. Each clue has a letter or a little [...]

A fun day at the ZOO!!!!

Yesterday (October 20 Thursday, 2005) we went to the Zoo!And I made a list of all the Animals we saw! here it is:

All sorts of fish
Flamingos
Black Bear 2 cubs
Spectacled Bear
Asiatic Black Bear 2
Komodo Dragon
python (30 Ft)
Red Ruffed Lemur 2
Wolf Guenon
Eastern Black And White Cobbus 2
Black and White Lemur
Jelly Fish
Archer Fish
Pirhanas
Otters 2
Red Deer
Monkeys All [...]

Carmela

This is a picture of my Grandma Brown’s horse Carmela. Grandma had to sell her though because she went psycho out of loneliness.Grandma thought that their dog Strider would be enough company for her but he wasn’t. She was almost the only horse I have ever ridden but they used to have a horse named [...]

Film Festival: Show of hands

Who will be at the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival this year?
We will!

Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!

We finally did it! We went to the zoo for the first time in 5 years, thanks to our Very Dear Friend Kathy who has a Super Duper Pass that allows her to take 5 guests for free.Cheap and fun: the perfect day! Thank you, Kathy!
The girls spend 4 glorious hours running between 64 [...]

Our Ultimate Goal in Homeschooling

I asked about your ultimate goal in homeschooling, but perhaps I worded the question ambiguously. There are many benefits to homeschooling; I agree wholeheartedly with most or all of the benefits put forth in comments to Wednesday’s post. But really, Why do you homeschool? What if homeschooling did not produce the benefits listed? Would you [...]